Portside

As Francisco Franco’s reputation grows on the far right, a new history of his regime reminds us of its unrelenting violence.

Pass the Potatoes, Hold the Panic

Jackson handled the case as should be done on the emergency docket. Justices, she said, should deal with the requests "quickly, as transparently as possible, and for logistical reasons, not…make what amount to significant substantive decisions"

It’s up to us to stand up to the fossil fuel industry, to political leaders who are obstructing progress, and understand what’s at stake now for people around the world, and for all of these precious ecosystems that are threatened by climate change.

"I ask no mercy and I plead for no immunity. I never so clearly comprehended as now the great struggle between the powers of greed and exploitation on the one hand and upon the other the rising hosts of industrial freedom and social justice.”

The power of having a film, having this play filmed is that I want to show that art and activism is a blueprint for liberation. And to show how an incarcerated population can become a powerful voting block through their family.

What the data says about food stamps in the U.S.

It’s in Danger of Extinction

Yet total interest on that same 50-year loan would accrue to about $816,000, almost double the $438,000 in interest paid over a 30-year term, he calculated.

Poet Gene Grabiner offers an allegory of our demented leadership.