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The Vigilante World of Comic Books

Scott Bradfield The New Republic
A sweeping new history of American comics traces the rise of characters caught in a Manichaean struggle between good and evil.

Donald Trump Has Normalized Fascism

Jason Stanley Guardian
By giving a growing fascist social and political movement in the United States a classically authoritarian leader, Trump shaped and exacerbated it, and his time in politics has normalized it.

Friday Nite Videos | December 24, 2021

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Expanding the Tones of Christmas - In Search of Black Santa

Nancy Redd New York Times
My kids shouldn’t have to color their Santa Claus figurines with brown ink like I did. “America is less and less white, but a melanin-deficient Santa remains the default in commercials, mall casting calls, and movies,” - Aisha Harris.

Mass Deportation Means the Mass Deporting of Workers

Filiberto Nolasco Gomez Workday Minnesota
Everyone seems to have forgotten that immigrants do things, often things that nobody else wants to do. Restaurant, supply chain, and construction work is predicated on the exploitation of immigrant labor.