Monthly Archives: June 2026

Encircling the Morbidly Rich

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Democrats finally show up to the class war. by Harold Meyerson June 8, 2026 (Prospect.org) This article appears in the June 2026 issue of The American Prospect magazine. If you’d like to receive our next issue in your mailbox, please subscribe here. In its more than two centuries of existence, the Democratic Party has, from time to… Continue reading →

‘There Must Be Accountability,’ Says Jayapal in Response to 50+ ICE Detainee Deaths

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Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) speaks at a rally in Lafayette Park near the White House in Washington, DC on May 1, 2025.  (Photo by Bryan Dozier/Middle East Images/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images) “This is unprecedented and further proof that ICE and their private, for-profit prison contractors should not be… Continue reading →

ChatGPT: GM stole L.A.’s streetcars in 1944

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The short answer is: yes, advocates of the takeover generally argued that buses would be more modern, flexible, and economical than streetcars, but there is no well-known record of General Motors explicitly promising, “We will run Los Angeles transit more efficiently.” What happened is that the Los Angeles Railway (“Yellow… Continue reading →

How Nithya Raman went from last-minute candidate to the L.A. mayor runoff

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How Nithya Raman went from last-minute candidate to the L.A. mayor runoff

Mayoral candidate Nithya Raman raises her arms to thank her supporters at the end of her election night speech at Boomtown Brewery in Los Angeles. (Gina Ferazzi/Los Angeles Times) By Noah Goldberg and David Zahniser June 8, 2026 (LATimes.com) Nithya Raman had 115 days to make her case to Los Angeles voters. The City… Continue reading →

Book: “The Haves and Have-Yachts: Dispatches on the Ultrarich”

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Book: “The Haves and Have-Yachts: Dispatches on the Ultrarich”

The Haves and Have-Yachts: Dispatches on the Ultrarich Evan Osnos From New York Times bestselling and National Book Award–winning author Evan Osnos comes a timely and provocative collection of essays exploring American oligarchy and the culture of excess, providing a wry, unfiltered look at how the ultra-rich shape—and sometimes warp—our social and… Continue reading →

Israeli soldiers speak about what they did to Palestinians during the Tantura massacre of 1948

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(Contributed by Gwyllm Llwydd) The Tantura massacre occurred on May 22–23, 1948, when Israeli forces from the Alexandroni Brigade captured the Palestinian coastal village of Tantura. Following the village’s surrender, Israeli troops executed dozens to over 200 unarmed Palestinian men, burying them in mass graves believed to be beneath the… Continue reading →

“Thought Crime in the Land of the Free”

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“Thought Crime in the Land of the Free”

By John Hayakawa Torok June 7, 2026 (stansburyforum.com) Chinese Hand Laundry Alliance in front of an ambulance being donated to China, 1939, Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) Collection. 1939 年，纽约华侨衣馆联合会在他们捐赠给中国的救护车前合影，美国华人博物馆（MOCA) Link: https://stansburyforum.com/