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US Leaders Split on China Policy

Richard Wolff CounterPunch
On the one hand, U.S. policy aims to constrain China’s economic and military development because it is our chief competitor and thus enemy. On the other hand, it seeks to secure the benefits of U.S. companies’ trade with and investments in China.

August 2, 2023

Heather Cox Richardson Letters from an American
“I understand Trump fatigue, but it feels like the president and his advisors preparing to use the military to quash protests against his planned coup should be bigger news."

‘The Athletic Is the Negation of Local Sports Coverage’

Janine Jackson interviews Dave Zirin FAIR - Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting
They say, “Hey, we’re going to have the best sports coverage in the world.” After you fire or reassign all your sports reporters? That’s how you make the step to have the best sports coverage in the world?

Who Is Hustling Who?

Mukoma wa Ngugi Africa is a Country
In Kenya, political elites across the spectrum are trying to sell off the country for themselves—capitulation is inevitable.

Liberation Statement on the Situation in Niger

Morning Star
The people of Niger, facing a desperate situation, are threatened with the withdrawal of vital humanitarian aid from the country in response to the coup, a move tantamount to a punitive measure and essentially exploiting aid as leverage.

A Brief History of the Ku Klux Klan Acts

Joseph Patrick Kelly The Conversation
The 1870s laws passed by the Reconstruction Congress to enforce 14th Amendment rights and to protect Black voters, ignored for decades, are now being used against Trump.

The Trump War on Democracy Is Far From Over

David Corn Mother Jones
Ultimately, Trump is not the main danger. Trump was aided and abetted by millions of co-conspirators: the MAGA Republicans who bought his lies and still do.