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Prison labor helped build U.S. capitalists’ business empires
September 23, 2022Companies across the South profited off the forced labor of people in prison after the Civil War—a racist system known as convict leasing.
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Nashville’s Interstate 65 becomes a billboard gallery of ancient Indigenous history
September 19, 2022The installation is informing the public about the magnificence of ancient Indigenous cultures in the Nashville area that were all part and parcel of the Mississippian civilizations.
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Can the Taiwan question ever be peacefully resolved?
September 15, 2022The overwhelming desire among common people on both sides is for eventual peaceful reunification. But separatists in Taiwan and U.S. imperialism stand in the way.
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Stop the book burners trying to erase queer existence
September 14, 2022Banning kids from learning about themselves and each other isn’t just ineffective—it’s cruel.
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Do Britain and the world really need a king?
September 12, 2022Rather than sanitizing the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, the U.K. should be ending the monarchy altogether.
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