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June 16, 2023

‘I’ve Never Regretted Doing It’: Daniel Ellsberg (1931–2023)

David Smith Guardian

Fifty years after exposing US lies about the Vietnam war, Daniel Ellsberg said the culture of official secrecy had gotten worse. He urged whistleblowers: ‘Don’t wait years till the bombs are falling and people have been dying’

Why Disney World Is in Florida

June 16, 2023

Disney World really is a kingdom.

School Board President Destroys Homophobic Protestors

June 16, 2023

School Board President Jackie Goldberg showcases The Great Big Book of Families and gives a heartfelt speech about showing respect to lgbtq+ individuals.

Big Win for Tribal Sovereignty in the Supreme Court

June 16, 2023

Cherokee journalist Rebecca Nagle talks about a major victory at the Supreme Court in a case that could have gutted Native American sovereignty.

"We Built This" - Black-ish Season 4 Premiere

June 16, 2023

A reminder, on Juneteenth, of the role that Black labor has played in building the country.

DeSantis and Trump Among the Disciples

June 16, 2023

The jaw-dropping claims of some very un-Christian politicians.

June 16, 2023

Friday Nite Videos | June 16, 2023

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DeSantis and Trump Among the Disciples. "We Built This" - Black-ish Season 4 Premiere. Big Win for Tribal Sovereignty in the Supreme Court. School Board President Destroys Homophobic Protestors. Why Disney World Is in Florida.

June 15, 2023

The 2023 Oakland Teachers Strike: An Assessment

Heath Madom Stansbury Forum

Statewide education funding is the barrier to the kind of schools we want, ones with small class sizes and more support and resources for students. We won’t achieve this kind of transformational change without an intervention at the state level.

June 15, 2023

Tidbits – June 15, 2023 – Reader Comments: Trump Indictment; Killing Blacks a Growth Industry; David Byrne Relents; Readers Respond: “People’s Media” Network; 10 Years of Fight for $15; Eddie Kay Way-Street Naming Ceremony; Cartoons; More

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Reader Comments: Trump Indictment; Killing Blacks a Growth Industry; David Byrne Relents-Musical to Have Live Orchestra; Readers Respond: “People’s Media” Network; Crypto Currency; 10 Years of Fight for $15; Eddie Kay Way-Street Naming Ceremony; more

June 15, 2023

The Surprising Pervasiveness of Pro-War Propaganda

Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies, Marcy Winograd Foreign Policy in Focus

The war in Ukraine has divided progressives like few other foreign policy issues in recent years. A Foreign Policy in Focus commentary by John Feffer posted on Portside criticized CODEPINK's position on the war in Ukraine. Here is our response.