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May 2, 2019

Tidbits - May 2, 2019 - Reader Comments: Venezuela Eyewitness Reports; Impeachment debate; Anita Hill; Ilhan Omar; Higher Minimum Wage; Walt Whitman; Pete Seeger; Hubble Measurements; Racism and Women's Suffrage; and more....

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Reader Comments: Eyewitness Reports from Caracas, Venezuela; Impeachment debate; Anita Hill; Ilhan Omar; Higher Minimum Wage; Walt Whitman; Pete Seeger Tribute; Hubble Measurements; Racism and Women's Suffrage; lots of Announcements and more....

May 1, 2019

'Hands Off Ilhan': Black Women Rally in Support of US Congresswoman

Ali Harb Middle East Eye

Ilhan Omar calls Islamophobia and anti-Jewish hatred 'two sides of the same coin of bigotry'

April 25, 2019

The Dangerous Bullying of Ilhan Omar

Masha Gessen The New Yorker

The third Omar controversy in as many months concerns remarks that the congresswoman made during an event of the Council on American-Islamic Relations. Then President Trump tweeted a video “WE WILL NEVER FORGET!!!”

April 16, 2019

Rep. Ilhan Omar Was Right: Threats Against Muslim Americans Are Rising

Samantha Michaels Mother Jones

The overall number of recorded hate crimes against all groups has grown in recent years, but Muslims have been disproportionately targeted...

April 16, 2019

Media Bits and Bytes - April 16, 2019

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Net Neutrality victory; Assange bust and free speech; Front page smear; Means TV; RIP Johnson Publishing; Must-have app; GPS surveillance of school kids

March 14, 2019

Tidbits - Mar. 14, 2019 - Catch-up Edition - Reader Comments on just about everything - Portside readers have lots of opinions and views...

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Reader Comments: Youth Climate Strike, Impeachment, Ilhan Omar, AIPAC; Chicago's Black Youth; Bernie Sanders; Southwest Airlines; Amazon; Venezuela; Iran; Military Budget; Russia; Socialism; Women; Ecosocialism; Green New Deal; Sex Trade.....

March 12, 2019

Dispatches From the Culture Wars - March 12, 2019

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Methodist melee; Smearing Omar; Jewish jihad; Hating AOC; Abrams on idpol; Poverty and politics; Chait meets Sunkara

Kudos to Rep. Ilhan Omar for the Challenge to the Israel Lobby

March 8, 2019

The House overwhelmingly passed a resolution Thursday condemning anti-Semitism, anti-Muslim discrimination, white supremacy and other forms of hate. Democracy Now! hosts a discussion with Haaretz columnist Gideon Levy; Phyllis Bennis, a fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies who serves on the national board of Jewish Voice for Peace; and Remi Kanazi, a Palestinian-American poet, writer and organizer.

February 14, 2019

What Ilhan Omar Said About AIPAC Was Right; Ilhan Omar Is Not Anti-Semitic. She’s An Anti-Imperialist

Ady Barkan; Raphael Magarik The Nation

As a Jew, an Israeli citizen, and a professional lobbyist (ahem, activist), I speak from personal experience when I say that AIPAC is tremendously effective, and the lubricant that makes its operation hum is dollar, dollar bills.

February 14, 2019

Tidbits - Feb. 14, 2019 - Reader Comments: Stand with Ilhan; Venezuela; Separation of Families; Virginia Politics; Angela Davis; Anti-Semitism; Rhiannon Gidden; Teacher Strikes; Black History activities; and more....

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Reader Comments: Stand with Ilhan; Venezuela; The Border and Separation of Families; Virginia Politics; Angela Davis; Anti-Semitism; Iran; Rhiannon Giddens; Announcements: Teacher Strikes; Black History Month activities; Triangle Fire; and more....

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