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May 6, 2025 at 12:00 AM

A New Study Breaks Down the Staggering Price Hikes at Chain Restaurants

Portside Culture A New Study Breaks Down the Staggering Price Hikes at Chain Restaurants     Stacey Leasca March 20, 2025 Food & Wine Study found prices are skyrocketing across the board. From 2020 to 2025, the inflation rate in the United Stat…

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May 5, 2025 at 5:00 AM

Red States Eviscerating Child Work Protections

Red States Eviscerating Child Work Protections     Michael Hiltzik May 2, 2025 Los Angeles Times Florida is not the first state to loosen child labor protections, or even the most aggressive in that effort. Last year eight states, all led by Republicans, d…

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May 5, 2025 at 4:10 AM

Sunday Science: Powerful Protein Editors Offer New Ways of Probing Living Cells

Sunday Science: Powerful Protein Editors Offer New Ways of Probing Living Cells     Asher Mullard May 1, 2025 Nature Scientists deploy self-splicing protein subunits to insert strange new additions into target proteins. Protein molecules (artist’…

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May 5, 2025 at 3:50 AM

Breaking New Records, Israel Sees Unprecedented Spike in Media Censorship

Breaking New Records, Israel Sees Unprecedented Spike in Media Censorship     Haggai Matar May 2, 2025 +972 Magazine In 2024, Israel's military censor banned 1,635 articles from publication and partially redacted another 6,265 — part of a wider assault on …

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May 5, 2025 at 3:30 AM

Russia Is in Demographic Free Fall. Putin Isn’t Helping.

Russia Is in Demographic Free Fall. Putin Isn’t Helping.     Anna Nemtsova April 29, 2025 The Atlantic The Russian president is enacting one of the world’s most extreme natalism programs—and one of the weirdest. , Natalia Kolesnikova / AFP / Gett…

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May 5, 2025 at 3:15 AM

Ryan Coogler’s Road to “Sinners”

Ryan Coogler’s Road to “Sinners”     Jelani Cobb April 28, 2025 The New Yorker The film represents a departure for the “Black Panther” director, and a creative risk; it grapples with ideas about music, race, family, religion—and vampires. “Sinner…

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May 5, 2025 at 2:55 AM

Trump’s Newest Executive Order “Unleashes” the Cops—and Flirts With Martial Law

Trump’s Newest Executive Order “Unleashes” the Cops—and Flirts With Martial Law     Elie Mystal April 30, 2025 The Nation The new order effectively allows police to get away with murder. And that’s just the beginning. Donald Trump displays a sign…

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May 4, 2025 at 12:10 AM

US Defeat in Vietnam

US Defeat in Vietnam     Michael G. Vann April 30, 2025 Jacobin The US invasion of Vietnam was a catastrophe for the Vietnamese people, resulting in millions of deaths. Fifty years ago today, the US-backed regime finally collapsed as North Vietnamese force…

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May 4, 2025 at 12:05 AM

The Best Signs of This Year’s May Day Protests

The Best Signs of This Year’s May Day Protests     Maya Pontone May 2, 2025 Hyperallergic From criticism of mass deportations to hilarious roasts of the president, May 1 was a nationwide show of art-filled resistance against the Trump administration. …

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May 4, 2025 at 12:05 AM

Vietnamese Agent Orange Victims Remain Uncompensated. Tlaib Aims To Change That.

Vietnamese Agent Orange Victims Remain Uncompensated. Tlaib Aims To Change That.     Marjorie Cohn April 30, 2025 Truthout Vietnamese and US descendants of those exposed to Agent Orange continue to face diseases and congenital anomalies. Just compensation …

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May 4, 2025 at 12:00 AM

“Deprivation by Design”: Israel Intensifies Mass Killing Campaign in Gaza With Starvation and Daily Strikes

“Deprivation by Design”: Israel Intensifies Mass Killing Campaign in Gaza With Starvation and Daily Strikes     Rasha Abou Jalal and Sharif Abdel Kouddous April 30, 2025 Drop Site News The scale of killing in Gaza is almost impossible to track as the Israe…

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May 4, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Madeline Brewer Reflects on the Timely Legacies of You and the Handmaid’s Tale

Portside Culture Madeline Brewer Reflects on the Timely Legacies of You and the Handmaid’s Tale     Saloni Gajjar April 28, 2025 AV Club "These shows have become about getting through tough times with community and sisterhood." You , (Pho…

