August 11, 2021 Global Left Midweek - August 11, 2021 Portside The earth is a hot spot! News and analysis from Africa, Asia and Latin America
August 11, 2021 “Her Living Voice”: On “The Essential Muriel Rukeyser” Catherine Gander Los Angeles Review of Books This new selection should help broaden reader interest in the work of this socially conscious poet.
August 11, 2021 Koch Network Infiltration of Public Schools 'Harms Students, Teachers, and Our Democracy': Report Brett Wilkins Common Dreams "In their assault on public education, the network has taken actions to increasingly privatize and corporatize K-12 institutions."
August 11, 2021 Cuomo Leaves, But a Corrupt Political Culture Remains in New York Lee Harris The American Prospect The structure of state government, with its centralized power and few ethical checks, invites scandal after scandal.
August 11, 2021 Biden Must Call Off B52 Bombing of Afghan Cities Medea Benjamin And Nicolas J.S. Davies Foreign Policy in Focus The U.S. attacks will not stop the Taliban or end the war.
August 11, 2021 We Need a Nationwide Vaccine Mandate Branko Marcetic Jacobin Measures like those France and New York City recently instituted are an appropriate tool for preventing impending and devastating mass death.
August 11, 2021 New York Times Tech Staff to Walk Out in Growing Union Fight Josh Eidelson Bloomberg New York Times Co. technology employees plan to walk off the job Wednesday over what they say are the newspaper publisher’s illegal efforts to stymie their unionization campaign.
August 10, 2021 Media Bits and Bytes - Going Global Portside The media narrative on Cuba, what happens when Big Tech and governments collide, and more buzz
August 10, 2021 IPCC Report: Global Emissions Must Peak by 2025 to Keep Warming at 1.5°C – We Need Deeds Not Words Pep Canadell, Joelle Gergis, Malte Meinshausen, Mark Hemer and Michael Grose The Conversation Climate change is now affecting every continent, region and ocean on Earth, and every facet of the weather.
August 10, 2021 The Fate of Confederate Monuments Should Be Clear Eric Herschthal The New Republic We know why they were built and why they have to come down.
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