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This Week in People’s History, Aug 13–19, 2025

Portside
A formal portrait of Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass’ Winning Oratorical Debut (1841), Setting the Standard for Jury Nullification (1670), “Free Joan Little!” Done That. (1975), A Dire Warning, Heeded Not (1975), VERY Late, But Never TOO Late (1920)

Everyone Hates Airlines, Especially the Workers Set To Strike

Adam D. K. King Jacobin
The flying experience is increasingly miserable, for both passengers and the people working the cabin. While Air Canada executives rake in millions, flight attendants are unpaid for large parts of their job and ready to strike.

Is Trump the Real Problem

Darrick Hamilton Center for Economic and Policy Research
How social movements like Black Lives Matter and Occupy Wall Street forced politicians to abandon austerity economics during the pandemic -- what it will take to make those changes permanent in the face of Trump's renewed politics of division?

We Don’t Need Nuclear Reactors on the Moon

Joseph Cirincione MSNBC
Transportation Secretary and acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy's plan to fast-track nuclear reactors on the moon is a dangerous distraction.

The Big Lies About Israel, Anti-Semitism, and Trump

Peter Dreier Portside
Israel has become a global pariah due to Netanyahu's crime spree. And Trump is a laughing stock among world leaders for his authoritarian policies, his ignorance, his megalomania, and his pathological lies.