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April 8, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Tariffs, Schmariffs

Tariffs, Schmariffs     Harold Meyerson April 3, 2025 The American Prospect Trump rewards the real offshorers with trillions in tax cuts. A truck is loaded with a shipping container at a depot in Johannesburg, South Africa, April 3, 2025., Themba H…

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April 7, 2025 at 7:20 AM

Sunday Science: We’re Not Going to Mars Anytime Soon – Despite What Trump and Musk Say [Probably Wrong]

Sunday Science: We’re Not Going to Mars Anytime Soon – Despite What Trump and Musk Say [Probably Wrong]     Paul M. Sutter April 1, 2025 Paul M. Sutter It's easy to say we're going to Mars in the next few years. The reality is a lot harder. So why the false …

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April 7, 2025 at 6:45 AM

A Blueprint for Resisting Trump Education Cuts? Chicago Teachers Reach “Powerful” Tentative Contract

A Blueprint for Resisting Trump Education Cuts? Chicago Teachers Reach “Powerful” Tentative Contract     Stacy Davis Gates, Amy Goodman, Juan Gonzalez April 1, 2025 Democracy Now! In a major labor victory, the Chicago Teachers Union reached a tentative agree…

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April 7, 2025 at 5:45 AM

‘Infinite License’

‘Infinite License’     Omer Bartov April 4, 2025 New York Review The memory of the Holocaust has, perversely, been enlisted to justify both the eradication of Gaza and the extraordinary silence with which that violence has been met. Gaza City, Pale…

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April 7, 2025 at 5:00 AM

American Universities Are Complicit in Their Own Destruction

American Universities Are Complicit in Their Own Destruction     Eric Ross March 31, 2025 Progressive Hub Last spring, university administrators facilitated the mass arrest of over 3,000 students on more than sixty campuses—an extraordinary repressive respon…

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April 7, 2025 at 3:40 AM

Republican Agenda’s “Triple Threat” to Low- and Moderate-Income Family Well-Being

Republican Agenda’s “Triple Threat” to Low- and Moderate-Income Family Well-Being     Brendan Duke, Gbenga Ajilore April 4, 2025 Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Legislation, Executive Actions, and Tariffs Will Harm Millions , Center on Budge…

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April 7, 2025 at 12:00 AM

You Don’t Need To Be a Celtics (or Sports) Fan To Be Stirred by Celtics City

Portside Culture You Don’t Need To Be a Celtics (or Sports) Fan To Be Stirred by Celtics City     Tim Lowery March 22, 2025 AV Club “I don’t play for Boston. I play for the Celtics,” Bill Russell famously said, a sentiment that succinctly summed up t…

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April 6, 2025 at 12:05 AM

Ending Militarism in America

Ending Militarism in America     William J. Astore April 3, 2025 TomDispatch No other practice, no other societal force is more favorable to the rise of authoritarianism and the rule of tyrants than pernicious war. Wage war long and it’s likely you can kiss …

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April 6, 2025 at 12:05 AM

Making Films Against Amnesia

Making Films Against Amnesia     Zahra Moloo interviews Johan Gimonprez April 1, 2025 Africa is a Country The director of the Oscar-nominated film 'Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat' reflects on imperial violence, corporate warfare, and how cinema can disrupt the …

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April 6, 2025 at 12:05 AM

Never Mind Wisconsin

Never Mind Wisconsin     Charlie Mahtesian April 2, 2025 Politico The GOP Should be Worried About the Florida Results. Elon Musk speaks at a town hall, March 30, 2025, in Green Bay, Wisconsin., Jeffrey Phelps/AP   From the time the Donald T…

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April 6, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Thousands Protest in Boston, New England, Against Trump

Thousands Protest in Boston, New England, Against Trump     By Globe Staff April 5, 2025 Boston Globe Hundreds of thousands are protesting Trump across the country today. Protesters were at Boston City Hall Plaza after marching from Boston Common o…

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April 6, 2025 at 12:00 AM

What We Talk About When We Talk About ‘The West’

What We Talk About When We Talk About ‘The West’     Alessandro Portelli April 1, 2025 Il Manifesto Global We are not talking about geography (Dakar is much further west than Rome), but race: the West we are talking about substantially coincides with the whi…

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April 5, 2025 at 1:00 AM

Friday Nite Videos | April 4, 2025

Friday Nite Videos | April 4, 2025     April 4, 2025 xxxxxx Hands Off! Demos in Over 1,000 Elevate Resistance. Change Is Gonna Come | Playing for Change. Highlights From Cory Booker's 25-Hour Senate Speech. Tasers & Excited Delirium | John Oliver. RFK Jr…

