Andrew Cuomo Has a Jeffrey Epstein Problem

A surprising number of Andrew Cuomo’s allies, donors, and friends have close ties to the late pedophile and sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.

Polls Showing Mamdani Leading with Jewish Voters

Polling shows mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani in a commanding lead with Jewish New Yorkers, but you won’t read about it in the paper of record.

Most Israelis Back Hostage Deal That Ends Gaza War

A new Israel Democracy Institute survey reveals 64.5 percent of Israelis, including half of the surveyed Likud voters, favor a cease-fire and hostage deal that includes IDF withdrawal from Gaza.

Economic Justice and Domestic Workers’ Rights Movement

“We, as feminists today, like domestic workers in the 1970s and in the early 2000s, need to think outside the box...We can’t think about domestic work as an individual issue within the household, but as a structural problem....”

Reader Comments & Tidbits, Sept 4, 2025

Readers Comments: Death of Voting Rights Act, Gerrymandering, Confederacy Worship, Gestapo Seizures and Camps; RFK Insanity; Zohran Mamdani; Martin Niemöller's real quote; Italian Dockworkers Threaten to Shut Down All of Europe; No Kings 2 - Oct 18;

Trump Team’s Climate Report 'A Mockery of Science'

Over 85 top climate specialists lambasted administration’s review, calling it a ‘shoddy mess’ that downplays risks

Mamdani Blasts Trump Support for Cuomo Revelations

"The NYC mayor's race is a clear example of a corrupt political system," said Sen. Bernie Sanders.

Yes, America Has a Housing Emergency

But Trump will make it worse

The MAGA Influencers Rehabilitating Hitler

A growing constituency on the right wants America to unlearn the lessons of World War II.

Global Left Midweek — September 3, 2025

News From Asia: Workers Are Breaking Out
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Culture

books

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.

film

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.

tv

‘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.

poetry

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."

books

The New Samizdat

Lee Rossi Portside
These two anthologies showcase poets that are responding to the anxieties of our time.

Labor

labor

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.

labor

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.

labor

Fred Ross Changed Community Organizing

Peter Dreier Jacobin
Community organizer Fred Ross Sr was a key figure in progressive activism during the 20th century. He started in the 1930s farmworker camps that inspired John Steinbeck’s novels and went on to pioneer methodical tactics that transformed American orga

labor

Kentucky Battery Plant Joins UAW in Close Vote

Luis Feliz Leon Labor Notes
The outcome of the election will ultimately hinge on the 41 challenged ballots. The union called those ballots “illegitimate,” and called on Ford to “drop their anti-democratic effort to undermine the outcome of the election.”

Friday nite video

20 Years After Hurricane Katrina

Twenty years ago today, on August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina roared ashore. Democracy Now! speaks with Academy Award-nominated director, Traci A. Curry.

ICE Regrets Stopping This Informed Citizen

Constitutional auditor Robert Trudell exercised his rights to legally bypass an immigration checkpoint, sparking frustration from the immigration agents on the scene.

video

Putin Is Trapped by Trump's Misunderstandings

Trump has misunderstood what Putin told him, and that is a problem for the Russian president. Is this is a negotiation tactic or just Trump not understanding the issues?