Archive | Portside

May 26, 2018

Ireland Votes by Landslide to Legalise Abortion

Henry McDonald, Emma Graham-Harrison, Lisa O'Carroll The Guardian

Leo Varadkar vows legal terminations by end of year after huge vote for change

May 26, 2018

White House Aims to Strip Federal Workers of Right to Representation

American Federation of Government Employees

President Donald Trump on Friday signed a trio of executive orders to overhaul the federal government by making it easier to fire federal workers.

May 26, 2018

Did the Supreme Court Just Gut the New Deal?

Simon Lazarus The American Prospect

Monday’s ruling banning employee class-action suits could open the door to destroying non-union workers' rights.

May 25, 2018

Lake Michigan, Scene 6

Daniel Borzutzky Lake Michigan

Chicago poet Daniel Borzutzky blends the surreal with all-too reality in depicting environmental pollution and political corruption.

How Researchers Are Teaching AI to Learn Like a Child

May 25, 2018

Machine learning algorithms may need programmed instincts to gain common sense.

The Truth About the Money Bail Industry | John Legend

May 25, 2018

The closer you look at the cash bail industry, the worse it appears

She's one woman tough enough for the boys club. The Break with Michelle Wolf is a weekly half-hour series with jokes, sketches (like this one!), celebrity guests, and more. Streaming every Sunday beginning May 27.

Teach Your Children | Playing For Change

May 25, 2018

This powerful live performance of “Teach Your Children” from Adelaide, Australia, features Tula, Roberto Luti and the PFC Band.

Trump Cancels NK Summit, Pushes Crazy Spy Claim

May 25, 2018

Seth takes a closer look at the president canceling his summit with North Korea and pushing a baseless conspiracy theory about the Russia probe.

May 25, 2018

The Radical Right’s Stealth Plan for America

Chuck Idelson Portside

The Orwellian use of language is central. “Liberty,” “individual rights” and a “free society” are code terms for discriminatory and anti-democratic legislation.