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Claire Valdez: Can Democrats Win the Working Class?
18+ hour, 14+ min ago (549+ words) At a moment when the Democratic Party faces collapsing trust among working-class voters, rising authoritarianism, and a generation drowning in rent, debt and insecurity, union organizer and democratic socialist Claire Valdez argues that the answer is not moderation " it's rebuilding…...
Business Motives Don't Explain The Right-Wing Turn Of The Washington Post and CBS. Billionaire Ideology Does
17+ hour, 37+ min ago (294+ words) Adam Johnson for TRNN "Our foundational values of liberty, equality and the rule of law," reads the third principle, "make us [Americans, presumably] the last best hope on Earth. We also believe in Franklin's famous line about America as a…...
Barbarism With Better Software: Pope Leo Warns of the AI Future
17+ hour, 43+ min ago (1092+ words) The passage speaks to the responsibility of people to care for "the fields that we know," preserving a livable future for those who come after us rather than seeking mastery over all things. The reference is notable not only because…...
The AI Revolution: Where Capitalism Meets Socialism: The Abundance Paradigm, Part 2
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (1061+ words) The question now is not whether AI should exist but how we can adapt to it without falling into economic collapse or digital feudalism." AI is Challenging the Fundamentals of the Capitalist Model. That creates a paradox for the capitalist…...
Artificial Hype, Authentic Resistance: Gen Z Calls Out the Big Tech Hype
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (245+ words) Caulfield was hardly alone in missing the room at a 2026 commencement. Former Google CEO'Eric Schmidt'was also booed at the University of Arizona after giving a fawning speech about AI. He acknowledged the pushback, arguing that there was "fear in your…...
Democrat in Name Only
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (749+ words) Desi Cortez LA Progressive Democrat?" Hell no. That's an endangered species of public nuisance: the'Lesser Spotted Spine-Free'Liberal,'migrating toward donors and nesting in bad decisions. Democrat In Name Only, i. e. ,'DINO America is 10 months pregnant,'combustible, and the Democrats are standing…...
REI Union Workers Launch Boycott Over Dispute With Co-op
2+ day, 21+ hour ago (441+ words) On May 15, REI Union workers launched a boycott against the co-op, which sells outdoor leisure gear, in protest against its "bad faith bargaining. Timed to disrupt REI Co-op's anniversary sale, which takes place through May 25, the boycott follows recent negotiations…...
The Russian-Chinese Communiqu
2+ day, 21+ hour ago (234+ words) After'their summit in Beijing on Wednesday, the Russian and Chinese presidents issued the following communiqu, declaring the failure of neocolonial hegemony and the emergence of a new era of international relations. 1. Since the end of World War II, changes in…...
Despite Trump's Oil Blockade, the Quiet Resistance of Daily Life Continues in Cuba
3+ day, 21+ hour ago (150+ words) This article was originally published by Truthout People who have withstood 64 years of economic blockade won't simply raise a white flag at the latest sign of adversity. Across town, in the Hall of Ferns of the Palace of the Revolution,…...
Alice in Wonderland Garbage" " Chris Hedges on America's War Delusions
3+ day, 21+ hour ago (625+ words) As the United States sinks deeper into another catastrophic Middle East confrontation, veteran journalist Chris Hedges joins political scientist Stephen Walt and journalist Ryan Grim for a blistering discussion on the unraveling of American power, the dangerous illusions driving Washington's…...