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April 5, 2025 at 12:40 AM

How a Con Man President Is Destroying Confidence

How a Con Man President Is Destroying Confidence     Paul Krugman April 4, 2025 Permanent tariffs are bad for the economy, but businesses can, for the most part, find a way to live with them. What business can’t deal with is a regime under which trade polic…

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April 5, 2025 at 12:35 AM

The Supreme Court Precedent That Should Free Mahmoud Khalil

The Supreme Court Precedent That Should Free Mahmoud Khalil     Brad Snyder April 3, 2025 Slate Radical labor leader Harry Bridges successfully fought the government's attempt to deport him. In the Bridges case, the Supreme Court held that noncitizens enjoye…

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April 5, 2025 at 12:15 AM

Your Life Will Never Be the Same After These Tariffs

Your Life Will Never Be the Same After These Tariffs     Justin Wolfers April 4, 2025 New York Times Small tariffs create small problems. Big tariffs create huge ones. this round of tariffs may be 50 times as painful as the ones Donald Trump instituted in h…

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April 5, 2025 at 12:10 AM

How MAHA Is Helping Poison Americans

How MAHA Is Helping Poison Americans     Gabriella Coleman and Eric Reinhart April 2, 2025 Politico The ambitions of MAHA for safer food and protection from harmful chemicals are being diverted into dismantling the institutions and regulations that protect p…

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April 5, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Gone, Baby

Portside Culture Gone, Baby     Suzanne Lummis In the Black, In the Red: Poems of Profit $ Loss Poet Suzanne Lummis offers a bedtime story for the children of America, in which we witness the miracle of deflation. , Tim Barnhart / Charles Ba…

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April 4, 2025 at 1:05 AM

Trump’s Tariffs Aren’t Going To Work How He Thinks They Will

Trump’s Tariffs Aren’t Going To Work How He Thinks They Will     Kate Aronoff April 2, 2025 The New Republic Supposedly, this is all going to revive domestic manufacturing. But the evidence for that is slim, and it wouldn’t happen overnight—especially not wi…

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April 4, 2025 at 12:25 AM

Susan Crawford Wins Wisconsin Supreme Court Race, Schimel Concedes

Susan Crawford Wins Wisconsin Supreme Court Race, Schimel Concedes     Erin McGroarty and Andrew Bahl April 2, 2025 Cap Times Crawford's win in Wisconsin points the way forward for Democrats. The high court has held a 4-3 liberal majority since 2023. That li…

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April 4, 2025 at 12:05 AM

How Democrats Can Win by Organizing From the County Up

How Democrats Can Win by Organizing From the County Up     Joel Bleifuss & Justin Perkins March 31, 2025 Barn Raiser In her new role as a party leader, Jane Kleeb is organizing Democrats to go on the offensive. "People are excited to hear the Democratic …

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April 4, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Evidence of ‘Execution-Style’ Killings of Palestinian Aid Workers by Israeli Forces, Doctor Says

Evidence of ‘Execution-Style’ Killings of Palestinian Aid Workers by Israeli Forces, Doctor Says     Malak A Tantesh in Gaza, Lorenzo Tondo in Jerusalem, and Julian Borger April 2, 2025 The Guardian Forensic consultant says multiple bullets were used from sh…

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April 4, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Tidbits – Apr.3 – Reader Comments: All Out for April 5th – Hands Off!; Thousands Protest ICE Abductions; Trump Signs Order Ending Union Bargaining Rights for Federal Employees; the New Definition of Antisemitism; Public Sector Labor Struggles;

Tidbits – Apr.3 – Reader Comments: All Out for April 5th – Hands Off!; Thousands Protest ICE Abductions; Trump Signs Order Ending Union Bargaining Rights for Federal Employees; the New Definition of Antisemitism; Public Sector Labor Struggles;     April 3, 2025 x…

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April 3, 2025 at 6:30 AM

After Months of Surrender, the Democrats Have Finally Stood Up to Trump – Thank You, Cory Booker

After Months of Surrender, the Democrats Have Finally Stood Up to Trump – Thank You, Cory Booker     Emma Brockes April 2, 2025 The Guardian Watching the New Jersey senator hold court for 25 hours felt radical and cathartic The marathon speech on M…

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April 3, 2025 at 6:20 AM

Jewish Pro-Palestinian Protesters Chain Themselves to Gates Outside Columbia

Jewish Pro-Palestinian Protesters Chain Themselves to Gates Outside Columbia     Joseph Zuloaga, Spencer Davis, and Daksha Pillai April 2, 2025 Columbia Spectator Demonstrators are protesting in support of Mahmoud Khalil, calling for “the names of the truste…

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April 3, 2025 at 6:00 AM

Major Gaza Land Grab Underway As Israel’s Ethnic Cleansing Escalates

Major Gaza Land Grab Underway As Israel’s Ethnic Cleansing Escalates     Brett Wilkins April 2, 2025 Common Dreams Israeli forces also bombed an U.N. clinic in Jabalia, killing at least 68 Palestinians including elders, women, and children—one of them a newb…

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April 3, 2025 at 5:50 AM

Unmarked Vans. Secret Lists. Public Denunciations. Our Police State Has Arrived.

