Archive | Portside

May 14, 2022

A New Non-Aligned Movement Is an Urgent Imperative for the Global South

Nontobeko Hlela Morning Star

We have sat outside looking in for too long to believe that the West will give us a seat at their table — we must develop real financial autonomy and development that can withstand the attacks of the major powers.

May 14, 2022

Corporal Punishment Is Violence

Laurie Udesky Facing South

Black communities vow to ban school paddling.

May 14, 2022

I Invented Gilead. The Supreme Court Is Making It Real.

Margaret Atwood The Atlantic

I thought I was writing fiction in The Handmaid’s Tale.

May 14, 2022

Power, Wages, and Inequality

Arthur Macewan Dollars & Sense

The American labor market is characterized by high levels of employer power.

May 13, 2022

Ideas To Postpone the End of the World

Aileen Cassinetto, et al Speak Poetry

California poet Aileen Cassinetto, Laureate of San Mateo, brings ecopoetry to youth activists fighting to save the living planet Earth.

May 13, 2022

“It Tears You Apart Mentally and Physically”: The Health Crisis Afflicting Black Farmers

SAFIYA CHARLES In These Times

Farming is a stressful occupation. Black farmers face the additional burdens of racism, debt and fear of displacement.

Abortion Ruling | John Oliver

May 13, 2022

John Oliver discusses the leaked draft opinion that looks set to overturn Roe v. Wade, how we got to this point, and where we may be headed.

A Picture of the Milky Way's Supermassive Black Hole

May 13, 2022

The biggest reveal in human history: an image of the supermassive black hole, Sagittarius A*, at the center of our Milky Way galaxy.

Waterman | Documentary w/ Jason Mamoa

May 13, 2022

This documentary about five-time Olympic medalist and native Hawaiian Duke Paoa Kahanamoku explores his journey and legacy as a legendary swimmer, trailblazer, and father of modern-day surfing.

Hakeem Jeffries Dismantles Clarence Thomas

May 13, 2022

Congressman Hakeem Jeffries takes Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to task after Thomas’s criticism of pro-choice activists outside his home came up in a committee hearing.