Portside

Hot war, cold war, trade war, class war

The American Library Association and a union representing more than 42,000 cultural workers nationwide have filed a lawsuit contesting the Trump administration’s deep cuts to the federal agency that supports the nation’s libraries.

This fascinating book questions whether such a misunderstood ideal should be lauded as an end in itself.

Manufacturing jobs alone didn’t build postwar prosperity — organized labor did. And Trump is killing it...

Forty-one anti-protest bills in 22 states have been introduced since start of 2025, according to law tracker

"We sounded the alarm, and they're backing off," said Sen. Elizabeth Warren. "But the fight's not over."

The president is compelled to delay his tariffs. The Republican Congress failed to do it, so the markets did.

That was the week that was

Hayao Miyazaki's environmentalist masterpiece Princess Mononoke returns to theaters while his style is stolen by AI.

Tomás Gutiérrez Alea brought the experience of postrevolutionary Cuba to the screen in classic movies like Memories of Underdevelopment and Strawberry and Chocolate. Alea’s committed, artistically dazzling work set a benchmark for political cinema.