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Trump’s Plan to Jail the Supreme Court’s Critics

The right to criticize the powerful is a cornerstone of democracy. In Trump’s America, it’s cause for a prison sentence.

The Polling Imperilment

Presidential polls are no more reliable than they were a century ago. So why do they consume our political lives? "When we refer to “political junkies,” polls are pretty much the junk."

Immigration Became a Lightning Rod in American Politics

Anti-immigrant think tanks and advocacy groups operated on the margins until Trump became president. Now they have molded not only the GOP but also Democrats in their image.

Reader Comments & Tidbits, October 3, 2024

Reader Comments: Israel Blocked Humanitarian Aid to Gaza; GOP Has Anti-Worker Policies; Remembering Peter N. Carroll; Alva L'nez Jones Buxenbaum, Educator and Activist; Books About Palestine; The Campus Free Speech Crises, 1964/2024; Cartoons; more..

Majority of Americans Want To End Electoral College

The polling follow a Republican push to change Nebraska rules to boost GOP nominee Donald Trump's chances of winning in November.

US Judge Sides With Pro-Palestinian Students

University of Maryland cannot block Students for Justice in Palestine from holding campus event for Gaza, judge rules

Who Will Care for Those Climate Migration Leaves Behind

As people move away from flooding and heat, new research suggests that those who remain will be older, poorer and more vulnerable.

Illinois' Elimination of Cash Bail One Year Later

Fear still fuels the bail reform debate, but new data from Illinois show that holding on to cash bail may make communities less safe.

Global Left Midweek – October 2, 2024

News and analyses from parties and movements worldwide

Arab and Muslim Voters Could Be Decisive in Key States

Muslims distraught by Democrats arming Israel may stay home or vote uncommitted, potentially affecting the party’s chances in key states, researchers and advocates say
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Culture

books

Donald Trump, Sexual Predator

Lloyd Green The Guardian
This book and this review are nearly five years old. Their relevance remains undiminished.

poetry

Who’s in Charge Here?

W. D. Ehrhart
This poet has a skeptical say about the Higher Powers who control twelve-step programs.

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Socialism: A Logical Introduction

Matt McManus Marx & Philosophy Review of Books
Reviewer McManus calls this new book "a lucid defense of American democratic socialism."

food

What Immigrants Do Eat

Anand Giridharadas The.Ink
There may be no better case for the multi-racial, multi-ethnic, multi-everything society America is becoming than the flavors. What would America eat, and be, without immigrants?

Labor

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Longshoremen Strike Deadline Looms Large Over Economy and Election

Taylor Giorno The Hill
Tens of thousands of longshoremen at 14 ports along the East Coast and Gulf of Mexico are poised to strike early Tuesday morning if their union and employers cannot reach an agreement by midnight, which could disrupt the economy and the election.

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One of the Biggest Losers of Manufacturing

Jake Johnson Common Dreams
"As president, he cut taxes for corporations, encouraged outsourcing, and lost nearly 200,000 manufacturing jobs, including auto jobs," said Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris.

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How a Hot Shop Burns: The UMD Graduate Labor Union Card Campaign

Sam Dee Washington Socialist
I understand the collective failure of the UMD GLU card campaign as a failure of vision, of the breadth of social life needed to sustain our union, and of the strategic flexibility required to navigate our difficult organizing landscape.

Friday nite video

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Winner | Movie (2024)

Docudrama of a brilliant young misfit from Texas who finds her morals challenged while serving in the U.S. Air Force and working as an NSA contractor