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New legislation in California and other states aims to stop big firms using the pandemic to dismiss long-serving employees

After nights of fire and looting, the poet Jed Myers asks in “False Flag” the simple question: who is shifting the blame to whom?

How today’s focus on “racial disparity” can distort our understanding of structural inequality

“We’re in a different world today, where management is all about the money and the company’s bottom line, but where’s the dignity of a person?”

“If everyone intermingled—like we did when we linked up with the Russians—there could be no war.” On April 25, 1945, American and Russian soldiers met at the Elbe River and made a pledge for peace that we should heed today.

"I do not believe the defendant would be served by a severe prison sentence or substantial financial fine and ask you to show compassion in your sentencing."

The times are testing whether democracy and the rule of law, which are under the most ferocious, and sustained assault, will survive. We ask readers for their support once a year. If you like what we do, this is the time to support Portside.

President Trump says he is against endless wars, but his actions prove otherwise. So, while the best way to smooth over the dangerous civil-military divide is to end the US’ imperial wars, such an end is nowhere in sight and the divide is growing.

At the start of this decade, the federal government identified consumer DNA testing as a burgeoning scam industry. Nonetheless, according to MIT Technology Review more than 26 million people have had their DNA tested. The scam is mainstream now.

This year, thankfully, there are multiple movies worth watching, either in theaters or online. Here are a handful: The Report. Dark Waters. Queen & Slim. A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood. After Parkland.