U.S.
Infrastructure deal: ‘Concrete’ projects in, ‘human infrastructure’ not yet
June 25, 2021Retro-fitting schools, Green New Deal, child care, and paid family and medical leave have to wait for a reconciliation piece.
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Chicago rallies for community control, ‘first step in abolishing police terror’
June 25, 2021Community control is a strategic move, organizer Frank Chapman says. “It’s the first step to abolishing the whole system of police terror.”
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Before Stonewall: Queer liberation’s Communist Party roots
June 24, 2021The role of Harry Hay and Mattachine in theorizing gay identity was lost in the fog of anti-communism and the pressures for queer people to assimilate to the straight world.
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Top U.S. general defends freedom, democracy, ‘critical race theory’ against the right
June 24, 2021Gen. Mark Milley, chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, made a passionate defense of democracy and the need to study the true history of the U.S.
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Adams takes tentative lead in NYC primary count; Wiley not out yet
June 24, 2021When ranked-choice voting system runs its course by July, the city could have its first woman or its second African American mayor.
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