The Fight Over Online Gambling in Brazil Reveals a Broader Global Struggle
https://www.thenation.com/article/world/brazil-online-gambling-crony-capitalism/
https://www.thenation.com/article/world/brazil-online-gambling-crony-capitalism/
The Nation
The Fight Over Online Gambling in Brazil Reveals a Broader Global Struggle
An industry built on addiction and loss now commands enormous political and cultural influence, from NFL stadiums in Philadelphia to soccer stadiums in São Paulo.
Trump Has Just Condemned More Americans to Hunger
https://www.thenation.com/article/economy/food-stamp-work-requirements/
https://www.thenation.com/article/economy/food-stamp-work-requirements/
The Nation
Trump Has Just Condemned More Americans to Hunger
The administration’s decision to fast-track a bunch of changes to food stamps—including new work requirements—is as stupid as it is cruel.
The Pelicot Trial Exposes France’s Jury Problem
https://jacobin.com/2025/10/pelicot-trial-france-jury-democracy/
https://jacobin.com/2025/10/pelicot-trial-france-jury-democracy/
Jacobin
The Pelicot Trial Exposes France’s Jury Problem
Last year’s Pelicot trial was the biggest rape case in French history, drawing huge public attention. But only an appeal last week saw the case heard before a jury, allowing ordinary citizens to pass judgement on the rapists.
Channing Tatum’s Roofman Is a Bummer of a Feel-Good Movie
https://jacobin.com/2025/10/roofman-cianfrance-tatum-dunst-comedy/
https://jacobin.com/2025/10/roofman-cianfrance-tatum-dunst-comedy/
Jacobin
Channing Tatum’s Roofman Is a Bummer of a Feel-Good Movie
In Roofman, Channing Tatum plays a real-life lovable burglar and family man trying to make it in America. But while writer-director Derek Cianfrance clearly wanted a lighthearted, feel-good movie, Roofman is instead a dark exploration of American pathos.
Advocacy Orgs Launch Ad Campaign to Defend Healthcare in Face of Shutdown
https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/advocacy-orgs-launch-ad-campaign-to-defend-healthcare-in-face-of-shutdown
https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/advocacy-orgs-launch-ad-campaign-to-defend-healthcare-in-face-of-shutdown
Common Dreams
Advocacy Orgs Launch Ad Campaign to Defend Healthcare in Face of Shutdown
This week, a coalition of public interest organizations: Public Citizen, Indivisible, MoveOn, Fair Share America, People for the American Way, American Federation of Teachers, SEIU, National Education Association, and Working Families Power launched a new…
Headlines for October 15, 2025
http://www.democracynow.org/2025/10/15/headlines
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Democracy Now!
Headlines for October 15, 2025
Pressure Grows on Israel to Allow More Aid into Gaza; Amazon Fires Software Engineer Who Criticized Cloud Computing Project with Israel; Pro-Palestinian Protesters Clash with Authorities During Soccer Match Between Israel and Italy; ICE Agents Disperse Protesters…
Anti-Fascism Scholar Flees U.S. Fearing for His Family's Safety Amid Trump's "Antifa" Fearmongering
http://www.democracynow.org/2025/10/15/mark_bray
http://www.democracynow.org/2025/10/15/mark_bray
Democracy Now!
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We speak with Rutgers University professor Mark Bray, who fled from the U.S. to Spain with his family after receiving death threats over his scholarship. He is the author of the 2017 book Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook, which explores the history and tactics…
Historian Joel Beinin on Gaza Deal, Abandoning Zionism, His Israeli Niece's Captivity in Gaza & More
http://www.democracynow.org/2025/10/15/joel_beinin
http://www.democracynow.org/2025/10/15/joel_beinin
Democracy Now!
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As Israel and Hamas exchange living and dead captives as part of a U.S.-backed ceasefire agreement, questions are growing about how sustainable the truce is and whether the two sides will progress to the second and third stages of the plan. “My family is…
Lindsey Boylan, Ex-Cuomo Aide Who Accused Him of Sexual Harassment, on Why She Supports Mamdani
http://www.democracynow.org/2025/10/15/lindsey_boylan
http://www.democracynow.org/2025/10/15/lindsey_boylan
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There are just weeks to go before the November 4 New York City mayoral election, a virtual rematch of the Democratic primary from earlier this year, when democratic socialist state lawmaker Zohran Mamdani defeated former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo for…
The Left Needs to Rethink How It Handles Inequality
https://jacobin.com/2025/10/redistribution-predistribution-inequality-taxes-incomes/
https://jacobin.com/2025/10/redistribution-predistribution-inequality-taxes-incomes/
Jacobin
The Left Needs to Rethink How It Handles Inequality
Redistributing income alone is unlikely to solve America’s vast inequalities. Workers need and want more power in their workplace and for the state to weaken the influence that corporations have over their lives.
Trump’s Portland Lies Euphemized as ‘Dueling Versions of Reality’
https://fair.org/home/trumps-portland-lies-euphemized-as-dueling-versions-of-reality/
https://fair.org/home/trumps-portland-lies-euphemized-as-dueling-versions-of-reality/
FAIR
Trump’s Portland Lies Euphemized as ‘Dueling Versions of Reality’
When corporate media refuse to call a lie a lie, they enable the Trump administration’s growing authoritarianism.
Google’s Monopoly Sentence: Barely a Slap on the Wrist
https://jacobin.com/2025/10/google-monopoly-lawsuit-big-tech/
https://jacobin.com/2025/10/google-monopoly-lawsuit-big-tech/
Jacobin
Google’s Monopoly Sentence: Barely a Slap on the Wrist
For years, across multiple presidential administrations, the US government has been pursuing aggressive lawsuits against the tech giants. The toothless sentence Google recently received for its illegal search monopoly suggests the effort is all for naught.
"We Have a Common Enemy—And It's Not Your Immigrant Neighbor"
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/trump-immigrants-workers/
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/trump-immigrants-workers/
The Nation
“We Have a Common Enemy—and It’s Not Your Immigrant Neighbor”
The SEIU’s Dave Foley and Dr. A. Naomi Paik on how worker solidarity can overcome Trump’s war on immigrants.
The Black Panthers Who Never Came Home
https://jacobin.com/2025/10/black-panthers-oneal-tanzania-legacy/
https://jacobin.com/2025/10/black-panthers-oneal-tanzania-legacy/
Jacobin
The Black Panthers Who Never Came Home
Fifty-nine years after Huey Newton and Bobby Seale founded the Black Panthers, Charlotte and Pete O’Neal remain in exile in Tanzania. Their story, told through interviews, archives, and firsthand reporting, reveals the movement’s enduring legacy.
Nikolai Gogol’s Department of Government Efficiency
https://mronline.org/2025/10/15/nikolai-gogols-department-of-government-efficiency/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=nikolai-gogols-department-of-government-efficiency
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MR Online
Nikolai Gogol’s Department of Government Efficiency | MR Online
Almost two centuries after its opening night, Gogol’s five-act satirical play The Government Inspector continues to create a stir with every performance, seemingly no matter where. Maybe because corruption and self-serving double-talk aren’t just familiar…
Private Equity’s EA Takeover: Corruption, Contradictions and Exploitation
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/10/16/private-equitys-ea-takeover-corruption-contradictions-and-exploitation/
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/10/16/private-equitys-ea-takeover-corruption-contradictions-and-exploitation/
CounterPunch.org
Private Equity’s EA Takeover: Corruption, Contradictions and Exploitation
I was excited to play Battlefield 6, the long-awaited update to Electronic Arts’ (EA) most popular military shooter series, this weekend after its launch