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May 4, 2025 at 12:00 AM

A Willful Amnesia

A Willful Amnesia     E. Ethelbert Miller April 29, 2025 Washington Spectator This refusal to learn is the shadow of the Vietnam War that hangs over us now as our nation appears to be losing its soul and the Trump regime demonstrates not only how to ignore…

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May 3, 2025 at 2:00 AM

Friday Nite Videos | May 2, 2025

Friday Nite Videos | May 2, 2025     xxxxxx May 2, 2025 xxxxxx How to Prevent Future Trumps. Trump Voters Have A Warning For Him. RFK Jr. Explodes U.S. Health and Science. Waltz Departs the Group Chat. Viet Thanh Nguyen on 50 Years After Vietnam War. …

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May 3, 2025 at 1:40 AM

Early Victory for Voting Rights

Early Victory for Voting Rights     Michael Waldman April 29, 2025 Brennan Center for Justice A judge has blocked a key part of the president’s attempt to rewrite election rules. “Our Constitution entrusts Congress and the States — not the President — with…

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May 3, 2025 at 1:25 AM

Birth Rates Are Falling. Here Are Real Solutions.

Birth Rates Are Falling. Here Are Real Solutions.     Katelyn Jetelina April 25, 2025 Your Local Epidemiologist In the U.S.—and across much of the world—fertility rates are falling, and populations are projected to shrink. People are having fewer children …

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May 3, 2025 at 12:50 AM

SCOTUS Thinks Church-State Separation Is Anti-Religious Bigotry

SCOTUS Thinks Church-State Separation Is Anti-Religious Bigotry     Mark Joseph Stern April 30, 2025 Slate The Supreme Court is poised to open the floodgates to mandatory taxpayer support for religious education across the country, striking down restrictio…

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May 3, 2025 at 12:35 AM

A Vietnam Story: From Othering to Solidarity

A Vietnam Story: From Othering to Solidarity     JJ Johnson April 29, 2025 Washington Spectator Fifty years after the end of the Vietnam War, JJ Johnson reflects on the journey that led him, along with two fellow Fort Hood soldiers, to refuse orders to Vie…

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May 3, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Procreation Obligation

Portside Culture Procreation Obligation     Rebecca Foust You Are Leaving the American Sector: Love Poems Taking George Orwell's classic text, 1984, as her foundation, poet Rebecca Foust casts a cold eye on the pronatalism of today's religious conserv…

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May 2, 2025 at 2:45 AM

‘It’s in Our DNA To Be Anti-Fascist’: Germany’s Leftwing ‘TikTok Queen’ Heidi Reichinnek

‘It’s in Our DNA To Be Anti-Fascist’: Germany’s Leftwing ‘TikTok Queen’ Heidi Reichinnek     Kate Connolly April 29, 2025 The Guardian A powerful speech in the Bundestag made her famous and has inspired young voters to fight back against the far right. We …

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May 2, 2025 at 12:05 AM

Waiting for the Supply Shock

Waiting for the Supply Shock     David Dayen April 30, 2025 The American Prospect It’s coming, and we know approximately when. The economy contracted by 0.3 percent, and imports have contracted. Tariffs of 145 percent on China are a trade embargo for many …

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May 2, 2025 at 12:05 AM

Columbia Student Has Clear Message for Trump After Judge Frees Him

Columbia Student Has Clear Message for Trump After Judge Frees Him     Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling April 30, 2025 The New Republic A federal judge freed Mohsen Mahdawi, a Palestinian student leader at Columbia University, who was part of the pro-Palestine pr…

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May 2, 2025 at 12:00 AM

What Is the Role of Israelis in the Palestinian Liberation Movement?

What Is the Role of Israelis in the Palestinian Liberation Movement?     Fadi Shabita May 25, 2025 +972 Magazine The history of anti-colonial organizing shows there is room for joint struggle — but only if the partnership aims to promote true equality and …

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May 2, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Tidbits – May 1- Reader Comments: Children Deported; Judge Arrested; Is America Pissed Off Enough for General Strike-Happy May Day; Labor for Democracy; RFK Jr Ends Narcan Program; Appealing to Military-National Guard Not Comply With Unlawful Orders

Tidbits – May 1- Reader Comments: Children Deported; Judge Arrested; Is America Pissed Off Enough for General Strike-Happy May Day; Labor for Democracy; RFK Jr Ends Narcan Program; Appealing to Military-National Guard Not Comply With Unlawful Orders     May 1, 202…

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May 1, 2025 at 6:10 AM

Workers Defy the Billionaire Takeover on May Day

Workers Defy the Billionaire Takeover on May Day     Luis Feliz Leon April 30, 2025 In These Times A guide to May Day 2025 actions. ,   Where are the pitchforks? President Donald Trump’s administration has declared open season on the work…

