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Trump’s Department of Energy Gets Scienced

International climate experts have extensively debunked the D.O.E.’s recent report, but will science win out?

80 Years Ago, a Jewish Radical, Two Negro League Stars

The little known story about Sam Nahem, Leon Day, and Willard Brown who in 1945 played on a field in the shadow of Adolph Hitler's Nazi Germany and broke down historic barriers.

Three Trump Cabinet Members Have Multiple Mortgages

The White House has targeted opponents, including a Fed governor, for having more than one primary residence on their loan papers. ProPublica found that, in one case, a Trump cabinet secretary got two such mortgages in quick succession.

An Arkansas Group’s Effort To Build a White Ethnostate

The group, which describes itself as a “private membership association” that helps groups form “European heritage communities,” plans to build four more sites, including another location in the Ozarks and two in Appalachia.

I Have a Dream – the Forgotten Economic Demands of 1963

Dean Baker speaks with historian Dr. William P. Jones about his book "The March on Washington: Jobs, Freedom, and the Forgotten History of the Civil Rights Movement."

Washington, DC, Residents Protest Against Trump

Several thousand protesters march to oppose Trump's troop deployment Justice Department data shows violent crime at 30-year low in D.C D.C. Attorney General files lawsuit against troop deployment, citing unconstitutionality

Sanders Backs Trump Plan for Government Stake in Intel

The new stake in the tech giant aims to increase US semiconductor chip production.

Senators Merkley and Van Hollen Denied Access to Gaza

CAIR said that they "have taken a bold and necessary step by confronting the Israeli-manufactured and US-backed humanitarian calamity in Gaza head-on. Their mission must not stand alone."

New Left, Antiwar Movement, and Working Class Politics

While not providing a clear antidote to Trumpism, Michael Ansara’s “Hard Work” still delivers indispensable insights into activism from the 1960s to today.

Trump Promised an Antiwar Presidency. He Lied.

Any expectation that Trump would bring a new era of reduced wars is being dashed by the brutal, opposite reality.
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Culture

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One Nation, Not Under God

Stephen Rohde Los Angeles Review of Books
This book was first published in 2019 and is a classic whose relevance has only grown over time. Reviewer Rohde offers a detailed tour of this important work.

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Highest 2 Lowest Is a Cringeworthy Remake of a Classic

Eileen Jones Jacobin
Spike Lee’s Highest 2 Lowest attempts to remake a beloved Akira Kurosawa film about the injustices of a class-stratified society all while sidestepping class. Even Denzel Washington can’t save this misfire.

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‘Alien: Earth’ Is One of the Best Shows So Far This Year

Eric Deggans NPR
'Alien: Earth' is one of the best shows so far this year. Many classic themes recur: A modern world corrupted by corporate exploitation of average people. The question of whether technological advancements are meant to serve humans or replace them.

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In a Berlin Bar

Rafaella Del Bourgo
Poet Rafaella Del Bourgo offers a quick intro to sexual politics, reminding us that sex is "a tune both familiar and strange."

Labor

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How To Fight the Boss and Authoritarianism

Alex Caputo-Pearl Jacobin
In preparing to strike, United Teachers Los Angeles learned how to build broad backing for common-good goals and prepare for nonviolent action to achieve them — lessons that can be used in the fight against rising authoritarianism.

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Raid of Hyundai EV Plant in Georgia

Jessica Corbett Common Dreams
A spokesperson for South Korea's foreign ministry said that "the economic activities of our companies investing in the US and the rights and interests of our nationals must not be unfairly violated."

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Labor: Turning the Corner? It Will Take More Than Mobilization

Michael Eisenscher Portside
We need to build a labor movement that recognizes, articulates, and practices values that are fundamentally different from those of the market, namely values of solidarity, equality, inclusivity, community, and democracy.

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Hawaii Workers Rally Over Trump Policies

Victoria Budiono Honolulu Star Advertiser
The Workers Not Billionaires rally in Honolulu mirrored actions across the nation, where workers marked Labor Day by demanding that their voices, not just the wealthiest Americans, shape the country’s future.

Friday nite video

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The Most Corrupt Stock Traders in Congress

How do members of Congress get so rich? Hint: they're scoring record returns in the stock market, raising questions about their use of insider information.

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Could the Epstein Vote Take Down Trump?

Epstein survivors are pushing back against Speaker Mike Johnson’s claim that withholding the files protects them, raising the question: who is really being shielded?