Politics
Slavery was worse in the Americas because of capitalism
August 20, 2025Trump wants to replace public broadcasting with the racist revisionism of PragerU, which claims slavery wasn’t all that bad.
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Trump’s plan to end free elections upfront today
August 20, 2025Battle plays out in with MAGA Republicans holding Democratic Texas lawmaker prisoner.
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Review: ‘Woody at Home,’ at last
August 19, 2025The album shows Guthrie in his element: informal and with a moral force that speaks to our own moment of aggravated conflict with race hatred and fascism.
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Trump is waging a ‘War on Blackness’
August 19, 2025Coalition of Black Trade Unionists says: “Trump's War on Blackness runs deep. It is relentless and ruthless. But we cannot flinch in this fragile moment.”
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Peace in Ukraine—and the world—requires U.S.-Russia normalization
August 19, 2025The mainstream U.S. media is working to undermine the Trump-Putin talks, but negotiations are the only way to achieve peace.
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