Majority of Americans Support Palestinian Statehood

"Israel has lost the support of the world, including the American people," said policy analyst Jeffrey Sachs.

ICE Is Deporting Thousands With Minor Offenses

Many people with little or no criminal record have been swept into the administration’s immigration dragnet since January, an analysis of deportation data shows.

Mexico’s Policies Lifted 13.4 Million out of Poverty

Experts are enthusiastic about poverty reductions achieved under former Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador

CBO: Ugly Bill Triggers $500 Billion in Medicare Cuts

"Republicans knew their tax breaks for billionaires would force over half a trillion dollars in Medicare cuts—and they did it anyway," said Rep. Brendan Boyle.

Global Left Midweek – August 20, 2025

The masks are coming off

National Interests, Greed and the UN Plastics Treaty

The latest round of negotiations show just how difficult it is to enforce humanitarian and ecological objectives which go against the interests of the oil industry and oil-producing countries.

The Troubling Lines That Columbia Is Drawing

By adopting an overly broad and controversial definition of antisemitism, the university is putting both academic freedom and its Jewish students at risk.

Brutalism Is Back

Not everyone is excited about the resurgence of brutalism. But the rise of neobrutalist projects shows how the polarizing architectural style can also be a pragmatic use of scarce resources.

Trump’s War on Mail-In Voting

Instead of trying to make elections more secure, Trump’s laying the groundwork for election theft in plain sight.

Media Bits and Bytes – August 19, 2025

Tech and politics
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Culture

books

Why Architecture and Urban Space Are Always Political

George Themistokleous LSE Review of Books
The contributors to this latest volume of the Routledge Handbook of Architecture, Urban Space and Politics offer a wide ranging discussion about social justice-oriented responses to the politics of our constructed, lived environment.

poetry

My California

Beau Beausoleil
West Coast poet Beau Beausoleil reflects on the momentary beauties which somehow compensate for our everyday sense of exile and displacement.

books

Genocide in Perspective

David Finkel Against the Current
"It must be said," writes reviewer Finkel, "that this book is essential reading, but not pleasant for anyone."

Labor

labor

What Trump’s Decertification of Federal Employee Unions Means

Marc Kagan Jacobin
The Trump administration moved ahead last week with its plans to void the collective bargaining agreements covering hundreds of thousands of federal workers. The labor movement appears largely quiescent in the face of this historic union busting.

labor

Trump Termination of Bargaining Agreements

Rebecca Beitsch The Hill
The Trump administration has quietly terminated collective bargaining agreements at the Department of Veterans Affairs; the Environmental Protection Agency; Department of Agriculture Food Safety Inspection Services; the Coast Guard;...

labor

How Mass-Based Community Unions Could Transform the Country

Keith Kelleher The Forge
Colorful drawing of stick figures floating with puzzle pieces. Over-reliance on outside funding threatens organizations’ long-term stability. Veteran labor organizer, Keith Kelleher, proposes for member-driven “community unions” as a sustainable alternative.

Friday nite video

video

Alcohol Is Amazing

Alcohol kills more people each year than wars, terrorism, homicides, and car accidents combined. Why do we cling to something so harmful?