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Jeff Bezos went on TV to whine about Zohran Mamdani to stop demonizing billionaires and the very next day Mayor Mamdani responded by forcing Amazon to pay $9M in fines accrued by Amazon delivery truck...

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A newsletter about the history behind today's politics.

He spoke truth to power. In Trump's America, that's a fireable offense.

The documentary Natchez is one of those rare films that is beautiful and welcoming while simultaneously gut-wrenching and powerful in the way it explores its subject.

What made the sacrifices of the Montgomery bus boycott bearable was that so many did it together. Now is the time. We need our Black people and our allies. Everyone else? This may not be for you.

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The wrap-up of our four-part series on the constitutional architecture of state opposition to federal authoritarian capture.

The Smart Dust project was funded by DARPA for military applications — specifically for rapid deployment of defense sensor networks onto the battlefield.

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During the 2024 campaign Trump asked the oil and gas industry for 1 billion dollars in campaign support and in return he promised record windfall profits to Oil Executives.

Every day it’s something with this administration. The Iran war is on again, off again, renamed, re-packaged and used to gaslight us all. The Department of Health continues it’s war on life-saving…

Diving In with Justin Wolfers

Diving In with Justin Wolfers

The effort — dubbed the “New York Democracy Project” — marks a significant shift as Democrats consider using the same aggressive redistricting tactics Republicans are now deploying across the South.

Beyoncé, Nicole Kidman and Venus Williams co-chair annual New York event alongside Anna Wintour; Bezos sponsorship has sparked criticism * Why the Bezos-backed Met Gala is so controversial We’re starting on a spooky note – with content curator Emma Chamberlain in a dress that looks like it’s melting into the ground, and makeup to match. The art theme is coming through too – with colours worthy of a watercolour box and painterly strokes more usually at home on an ornate picture frame. Hello and welcome to the Met Gala live blog 2026! Continue reading...

The modern border is no longer a line. It does not begin at the Rio Grande, nor does it end at a wall. It is not confined to checkpoints, fences, or even national territory. Instead, it stretches—quietly but forcefully—across continents, embedding itself in foreign security forces, domestic policing, and global surveillance systems. This is what journalist and author Todd Miller calls the age of “elastic borders.” First articulated in his book Empire of Borders, the concept describes how U.S. border enforcement has expanded both inward and outward, forming a multilayered system that increasingly resembles a global architecture of control.

Hundreds of thousands of workers from all corners of South Asia took to the streets on Friday, May 1, to celebrate International Workers’ Day or May Day, renewing their commitment to confront the accelerating onslaught of attacks on workers’ rights and the intensifying cost of living crisis. Trade unions and left parties held rallies and meetings where they paid tribute to the workers of the 1886 Chicago Haymarket affair, some of whom paid with their lives to ignite a global movement for better working conditions and the 40 hour week.

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Washington, DC – Community members flooded the streets on May 1 for a march in honor of May Day. The weather was bright and sunny with a cool breeze, making conditions favorable for an energized crowd. Nearly 10,000 feet hit the ground at the National Mall in front of the Washington Monument and marched up past the White House, through Black Lives Matter Plaza, and ending at Franklin Park. May Day commemorates a long history of workers and immigrants’ struggles. Protesters showed out for immigrant workers in force and stood in steadfast solidarity with working and oppressed people both at home and globally.

The Islamic Republic has set a one-month deadline for an agreement on the Strait of Hormuz and a full end to the wars on both Iran and Lebanon, sources told US media outlet Axios on 3 May.  Iran “set a one-month deadline for negotiations on a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, end the US naval blockade and permanently end the war in Iran and in Lebanon,” the sources said.  “Per the Iranian proposal, only after such a deal is reached, another month of negotiations would be launched to try and reach a deal on the nuclear program,” they added.

Shots fired near National Mall; press escorted off North Lawn

Sixty years ago, opposition to America’s war in Vietnam, a major attack concerned the costs of diverting U.S. resources away from social spending to the military, what was called Guns and Butter. I was the junior member of the Columbia University triumvirate headed by Seymour Melman and Terence McCarthy. We lectured widely, wrote in magazines such as Ramparts and newspapers. The New York Tribune still existed as an alternative to The New York Times, and regularly published our critiques in its interviews and on its editorial pages. Those mid-1960s were the days!

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said an additional $20 billion in private-sector loans for Argentina could effectively double the value of a U.S. rescue plan.