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The worst war criminals wear suits, not fatigues

AOC, Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib would recognize the treatment of black women in France who fought Nazis during World War II but were accused of not being French enough when, later, they entered politics

They're scared that trying to remove him would backfire, but they're taking the wrong lessons from the past—and ignoring voters' wishes in the present

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Poor showing of NUMSA (National Union of Miners of South Africa) backed independent workers party calls strategy behind the breakaway decision into question.

The reprinting of a classic book on the Northern Irish "Troubles" of 50 years ago is the occasion for a relook at warring nationalisms, armed violence and ethnic oppression that divided a population, leaving capital and British imperialism unscathed.

Rhiannon Giddens's multicultural background has presented particular challenges of self-definition. She is an artist of color who plays and records what she describes as "black non-black music," reviving a forgotten history.