Unmarked Vans. Secret Lists. Public Denunciations. Our Police State Has Arrived.     M. Gessen April 2, 2025 New York Times The citizens of such a state live with a feeling of being constantly watched. They live with a sense of random danger. Anyone can be a…

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April 3, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Global Left Midweek – April 2, 2025

Global Left Midweek – April 2, 2025     April 2, 2025 xxxxxx As the world churns Wheelchair users lead protesters onto a road block in London, demanding an end to cuts in disability services. Credit, The Canary (London)   A  brief note from…

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April 3, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Karl Marx Capital: Critique of Political Economy, Volume 1

Portside Culture Karl Marx Capital: Critique of Political Economy, Volume 1     Meade McCloughan March 10, 2025 Marx & Philosophy Review of Books A critical assessment of the newest translation of Marx's masterwork. ,   Capital:…

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April 2, 2025 at 12:05 AM

Setting the Pace in Auto: Thinking Bigger Than Tariffs

Setting the Pace in Auto: Thinking Bigger Than Tariffs     Andrew Elrod April 28, 2025 Labor Notes In 2023, for the first time in history, nonunion auto companies out-produced the Big 3 in U.S. assembly, 4.9 million vehicles to 4.6 million. UAW mem…

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April 2, 2025 at 12:05 AM

The Worst Political Decision Since Nixon Taped Himself Committing Crimes

The Worst Political Decision Since Nixon Taped Himself Committing Crimes     Les Leopold April 1, 2025 Common Dreams How the Democrats handed Trump the election on a bitcoin-plated platter—and most still don't think they did anything wrong. U.S. Pr…

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April 2, 2025 at 12:05 AM

Marine Le Pen’s Emblezzlement Conviction

Marine Le Pen’s Emblezzlement Conviction     Aurelien Mondon March 31, 2025 The Conversation Marine Le Pen’s victim narrative is already being constructed – but there are ways to stop her criminal conviction from benefitting her. Marine Le Pen at t…

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April 2, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Trump Administration Says It Has Revoked at Least 300 Visas for Palestine Advocacy

Trump Administration Says It Has Revoked at Least 300 Visas for Palestine Advocacy     Michael Arria April 1, 2025 Mondoweiss "Rather than silence dissent, the government's actions have only emboldened voices demanding that basic rights be respected here, in…

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April 2, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Don’t Blame Rachel Zegler for Snow White

Portside Culture Don’t Blame Rachel Zegler for Snow White     Eileen Jones March 28, 2025 Jacobin The press is blaming the young and very online actor Rachel Zegler for Snow White’s dismal box office showing. But Zegler’s performance as the original …

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April 2, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Media Bits and Bytes – No Fooling

Media Bits and Bytes – No Fooling     April 1, 2025 xxxxxx Tech for the global majority Big Bird spotted working at local Starbucks after PBS cuts. Credit, The Onion   NYC: Socialist Candidate’s Media Strategy Oscars Support No Other Land …

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April 1, 2025 at 1:10 AM

Trump Threatens Iran With ‘Bombing the Likes of Which They Have Never Seen’

Trump Threatens Iran With ‘Bombing the Likes of Which They Have Never Seen’     Brett Wilkins March 31, 2025 Common Dreams Despite U.S. intelligence once again finding Iran is not currently developing nukes, the president is trying to force Tehran into a nuc…

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April 1, 2025 at 12:05 AM

This Week in People’s History, Apr 2–8, 2025

This Week in People’s History, Apr 2–8, 2025     xxxxxx LBJ Wouldn’t Give Peace a Chance (1965), A Mob Stands Strong to Defend Justice (1860), March for Women’s Lives (1992), A Rare Benefit of the Great Pandemic (2020), A Brave Bid for Freedom Fails (1760) …

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April 1, 2025 at 12:05 AM

Can Europe Stop Trump and Putin?

