Politics
Amid book bans and anti-CRT legislation, a Kentucky history teacher remembers Jim Crow
February 3, 2022I don’t remember the white kid’s name. But I remember what he said to me after my community college Kentucky history class one day: “My parents or grandparents never told me about any of this. We...
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Trump admits his intention to overthrow government in a coup
February 2, 2022Ex-president gives up any pretense that he was protecting election integrity, admits role in the plot to reverse the vote and remain in power.
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U.S. raises war danger, sends 3,000 more troops to Europe
February 2, 2022The provocative deployment comes only one day after Putin said he wants negotiations to continue.
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Michigan, mass incarceration, and the new surveillance society
February 1, 2022In a stage of capitalism where outsourcing and deindustrialization have devastated Michigan's manufacturing economy, small towns across the state have come to rely on a racist system of mass incarceration for their economic livelihood.
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U.S. takes stage at United Nations to whip up Cold War hysteria
February 1, 2022Meanwhile, Washington lawmakers show their aim is not to prevent invasion of Ukraine but to hurt Russia and help U.S. fossil fuel giants.
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