Friday Nite Videos | September 11, 2026

Things Get Weird at the GOP Midterm 'Convention'. It Ain’t Fun Being MAGA No More | Parody Song. Kimmel - Talarico: The FCC-Forbidden Interview. The People Abusing Welfare Are Not Who You Think. Murdering 60 Minutes.

New Bill Proposes 32-Hour Work Week

Supporters argue that AI and automation mean businesses can produce more with less human labor and that employees should receive some of those gains as additional time away from work.

60 Posts in 10 Hours: Trump’s Reality

With an assist from A.I., President Trump's prolific social media posts offer a window into how he wants to be seen — and, critics say, a barometer of his mental state.

Are We Prepared for Life Beyond Earth?

In our view, the question is not whether humanity will discover life beyond Earth, but whether it is prepared for the consequences when it does.

Eight Feminist Writers on Gloria Steinem

Our global panel of writers reflect on what Gloria Steinem, who died last week at age 92, meant to them

Is This Really the Left’s Big Moment?

Progressives and socialists made historic gains in Democratic primaries. What happens in November is what really matters. A win in Michigan opens up a lane for progressives in other competitive races across the country — perhaps even....

Building Power, One Person at a Time

Progressive political candidates in 2026 are doing more than just trying to win an election. Sometimes politicians only think of how volunteers can serve the campaign, but that’s an ineffective view to building power.

It’s Not Just the West Bank Settlers. It’s Israel

The West Bank is far more strategically and ideologically vital to Israel than any war it is fighting-it is the area in which Israel has the most longstanding, coherent and unchallenged goal: as much land for Jews with as few Palestinians as possible

‘Bombshell’ Report: Netanyahu Warned of Oct 7 Attack

Benjamin Netanyahu dismissed a warning about the attack from United Arab Emirates President Mohammed bin Zayed. Hamas immediately offered to release all Israeli hostages taken in the attack, demanding nothing in return, but Israel refused the deal.

Reader Comments & Tidbits, Sept. 10, 2026

Reader Comments: New Nazis Win in German State Elections; Portside's Gloria Steinem's Final Essay; ICE Horrors Continue; Three Book Launches: Red Lives; Mahmoud Khalil's No Land to Stand On; Angela Y. Davis, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor; and more....
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The Party of Baristas

Gabriel Winant Dissent Magazine
Noam Scheiber’s Mutiny shows that the labor organizing of the radicalized PMC is far more than a fit of whimsical proletarian roleplay.

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Muriel Rukeyser and the Poetry of Antifascism

Jeremy Wang-Iverson Rain Taxi
This new collection of essays, articles, and radio scripts should help bring renewed attention to this too-little-known modernist left wing poet and writer.

Labor

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They Cleaned Up Ground Zero. Now Many Are Hiding From ICE

Jasmine Gersd NPR
Women in profile in a living room. It's not known how many undocumented workers were involved in the 9/11 cleanup, but advocates say it's somewhere between 2,000 and 6,000 people. The fear of being picked up by Immigration has added to the PTSD which most of the group suffer.

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I Refused To Train the AI That Could Replace Me

James Maisiri rest of world
AI companies are paying highly educated workers to teach machines the judgment they spent years developing — even when those systems could eventually replace them.

Friday nite video

Things Get Weird at the GOP Midterm 'Convention'

Michael Kosta dives into the highlights, including Trump’s pledge to give out $5,000 "dividends" if the GOP wins the House and Senate and the president's unhelpful roast of Ken Paxton

Murdering 60 Minutes

What corporate consolidation and oligarch ownership mean for journalism, democracy, and the public’s access to independent information, and what the public can do to defend a free press