Can Europe Stop Trump and Putin?     John Feffer March 30, 2025 TomDispatch The world can’t afford a European retreat into a fortress. The European Union must unite with all like-minded countries against the illiberal nationalists who are challenging univers…

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April 1, 2025 at 12:00 AM

A Lesson From Argentina’s Dirty War for Today

A Lesson From Argentina’s Dirty War for Today     Jay Schaffner March 30, 2025 Stansbury Forum My message – Those of us boomers – We have a vital role to play in organizing and fighting the MAGites march to fascism. ,   When my father immig…

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April 1, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Kahane’s Ghost: How a Long-Dead Extremist Rabbi Continues To Haunt Israel’s Politics

Kahane’s Ghost: How a Long-Dead Extremist Rabbi Continues To Haunt Israel’s Politics     Joshua Leifer March 20, 2025 The Guardian A violent fanatic and pioneer in bigotry, Meir Kahane died a political outcast 35 years ago. Today, his ideas influence the ver…

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April 1, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Shrimp Mislabeling Is Rampant in Gulf State Restaurants. Shrimpers and Consumers Are Paying the Price.

Portside Culture Shrimp Mislabeling Is Rampant in Gulf State Restaurants. Shrimpers and Consumers Are Paying the Price.     Rebecca McCray March 7, 2025 Ambrook.com Wild shrimp is advertised on menus, but what is served is often the farm-raised, impo…

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March 31, 2025 at 7:30 AM

New Nanoparticle Therapies Target Two Major Killers

New Nanoparticle Therapies Target Two Major Killers     Robert F. Service March 28, 2025 Science Particles loaded with RNA reverse symptoms of respiratory failure and atherosclerosis in mice New nanoparticles aim to reverse respiratory failure and …

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March 31, 2025 at 7:15 AM

Trump Signs Order Ending Union Bargaining Rights for Wide Swaths of Federal Employees

Trump Signs Order Ending Union Bargaining Rights for Wide Swaths of Federal Employees     Andrea Hsu March 28, 2025 NPR The executive order signed Thursday night covers all or some unionized employees at around 20 agencies, including the departments of Agric…

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March 31, 2025 at 6:55 AM

What Made the Irish Famine So Deadly

What Made the Irish Famine So Deadly     intan O’Toole March 10, 2025 The New Yorker The Great Hunger was a modern event, shaped by the belief that the poor are the authors of their own misery and that the market must be obeyed at all costs. Roughl…

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March 31, 2025 at 6:30 AM

Pro-Israel Group Says It Has ‘Deportation List’ and Has Sent ‘Thousands’ of Names to Trump Officials

Pro-Israel Group Says It Has ‘Deportation List’ and Has Sent ‘Thousands’ of Names to Trump Officials     Anna Betts March 14, 2025 The Guardian Betar US is among far-right groups supporting Trump effort to deport students involved in pro-Palestinian protests…

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March 31, 2025 at 6:10 AM

The Partnership: The Secret History of the War in Ukraine

The Partnership: The Secret History of the War in Ukraine     Adam Entous March 29, 2025 New York Times The untold story of America’s hidden role in Ukrainian military operations against Russia’s invading armies. Adam Entous conducted more than 300…

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March 31, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Adolescence Is the Rare Gripping Crime Drama That Doesn’t Need a Twist

Portside Culture Adolescence Is the Rare Gripping Crime Drama That Doesn’t Need a Twist     Saloni Gajjar March 26, 2025 AV Club Netflix's four-part series puts guessing games aside and instead tells a dark, timely, conversation-starting story. …

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March 30, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Farmers in Trump Country Were Counting on Clean Energy Grants. Then the Government Changed the Rules.

Farmers in Trump Country Were Counting on Clean Energy Grants. Then the Government Changed the Rules.     Ames Alexander & Mario Alejandro Ariza, Floodlight; Joe Engleman, Barn Raiser March 25, 2025 Barn Raiser Thousands of farmers and small rural busine…

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March 30, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Radical Change Isn’t Free

Radical Change Isn’t Free     Ed Pilkington March 25, 2025 The Guardian The Black Panthers shook America awake before the party was eviscerated by the US government. Their children paid a steep price, but also emerged with unassailable pride and burning less…

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March 30, 2025 at 12:00 AM

“The President Wanted It and I Did It”: Recording Reveals Head of Social Security’s Thoughts on DOGE and Trump

“The President Wanted It and I Did It”: Recording Reveals Head of Social Security’s Thoughts on DOGE and Trump     Eli Hager March 12, 2025 ProPublica In a recording obtained by ProPublica, acting Social Security Commissioner Leland Dudek portrayed his agenc…

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