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Brute Force Sweeps Away the Rule of Law

Fabrizio Tonello Il Manifesto Global
Donald Trump is weak and aggressive, while his advisors are unscrupulous. The mini-Nazis he has surrounded himself with are rushing to deploy military power to mask their total failure on the domestic front.

The MAHA Dietary Guidelines III: Conflicts of Interest

Marion Nestle Food Politics
The new dietary guidelines, which were released Wednesday and emphasize protein, meat, cheese and milk, were informed by a panel of experts with several ties to the meat and dairy industries.

Amazon’s Robot Revolution

Luis Feliz Leon Dissent Magazine
While the introduction of robotics at Amazon is still in an early phase, the technological transformation underway continues existing practices of work intensification, degradation, and displacement.

This Week in People’s History, Jan 14–20, 2026

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United Auto Workers members during their 1937 sit-down strike in Flint, Michigan
Sit-Down Strikes Were Powerful; Now They’re Illegal (1937), Sixty-Two People Own the Same Wealth as 3.6 Billion (2016), Red Dye No. 2 Was Banned 50 Years Ago; Why Did It Take So Long? (1976), New York Gets the News About Racist Terror in Dixie (1868)

The SCOTUS Ruling That Enabled the Killing of Renee Good

Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern Slate
Events keep demonstrating Donald Trump’s absolutely limitless claims of power to do anything. So nobody should be surprised at the resounding claim that his agents can kill people in cold blood, and they’re immune from any scrutiny.

Why Israelis Are Leaving in Record Numbers

Hila Amit +972 Magazine
Over 150,000 citizens have left the country in the past two years alone — many of them with a one-way ticket and no plans of returning.