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Tidbits-Jun 4-Reader Comments: Close Delaney Hall, Release Detainees; Pope’s Encyclical; Future of Democratic Party; 60 Minutes Blowup; Data Centers Suck Water, Electricity; Submit Public Comment To Save Science; Israeli War Criminals at Israel Day Parade

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Reader Comments: Close Delaney Hall, Release Detainees; Pope's Encyclical; Future and Soul of Democratic Party; 60 Minutes Blowup; Data Centers Suck Water, Electricity; Submit Public Comment To Save Science; Israeli War Criminals at Israel Day Parade

The CIA Goes to Cuba

Peter Kornbluh The Nation
After decades of covert operations, the CIA director has given the Cubans an overt ultimatum for change on the island.

The Community Defense Working Group on Militant Sesame Street

Chad Washington Socialist
In many ways, Minneapolis has shown us what is possible. Not simply the response of a mobilized, militant community, but also the lengths that a despotic administration will go to in order to increase its power and accomplish its racist policies.

Tidbits-May 14- Reader Comments: Voting Rights Still Need Protection; Those Accompanying Trump on His Trip to China; the Art of the Deal – Now Iran; 2026 Future of Care Work Convening – Protecting Care in Times of Disruption – Conference; More…

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Reader Comments: Voting Rights Still Need Protection; Those Accompanying Trump on His Trip to China; The Art of the Deal - Now Iran; 2026 Future of Care Work Convening - Protecting Care in Times of Disruption - Conference; Cartoons and more...

Tidbits-May 7- Reader Comments: Voting Rights Overturned by Trump Administration and Supreme Court; Kamala in ’28?; Haymarket Monuments; Barbara Kopple’s Labor Films; Black Employment Under Trump; a Celebration of the Life and Legacy of Assata Shakur

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Reader Comments: Voting Rights Overturned by Trump Administration and Supreme Court; Kamala in '28?; Haymarket Monuments; Barbara Kopple's Labor Films; Black Employment Under Trump; A Celebration of the Life and Legacy of Assata Shakur;

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Gig Workers Need a Solid Floor and Portable Benefits

Meegan Dugan Adell and Morgan Polk Jacobin
We can’t let gig-worker protections remain dependent on each new administration’s priorities. We need to experiment with new approaches, from passing strong state classification laws to scaling employer-of-record systems that give gig workers stabili

How the Tech World Turned Evil

Timothy Noah The New Republic
Once upon a time, they were counterculture idealists bringing power to the people. Today they’re greedy monopolists who’d sooner destroy our democracy than be reined in by government in any way—and they have to be stopped.
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