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May 24, 2025

Elizabeth Gurley Flynn Reminds Us How Civil Liberties and Collective Action Go Hand in Hand

Mary Anne Trasciatti Power at Work

At a time when civil liberties are hanging by a string, and the institutions that working people have come to rely on to pursue justice for themselves are being gutted, Flynn’s life and career are a wellspring of inspiration.

May 24, 2025

Voters Demand a Bolder and More Progressive Democratic Party

Marianne Dhenin Yes! Magazine

Anger among Democratic voters nationwide over the Trump administration’s agenda and Democrats’ unwillingness to act as a bulwark against its overreaches also points to a growing desire for alternatives to the old guard.

May 23, 2025

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Why Zuckerberg Is Sucking Up to Trump. The Sexy Paradox That Stumped Darwin. Why Putin Believes the War Is Defensive. Trump Blasts South Africa for “White Genocide” | The Daily Show. Trump and the Press | John Oliver.

Why Mark Zuckerberg Is Sucking Up to Donald Trump

May 23, 2025

There's a cynical strategy: the government could be about to break up Facebook’s empire. Zuck needs Trump to stop it.

The Sexy Paradox That Stumped Darwin

May 23, 2025

We all know Charles Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection, right? But what about his lesser-know theory of evolution: sexual selection?

Trump Blasts South Africa for “White Genocide” | The Daily Show

May 23, 2025

Ronny Chieng tackles the president of South Africa's uncomfortable White House visit and a MAGA couple shortchanged by a "RUMP" watch

Why Putin Believes the War Is Defensive

May 23, 2025

People in the West often assume that Putin is concerned with territorial expansion or gaining material advantages, and they miss the ideological dimensions.

Trump and the Press | John Oliver

May 23, 2025

How Trump is attempting to reshape coverage in the press, threatening media he doesn’t agree with, and why this signals a slide toward authoritarianism

May 23, 2025

Trump Treats Laws As Obstacles, Not Limits − and the Only Real Check on His Rule-Breaking Can Come From Political Pressure

Andrew Reeves The Conversation

Trump is not the first president to test the limits of authority. But the pace and scale of his defiance are without precedent. Courts are issuing rulings against many Trump decrees, but if there is a limit on presidential power, it is political.

May 23, 2025

What Can the Joint List Teach Us About Building Palestinian Political Power?

Rida Abu Rass +972 Magazine

The Joint List was a historic electoral alliance of Palestinian-majority parties. Ten years after its formation, this experiment in Palestinian unity inside Israel — and its ultimate collapse — shows the need for carefully cultivated alliances.