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When Black Holes Collide, With Nergis Mavalvala

Ripples in spacetime? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian Harrison Greenbaum explore black hole collisions, quantum tricks, and how gravitational waves can help us uncover the early universe with MIT physicist and LIGO researcher Nergis Mavalvala.

Ecuador Enters “Trump Mode” With Noboa Victory

Authoritarian drift and political blackmail shape the runoff election in Ecuador, where incumbent President Daniel Noboa won Sunday’s vote.

CTU Members Ratify New Contract With 97% Approval

The contract is the CTU’s first without a strike or a strike vote in 15 years. The agreement sets lower class size limits, gives pay raises and could add hundreds of new staff members.

Barbara Lee Wins Oakland Mayor’s Race

The former congresswoman, a progressive Democrat, campaigned on a promise to unite residents in the beleaguered California city. Her challenger, Loren Taylor, conceded on Saturday.

Netanyahu Is Considering a Limited Strike on Iran

The above article is Haaretz's lead editorial, as published in the Hebrew and English newspapers in Israel.

Van Hollen Meets With Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia

While Abrego Garcia’s individual case was tragic, Van Hollen said it had even larger implications for the strength of constitutional rights to due process. “The president, the Trump administration, are defying, the order from the Supreme Court."

What Is Trump Planning With His Import Tariffs?

In a revealing speech, Trump’s economic adviser has exposed the actual strategy behind the tariff policy: forcing other countries to provide financial support for US world hegemony.

Biden and Trump’s Leniency on Corporate Crime

The federal government under Joe Biden prosecuted fewer corporate crime cases than at any point in the last 30 years. Now the Trump administration is set to drop or pause more than 100 enforcement actions against corporate misconduct.

Tackling Climate Change Must Be Job One

This Earth Day, on April 22, you can exercise your power. The wellbeing of our planet and its people is at stake.

Solidarity Is the Core of Our Movements

When “resistance grows, but the killing does not stop,” it’s time to become more strategic, methodical, innovative, collaborative and dedicated to justice regardless of the whims of corporate power, institutional oppression, or societal approval.
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Culture

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‘Infinite License’

Omer Bartov The New York Review of Books
An Israeli-American historian of Holocaust and Genocide Studies covers the dynamic of a Jewish state that has thrived on Holocaust roots, how that legacy has been exploited becoming an apartheid state, a practitioner of genocide of Palestinians

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Frantz Fanon’s Algerian Years on Film

An interview with Jean-Claude Barny Jacobin
In French-ruled Algeria, Frantz Fanon was a psychiatrist and an active member of the National Liberation Front. A new movie portrays his commitment to the anti-colonial struggle.

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How To Fight Trump’s Attacks on Farmworkers

David Bacon The Nation
ICE is picking people up on warrants for detention across the country. ICE Director Tom Homan calls all undocumented immigrants criminals and therefore credible targets for deportation, no matter how many years they have lived in the country.

Labor

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Shawn Fain: We Need a Political Movement for Workers

Shawn Fain Jacobin
United Auto Workers president Shawn Fain explains his union’s position on tariffs and argues that we need a political movement that puts working-class people first to address the current political crisis in the US.

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Member-Run Unions

United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers of America (UE) UE News
A UE Guide to Democratic Practice

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Kentucky Unions Stand Up To Halt Deportation of Two Hundred Workers

Luis Feliz Leon Labor Notes
“The labor movement has an opportunity to strengthen our organizations and show that we fight for all members. If the Trump administration can get away with coming after immigrants and federal workers, they’ll keep coming for more of us.”

Friday nite video

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20 Lessons on Tyranny | Read by John Lithgow

Now, more than ever, we need the wisdom of our intellects, the patriotism of our citizens, and the passion and talents of those who still believe in the American experiment.

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Palantir: The New Deep State

Specialists in surveillance, they’ve been hired by the Department of Defense, the FBI, ICE, and even Wendy’s. Now DOGE will likely hire Palantir as well.