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Patrick & Claud Cockburn: A Legacy of Guerilla Journalism

November 22, 2024

Prestigious publications have often failed to see when things were so clearly wrong. In 2024 journalism needs crusading journalists as much as it did in the 1930s.

Leonard Cohen | Everybody Knows

November 22, 2024

By Canadian singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen and collaborator Sharon Robinson, originally released in 1988. Still unfortunately relevant to our times.

Bread & Roses | Movie

November 22, 2024

In the shadow of Kabul’s fall, three women fight to reclaim their lives. Directed by Sahra Mani and produced by Jennifer Lawrence and Malala Yousafzai. Now streaming on Apple TV.

Nancy Mace Is Reborn as a Transphobic Warrior | The Daily Show

November 22, 2024

Nancy Mace targets Congresswoman Sarah McBride with an anti-trans bathroom ban. #DailyShow #MattGaetz #Trump

That Matt Gaetz Report – Should Still Come Out

November 22, 2024

Matt Gaetz's confirmation went down in flames. The public deserves to see the report he resigned from Congress to hide before Gaetz shows up seeking another powerful position.

November 22, 2024

Immigrant Workers Plead for Swift Action on Pending Deportation Protection Applications

Claudia Irizarry Aponte The City

Workers holding signs such as DOL: Expedite the Statement of Interest

At a picket, dozens demand action from the New York State Department of Labor to fast track approvals for whistleblowers and victims of labor law violations before Trump takes office in January.

November 22, 2024

Make America Diseased Again?

Sarah Zhang The Atlantic

RFK, Jr.'s nomination normalizes and emboldens the anti-vaccine movement. The danger now is that diseases confined to the past become diseases of the future.

November 22, 2024

Whosoever

Elizabeth Scanlon Whosoever Whole

Poet Elizabeth Scanlon asks "what is this a culture of," and finds the usual answers wanting, leaving it up to the rest of us to make better choices.

November 21, 2024

ICC Issues Arrest Warrants for Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant

Sondos Asem and Dania Akkad Middle East Eye

It is the first instance in the court's 22-year history it has issued arrest warrants for western-allied senior officials. The Court also issues a warrant for Hamas military chief Mohammed Deif, six months after request by prosecutor Karim Khan,

November 21, 2024

The Not-So-Secret History of Netanyahu’s Support for Hamas

Ghousoon Bisharat +972 Magazine

From sabotaging Oslo to funneling Qatari cash into Gaza, Bibi has spent his career bolstering Hamas to help perpetuate the conflict. Even after Oct. 7, argues historian Adam Raz, he's still advancing the same strategy.