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Why Is Pete Hegseth Going to War Against Harvey Milk 47 Years After He Was Assassinated?

1 day ago | portside.org | Peter Dreier

Why Is Pete Hegseth Going to War Against Harvey Milk 47 Years After He Was Assassinated? Published June 6, 2025 Despite all the military threats facing the United States, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth decided to go to war with the gay community. During the first week of Pride Month, he ordered the Navy to rename the USNS Harvey Milk, which honors the late gay rights leader and Navy veteran.
This Year, Flag Day Is ‘No Kings Day’

2 days ago | portside.org | Marc Edelman

This Year, Flag Day Is ‘No Kings Day’ Published June 5, 2025 “Nah, he wouldn’t really do that.”I’ve lived in the Upper Delaware Valley for five years, first in Pike County, Pennsylvania, and now in Sullivan County, New York. My county went 58% for Trump last November, and several of my pro-Trump neighbors made remarks like that in the lead-up to the election. Deep down, they know Trump is a liar and con artist, even if they find him entertaining and thrillingly transgressive.
The Normalization of Evil: We Thought We Were Free

2 days ago | portside.org | Thom Hartmann

The Normalization of Evil: We Thought We Were Free Published June 4, 2025 I fear our mistakes far more than the strategy of our enemies. —Thucydides (470–400 b.c.), Pericles’ Funeral OrationIt wasn’t all at once (although sometimes the last three months seem that way). Authoritarianism never is. It happens drip by drip, crisis by crisis, until people forget what normal even felt like.
Ominous Warning From Israel As Freedom Flotilla Approaches Gaza

2 days ago | portside.org | Julia Conley

Ominous Warning From Israel As Freedom Flotilla Approaches Gaza Published June 4, 2025 Palestinian rights advocates aboard the Gaza Freedom Flotilla issued a distress signal Wednesday, saying drones "repeatedly" hovered over the ship as it carried humanitarian aid for starving people in Gaza.
Indivisible: The Mass Movement Leading the Fight Against Trump

4 days ago | portside.org | Rachel Leingang

Mary Jane Meadows runs one of the longest-running Indivisible chapters, started after Trump’s 2016 win. The group, based in north-east Mississippi, provided a life raft in a deep-red part of the country, where people were initially scared to talk about their distaste for the president. She was not previously politically active.
The Legal Brief That Torched Trump’s Tariff Power Grab

5 days ago | portside.org | Adam Liptak

The Legal Brief That Torched Trump’s Tariff Power Grab Published June 2, 2025 A powerful sign that President Trump’s tariff-driven trade war is at risk came in a friend-of-the-court brief filed in April by a coalition that included many prominent conservative and libertarian lawyers, scholars and former officials.
Trump Takes ‘Wrecking Ball’ to Workers’ Rights Amid Global ‘Freefall’, New Report Says

5 days ago | portside.org | Michael Sainato

Trump Takes ‘Wrecking Ball’ to Workers’ Rights Amid Global ‘Freefall’, New Report Says Published June 2, 2025 Workers’ rights across every continent in the world are in a “freefall”, according to the 2025 Global Rights Index released by the International Trade Union Confederation, the largest trade union federation in the world. The index noted workers’ rights and democracy around the world are often under attack by “far-right politicians and their unelected billionaire backers.
Seeking New Foods, Scientists Look to Bacteria, Algae, and More

5 days ago | portside.org | Sara Talpos

Seeking New Foods, Scientists Look to Bacteria, Algae, and More Published June 2, 2025 AS A TEENAGER growing up in Nigeria, Helen Onyeaka was obsessed with microorganisms. The tiny lifeforms, which include bacteria and yeast, can be grown quickly and in huge quantities. Onyeaka wondered if that abundance could be harnessed to feed people in conflict zones where children were suffering from malnutrition, their distended stomachs a clear sign of protein deficiency.
Sunday Science: MATHUSLA - Long Live the Long-Lived Particles!

5 days ago | portside.org | Paul Sutter

Watch a Robot Play Badminton Against Human Players Jenna Ahart Science Advanced training lets a four-legged robot learn to move around the court with ease 28 May 2025
Forensic Failures: 36 Police-Custody Deaths Should Have Been Ruled a Homicide, Audit Finds

1 week ago | portside.org | Justin Fenton |Ben Conarck |Pamela Wood

Forensic Failures: 36 Police-Custody Deaths Should Have Been Ruled a Homicide, Audit Finds Published May 31, 2025 An unprecedented independent audit found that 36 deaths in police custody over a two-decade span in Maryland should have been ruled homicides by the state’s top medical examiner, a stinging rebuke of Maryland‘s past efforts to investigate the deaths of those once held by law enforcement.