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MAGA media mishigas

Why South Africa's ambassador was ousted, why USAID isn’t coming back, and the perils and possibilities facing the Global South in the months and years ahead

Trump’s MAGA juggernaut has many vulnerabilities. But these will not automatically lead to its downfall. That will require an active struggle to defend society against the MAGA assault — it will require in short, “social self-defense.”

While the senators claim to be fighting for the working class, their actions—like voting for a government funding bill that slashes social spending while protecting corporate interests—show they’re just focused on keeping the same old machine running

Some 25,000 federal employees will be back at work Monday. Look beyond Capitol Hill: The resistance, in fact, is strong.

The pandemic bared the cruelty of prison in new ways. It was a lost opportunity to move away from mass incarceration.

These are dangerous times. Scientists globally must stand together for sound science and resist bigotry, bias and hate. To honor one of its core values — a commitment to the truth wherever it might lead — scientists must stand up when DEI matters.

Rioters in Harlem Win Concessions (1935), A Big Win for White-Collar Strikers (2000), A Century of Classroom Censorship (1925), Witch-Hunt Targets Get a Very Belated Apology (1980), The Long Road from Selma (1965)

Many on the Left are wondering what to do against the Trump administration’s vicious assaults on workers, immigrants, and free speech. We can look to US civil rights activists, who kept taking great risks even after demoralizing setbacks.

Maine's petition for statehood was stopped dead by southerners who refused to permit a free state—one that did not permit human enslavement—to enter the Union without a corresponding “slave state” resulting in the infamous "Missouri Compromise."