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Guns symbolize the power of a minority over the majority, and they’ve become the icons of a party that has become a cult seeking minority power

“Countries and regions with higher levels of inequality typically experience deeper recessions,” adds the BIS analysis. “In other words, excessive inequality serves to erode macroeconomic stability.”

It is time for gun control advocates to talk about life without a Second Amendment. The idea is to paint a portrait of an America of the future with sane gun laws and no need for active-shooter drills in elementary schools.

A wave of parents has been radicalized by Covid-era misinformation to reject ordinary childhood immunizations — with potentially lethal consequences.

Since 1973, 187 people have been exonerated from death row, with one of the main reasons being inadequate counsel. This will only worsen that situation.

White Replacement Theory is a relatively recent label for old fascism. It is a rebranding of the long-standing fascist paranoias and lies about invasion and racial and political replacement.

At the close of the Civil War, people recently freed from slavery in Charleston honored fallen Union soldiers. A battered U.S. was faced with the task of burying and honoring the 600,000 to 800,000 Union and Confederate soldiers who had died.

A pair of documentaries explore how erasure impacts Indigenous peoples, and the ways two nations are fighting to be seen.

If it passes, the Golden State would set up a confrontation with the Supreme Court, which blessed the Lone Star State’s anti-abortion law.

At this GM plant in Mexico, workers on both sides of the border came together across national boundaries to challenge corporate power.