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For almost a century, few in the United States celebrated Cinco de Mayo. In the mid-20th century, sparked by the growing Chicano movement the David versus Goliath story fittingly mirrored the struggle for civil rights.

Adam Liptak, Supreme Court correspondent for The New York Times, give us some context and insight into the recent dust-ups over the death penalty and the case of Domineque Ray, who was executed on Feb. 7.

Extinction Rebellion has made mistakes, but passing judgment on their flaws isn't activism. After the XR protests, the U.K.’s Parliament declared a climate emergency and 54% of British adults polled said climate change threatens our extinction.

Company Manufactures Climate of Fear

Because It Would Mean Banning Some Republican Politicians Too. A Twitter employee who works on machine learning believes that a proactive, algorithmic solution to white supremacy would also catch Republican politicians.

It’s the second state in a week, after Michigan, in which judges said a GOP-drawn map violated voters’ constitutional rights.

“The earth is not dying, it is being killed, and those who are killing it have names and addresses.” – Utah Phillips

Indonesia Has to Find a New Capital

Mississippi poet Philip C. Kolin takes the president at his word(s) and turns the table(s).

Pete Seeger would have turned 100 today. Few figures in American history have lived as influential and deeply radical lives as he did. Let's celebrate him today.