January 28, 2024 How the Hindu Right Triumphed in India Isaac Chotiner The New Yorker A razed mosque, a new temple, and the rise of Narendra Modi.
December 16, 2023 The Rise and Fall of Moms for Liberty Maurice Cunningham The Progressive Reeling from school board losses, the “parental rights” organization is collapsing on itself.
October 25, 2023 New GOP House Speaker Mike Johnson Has Proposed Trillions in Cuts to Social Security and Medicare Jake Johnson Common Dreams "Now that Johnson is speaker, he will do what the Republicans never stop doing—everything in their power to cut our Social Security and Medicare, by hook, crook, or commission."
September 23, 2023 PragerU’s Propaganda Is Now Being Taught in Schools Robert McCoy The Progressive The media group was just approved to spread its brand of historical disinformation to classrooms in Florida, Oklahoma, and New Hampshire.
May 8, 2023 A New Republican Assault on Children: Overturning Labor Laws Sonali Kolhatkar Independent Media Institute It seems unimaginable that we are backsliding into the era of exploiting child labor. But that’s precisely what the GOP appears to be doing.
March 30, 2022 Putin Is Attempting to Center Russia as a Hub of the Global Right Wing Carl Davidson & Bill Fletcher Jr. Truthout Getting clear for the sake of both strategy and tactics will require a deep examination of Putin’s Russia and its political character and direction.
January 10, 2022 Know Thy Enemy: New Book Celebrates Chip Berlet’s 40 Years of Tracking Rightwing Movements Eleanor J. Bader The IndyPendent Chip Berlet recognized the importance of studying both the religious and secular right when others on the left thought it unnecessary or even silly.
tv November 14, 2021 Ted Cruz Condemns Big Bird For Advocating Covid Vaccines For Kids Martin Pengelly The Guardian Other rightwingers piled on Cruz's criticism of Big Bird: ‘Brainwashing children’
May 18, 2021 Media Bits and Bytes - May 18, 2021 Portside Twisting, fudging and danger in the media world
August 4, 2020 Dispatches From the Culture Wars - Antisemitism: The Enemy, The Issue Portside "Antisemitism from left and right" has become a common expression - but is it accurate? How is it understood?
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