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CTU Members Ratify New Contract With 97% Approval

3 days ago | portside.org | Nader Issa |Sarah Karp |Michael Puente

CTU Members Ratify New Contract With 97% Approval Published April 20, 2025 Chicago Teachers Union members voted in overwhelmingly numbers to ratify their new contract agreement with Chicago Public Schools, making official a deal that notches improvements for educators and students but leaves political turmoil in its wake. After almost a year of negotiations, 97% of members who voted late last week approved the contract, according to the union.
The Rise of End Times Fascism

5 days ago | portside.org | Naomi Klein |Astra Taylor

The Rise of End Times Fascism Published April 18, 2025 The movement for corporate city states cannot believe its good luck. For years, it has been pushing the extreme notion that wealthy, tax-averse people should up and start their own high-tech fiefdoms, whether new countries on artificial islands in international waters (“seasteading”) or pro-business “freedom cities” such as Próspera, a glorified gated community combined with a wild west med spa on a Honduran island.
The New McCarthyism Was Started by Liberals

6 days ago | portside.org | Jeet Heer

The New McCarthyism Was Started by Liberals Published April 17, 2025 The censorship of radical voices is an old story that’s become much more dire—and current—with the detention by immigration agents on March 8 of Mahmoud Khalil, a former student activist and permanent resident of the United States who has been at the forefront of protests at Columbia University against the Israeli onslaught in Gaza.
Tidbits - Apr.17 - Reader Comments: First They Came for Kilmar; We Should All Be Very, Very Afraid; New Resource: Immigrants and the Economy; Lots of Cartoons As We Struggle To Make the World Better; and More; | Portside

6 days ago | portside.org | Daniel Costa |Josh Bivens |Ben Zipperer |Ismael Cid-Martinez

Tidbits – Apr.17 – Reader Comments: First They Came for Kilmar; We Should All Be Very, Very Afraid; New Resource: Immigrants and the Economy; Lots of Cartoons As We Struggle To Make the World Better; and More; Published April 17, 2025 First they came for Kilmar -- Cartoon by Lalo AlcarazWhat were once trains...
Kentucky Unions Stand Up To Halt Deportation of Two Hundred Workers

6 days ago | portside.org | Luis Feliz Leon

Kentucky Unions Stand Up To Halt Deportation of Two Hundred Workers Published April 17, 2025 Two hundred union workers, out of 5,700 who assemble dishwashers, refrigerators, washers, and dryers for GE Appliances-Haier at Appliance Park in Louisville, Kentucky, received notice this month that the Trump administration is revoking their work authorizations.
A New Plan To Fix Mexico’s Housing Crisis

1 week ago | portside.org | Ximena Gonzalez

A New Plan To Fix Mexico’s Housing Crisis Published April 15, 2025 Lined by purple jacaranda trees and lush tepozanes, the walkable streets of Mexico City’s Condesa neighborhood connect a dense urban environment where contemporary apartment towers rise alongside squat multifamily buildings designed in a mix of architectural styles. Surrounded by bustling cafés, creameries, and art galleries, a public park draws passersby who pause to enjoy an impromptu jazz concert.
Media Bits and Bytes - April 15, 2025

1 week ago | portside.org | Hafiz Rashid |Derek Sayer |Carla Gloria Colomé |Amanda Silberling

Media Bits and Bytes – April 15, 2025 Published April 15, 2025 Trump Defies Court Order on AP Access Democracy Dies in Daylight The End of Radio Martí Bluesky Explained Images of Protest Move Differently Now The Lessons of Crypto Media African Workers Take On Meta How to Leak to a Journalist Black Mirror’s Pessimism Porn Musk, DOGE and Whistleblower Files Trump Defies Court Order on AP Access By Hafiz Rashid The New Republic Despite a court order, Donald Trump is still refusing to allow...
Is Claudia Sheinbaum the Anti-Trump?

1 week ago | portside.org | Michelle Goldberg

Is Claudia Sheinbaum the Anti-Trump? Published April 14, 2025 Last year was a bad one for incumbent political parties, as voters worldwide rebelled against representatives of the status quo. It was a bad year for the left, with Donald Trump winning in the United States and reactionary nativism advancing across Europe. And it was a bad year for women in politics; as the BBC reported, in 60 percent of the countries that had elections in 2024, the number of women in legislatures fell.
How To Fight Trump’s Attacks on Farmworkers

1 week ago | portside.org | David F. Bacon

How To Fight Trump’s Attacks on Farmworkers Published April 14, 2025 On March 25, Alfredo Juarez was driving his compañera to work in the flower fields of Washington Bulb, the largest tulip grower in Washington State. His family, including two uncles, all work there, and until two years ago, he did too. That's when Lelo (as he is known) started working full-time for the union, Familias Unidas por la Justicia (FUJ). That morning, however, was anything but normal.
Sunday Science: 50-Year-Old Bioweapons Treaty Is Dangerously Flawed, Researchers Say

1 week ago | portside.org | Richard Stone

Sunday Science: 50-Year-Old Bioweapons Treaty Is Dangerously Flawed, Researchers Say Published April 13, 2025 Some of the world’s deadliest toxins are found in marine creatures such as the puffer fish and the blue-ringed octopus. For many, there is no antidote. So when U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) officials in 2019 confronted their Chinese counterparts with concerns about experiments with marine neurotoxins being conducted in China’s military labs, they were hoping for reassurance.