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May 1, 2025 at 6:00 AM

UNRWA Chief Accuses Israel of Torturing Staff as US Backs Ban on Agency at World Court

UNRWA Chief Accuses Israel of Torturing Staff as US Backs Ban on Agency at World Court     Brett Wilkins April 30, 2025 Common Dreams Nearly 300 UNRWA workers have been killed in Israeli attacks since October 2023, and dozens of other agency staffers have …

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May 1, 2025 at 5:45 AM

The New Deal Is a Stinging Rebuke to Trump and Trumpism

The New Deal Is a Stinging Rebuke to Trump and Trumpism     Jamelle Bouie April 30, 2025 The New York Times As exhausting as they’ve felt to many Americans, these first months of Trump’s second term fall far short of what Roosevelt accomplished ,…

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May 1, 2025 at 5:35 AM

Why April 30th Should Be a National Holiday

Why April 30th Should Be a National Holiday     Michael Moore April 30, 2025 michaelmoore.com Fifty years ago today, on April 30, 1975, Vietnam defeated the United States of America. We have never admitted our guilt in our Southeast Asian genocide, never a…

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May 1, 2025 at 4:55 AM

Depictions of a White Jesus Uphold Violent Christian Nationalism, White Supremacy

Portside Culture Depictions of a White Jesus Uphold Violent Christian Nationalism, White Supremacy     Eleanor J. Bader April 17, 2025 The Indypendent This book, writes reviewer Bader, "probes the ways Christian nationalism is marketed" to boys, "a…

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May 1, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Global Left Midweek – April 30, 2025

Global Left Midweek – April 30, 2025     xxxxxx Here, there and everywhere A 1980 May Day poster by Palestinian artist Sliman Mansour. Credit, Liberation Graphics   May Day is Here Brazil, Poland, South Korea: Ousting Autocrats Vietnam’s 50…

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April 30, 2025 at 1:00 AM

Canada Rebukes Trump—but That May Just Be the Start of Mark Carney’s Role in History

Canada Rebukes Trump—but That May Just Be the Start of Mark Carney’s Role in History     Bill McKibben April 29, 2025 The Crucial Years I’ve been watching Mark Carney for a long time and there's a few things you should know about this man, especially as th…

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April 30, 2025 at 12:55 AM

The Limitations of Military Might

The Limitations of Military Might     Lawrence Wittner April 29, 2025 CounterPunch In 2024, the nations of the world spent a record $2.72 trillion on expanding their vast military strength, an increase of 9.4 percent from the previous year. It was the tent…

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April 30, 2025 at 12:55 AM

In 100 Days, Trump Has Invented Something New: Clown-Show Fascism

In 100 Days, Trump Has Invented Something New: Clown-Show Fascism     Michael Tomasky April 28, 2025 The New Republic The Trump administration is a serious threat to democracy. They’re also laughably incompetent. But the result is no laughing matter. …

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April 30, 2025 at 12:00 AM

With His New Film, Alex Gibney Shines a Light on Dark Money

Portside Culture With His New Film, Alex Gibney Shines a Light on Dark Money     An interview with Alex Gibney April 27, 2025 Jacobin Jacobin sat down with the prolific muckraking filmmaker Alex Gibney to discuss his new documentary The Dark Money …

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April 30, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Media Bits and Bytes – April 29, 2025

Media Bits and Bytes – April 29, 2025     April 29, 2025 xxxxxx A future with (an even more) controlled press , Scott Stantis | Copyright 2017 Tribune Content Agency   The End of Press Freedom? A Tidal Wave Started on Reddit Antitrust Agon…

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April 29, 2025 at 2:00 AM

This Week in People’s History, Apr 30-May 6, 2025

This Week in People’s History, Apr 30-May 6, 2025     xxxxxx Deadly and Dangerous, Imperialism Is, Indeed, a Paper Tiger (1975), Turning Ugly Concrete Pillars Into Things of Beauty (1970), When the War Came Home, Students Paid the Price (1970), An Anti-Racist…

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April 29, 2025 at 12:10 AM

The US Is Witnessing the Return of Psychiatric Imprisonment

The US Is Witnessing the Return of Psychiatric Imprisonment     Jordyn Jensen April 27, 2025 The Guardian From ‘wellness farms’ to expanded involuntary commitment policies, the US is embracing psychiatric incarceration under the guise of compassion …

