Archive | Portside

October 22, 2022

On the 50th Anniversary of the Clean Water Act, the Chesapeake Bay Deserves More

Tom Pelton Maryland Matters

Populations of the Bay’s iconic blue crabs this year crashed to the lowest levels on record. The Bay’s overall health scored an anemic 50 out of 100 in the University of Maryland’s Center for Environmental Science’s most recent annual report card.

October 21, 2022

Friday Nite Videos | October 21, 2022

Portside

Transgender Rights | John Oliver. Hasan Minhaj | Audacity of Equality. Corporate Profits Account for Over Half of Higher Prices. Jordan Klepper Meets Michigan Midterm Voters. Aftershock | Documentary.

Transgender Rights | John Oliver

October 21, 2022

John Oliver discusses the latest round of attacks on transgender rights, what’s at stake, and the filthiest of the “Peanuts” characters.

Hasan Minhaj | Audacity Of Equality

October 21, 2022

Lots of reactions.

Corporate Profits Account for Over Half of Higher Prices

October 21, 2022

Bigger corporate profits account for *over half* of the higher prices people are paying. pic.twitter.com/RZr5O0X4oJ

— Rep. Katie Porter (@RepKatiePorter) October 18, 2022

Jordan Klepper Meets Michigan Midterm Voters

October 21, 2022

Jordan goes back on the campaign trail before the midterms to find out who’s defending America’s elections, who is denying them, and just how civil we can keep America’s next civil war. Airs November 1.

Aftershock | Documentary

October 21, 2022

When a Black mother dies, there is a ripple effect. Aftershock, an original documentary from Onyx Collective and ABC News Studios, now on Hulu. #AftershockDoc

October 21, 2022

The Fight Against Inflation Doesn’t Have To Be Rich-People Friendly

Sam Pizzigati Inequality.org

Instead of hiking interest rates, we could be hiking tax rates on excess profits and wealth.

October 21, 2022

When Unions Back Corporate Mergers, Workers Lose

Hamilton Nolan In These Times

Worker holding up a sign saying stop Corporate Greed in a parking lot in front of a store.

The UFCW may be contemplating supporting Kroger’s mega-merger. That should give every union member a sinking feeling.

October 21, 2022

Interview: Reporting on COVID From Behind Bars

Paco Alvarez Type Investigations

In this conversation, we talk to Juan Moreno Haines, editor of the San Quentin News, about what drew him to investigate the Adjustment Center, and what it was like to report on the prison’s Covid-19 crisis as he was living through it.