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Save the Whales. But Save the Microbes, Too.

Conservation biologists propose a daunting task: protecting Earth’s diversity of bacteria and other microbes.

Radical Legacy of the “Poorest President in the World”

What we can learn from the life of Uruguay’s former guerrilla and leftist president Pepe Mujica.

Pervasive Impunity

Richard Beck’s Homeland charts how four presidential administrations managed to evade moral responsibility for the “war on terror” by hiding behind legality and process.

Trumpism, It Was Ever Thus

Trump's brand of thoroughly vulgar and outlandish demagogy, his politics of racism, cruelty, vindictiveness, and gleeful resentment is not new, it has deep roots and is deeply, fundamentally American.

The Supreme Court Will Gut the Voting Rights Act

The ruling, when it comes, will be disastrous for Black voters and for Democrats.

The Zionist Consensus Among US Jews Has Collapsed.

Two years after the 7 October massacre and the onset of Israel’s slaughter in Gaza, American Jewry has been profoundly transformed

Millions March Against Trump – No Kings

More than 2,500 US rallies are planned in all 50 states as protesters call for limits on presidential power. According to "No Kings" over 7 million took part in the demonstrations today.

Corbyn and Manifestival Guests Offer a Path

We do not want to conform to a world of cruelty and hatred. This generation must be aware of its own strength and assert its democratic tradition. We must remember what we are capable of when we organize.

The Madness of Trump’s Vision for America

From terrifying the children of immigrants to pepper-spraying frogs, the US under Trump is rapidly descending into mayhem.

Trump’s D.C. Takeover Threatens Education

Military and police crackdowns on communities are costly and have long-term, harmful impacts on millions of students and families.
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YouTube Just Ate TV. It’s Only Getting Started

Alex Weprin The Hollywood Reporter
In two decades, the app has grown from a user-generated circus into the most powerful platform on earth. CEO Neal Mohan on his $100 billion vision for YouTube’s future and the disruption it’s left in its wake.

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Bravery on the Front Lines in the Face of Fascism

Paul Von Blum The Progressive
A new comics collection from Raymond Tyler and Paul Buhle tells the stories of unsung partisan heroes who fought fascism across Europe. We have no alternative. Time is short. We should admire the heroes of Partisans and proceed to blaze our own path

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Artificial Intelligence: Principles To Protect Workers

AFL-CIO AFL-CIO
AI shouldn’t repeat the mistakes of the past, where periods of globalization, such as NAFTA and automation prioritized short-term gains for companies and investors, and left working families and their communities to bear the cost.

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Weathering Backlash With Care Infrastructure

Briana M. Bivens In These Times
Photo of four children on top of a bed looking at the camera. The Highlander Nursery School’s free socialist early childhood education helped sustain the Southern labor movement. Here’s what we can learn.

Friday nite video

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South Park Dismantles MAGA Christians

This "Twisted Christian" episode is a funny, yet thought provoking take down of MAGA's right-wing hyper-nationalist bastardization of Christianity. Spoilers.

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Orwell 2+2=5 | Documentary Movie

This movie mixes the story of George Orwell, whose novels 1984 and Animal Farm foretold a chilling, authoritarian future, with the frightening reality of the 21st century

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The Ballad of the Portland Frog Brigade

What happens when a giant frog, a chicken, a bear, and a unicorn take to the rainy streets of Portland? The true-to-life tale of the Portland Frog Protester.