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April 29, 2025 at 12:05 AM

Leonard Zeskind, Who Foresaw the Rise of White Nationalism, Dies at 75

Leonard Zeskind, Who Foresaw the Rise of White Nationalism, Dies at 75     Trip Gabriel April 24, 2025 The New York Times With “Blood and Politics,” Zeskind predicted that anti-immigrant ideologies would become part of mainstream American politics, and war…

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April 29, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Milwaukee, Country Respond to Arrest of Judge Hannah Dugan

Milwaukee, Country Respond to Arrest of Judge Hannah Dugan     Henry Redman and Isiah Holmes April 25, 2025 “Arresting people out of a courtroom will lead to a breakdown of civil society. We do not support the presence of ICE where it will lead to intimidat…

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April 29, 2025 at 12:00 AM

FDA Making Plans To End Its Routine Food Safety Inspections, Sources Say

Portside Culture FDA Making Plans To End Its Routine Food Safety Inspections, Sources Say     Alexander Tin, Edited By Nicole Brown Chau, Paula Cohen April 18, 2025 CBS Thomas Gremillion, Consumer Federation of America, criticized the Administratio…

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April 29, 2025 at 12:00 AM

How the President Is Misusing Emergency Powers To Impose Worldwide Tariffs

How the President Is Misusing Emergency Powers To Impose Worldwide Tariffs     Elizabeth Goitein April 9, 2025 Brennan Center for Justice Concocting an emergency to advance economic and foreign policy goals is an abuse of power. , Justin Sullivan…

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April 28, 2025 at 8:55 AM

Sunday Science: Dire Wolves and Woolly Mammoths: Why Scientists Are Worried About De-Extinction

Sunday Science: Dire Wolves and Woolly Mammoths: Why Scientists Are Worried About De-Extinction     Rachel Nuwer April 25, 2025 BBC The creation of three "dire wolf" pups has raised hopes that it may be possible to resurrect extinct animals. But some scien…

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April 28, 2025 at 7:00 AM

What a Better Tax Bill Would Look Like

What a Better Tax Bill Would Look Like     Chuck Marr, Samantha Jacoby, Kris Cox, Stephanie Hingtgen April 23, 2025 Center on Budget and Policy Priorities This year offers an opportunity to enact tax policy changes that would ease the strain on household b…

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April 28, 2025 at 6:05 AM

Collateral Damage: How Trump Is Hollowing Out the Black Middle Class

Collateral Damage: How Trump Is Hollowing Out the Black Middle Class     Mark Kreidler April 24, 2025 Capital & Main The president has gone nuclear against federal union jobs — historically African Americans’ ladder to economic equality. Demo…

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April 28, 2025 at 5:50 AM

Find an Event for May Day and Beyond

Find an Event for May Day and Beyond     April 27, 2025 http://Mobilize.us Find Events, Petitions, and Volunteer Opportunities for May Day and Beyond ,   Find Events, Petitions, and Volunteer Opportunities for May Day and Beyond May Day …

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April 28, 2025 at 5:30 AM

MLK in the North: The Civil Rights Leader Understood That Racism and Segregation Were National Problems

MLK in the North: The Civil Rights Leader Understood That Racism and Segregation Were National Problems     Jeanne Theoharis April 4, 2025 Teen Vogue Dr. King was arrested 29 times and assaulted by the police on many occasions. , Bettmann …

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April 28, 2025 at 12:00 AM

How the UFC Went MAGA

Portside Culture How the UFC Went MAGA     Jacob Debets April 23, 2025 Jacobin MMA used to be home to oddballs unified by a love of beating each other up inside cages. But since Donald Trump’s first presidency, the UFC has rebranded the sport as a …

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April 27, 2025 at 12:05 AM

Have We Found Life on Planet K1-18b?

Have We Found Life on Planet K1-18b?     Chris Impey April 25, 2025 The Conversation Astronomer Carl Sagan asserted that ‘Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.’ What precisely does that mean? And does the evidence of life on a distant planet…

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April 27, 2025 at 12:05 AM

Global Battlefields: A No-Holds-Barred Reckoning

Global Battlefields: A No-Holds-Barred Reckoning     Max Elbaum April 14, 2025 Convergence Walden Bello’s memoir wrestles with tough questions of political strategy and radical ethics in a world full of uprisings, wars, obscene inequality, and aggressive c…

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April 27, 2025 at 12:00 AM

‘We Don’t Have an Option Not To Fight’: How Black Women Are Resisting Now

‘We Don’t Have an Option Not To Fight’: How Black Women Are Resisting Now     Errin Haines April 17, 2025 The 19th Black women are rejecting narratives that suggest their lack of visibility since November 5 translates into inaction. Black women s…

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