Thursday, August 7, 2025
Red Channels: America’s Lasting Legacy Of Repression
On June 22, 1950, a conservative anti-communist publication called Red Channels: The Report of Communist Influence in Radio and Television became key to the McCarthy-era Hollywood blacklisting campaign. Seventy-five years later, as President Donald Trump and his followers instigate similar attacks on artists, public cultural figures, and institutions, Red Channels represents more than just a past chapter in American history. Rather than a chronicle of antiquity, Red Channels and other texts of the 1940s and 1950s Red Scare provide real insight into Trump’s current inquisitions. more
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Wednesday, August 6, 2025
‘To a Land Unknown’ Paints a Stirring Portrait of Palestinian Displacement
Director Mahdi Fleifel’s crime drama To a Land Unknown, which had its world premiere at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, follows a fairly simple plot: Two Palestinian refugees, Chatila (Mahmoud Bakri) and Reda (Aram Sabbah), have been stranded in Athens for months after fleeing a refugee camp in Lebanon. Their goal is to make their way to Germany by whatever means possible, scouring Athens for money and resources.
The Nation’s Landmark Voting Rights Law Just Turned 60. It May Not Survive Trump.
On July 24, US Rep. Sylvia Garcia, a Latina Democrat from Houston, traveled to Austin to testify before the Texas House against the mid-decade congressional redistricting plan pushed by Donald Trump that was designed to give Republicans five new seats in the US House. Garcia said Republicans were motivated not just by political expediency, but by a broader desire to weaken the Voting Rights Act (VRA), which prohibits electoral changes that discriminate against voters of color. more
BREAKING: SHOCKING announcement from Attorney General Pam Bondi
Pamala we want to see the files that were on your desk
Gazans Are Starving. It’s a Manmade Catastrophe
United Nations-backed food security experts say the “worst-case scenario of famine is currently playing out” in the Gaza Strip, home to roughly 2 million Palestinians. One of the few organizations still on the ground trying to feed Palestinians at risk of famine is the Gaza Soup Kitchen.
Tuesday, August 5, 2025
Is There a Crack in Western Support for Israel?
The United Kingdom, France, and Canada are shifting their stance on the genocide in Gaza—but how far will they go? more
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