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Zora Neale Hurston’s ‘Barracoon’

Angela Helm The Root
This work by Zora Neale Hurston, the famed author of the novel Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937), has surfaced after over eight decades. It is the autobiography, as transcribed by Hurston, of the life of one of the last persons enslaved in Africa and brought to this country.

It's Official: Pueblo Teachers Approve Contract, Ending Strike

Jon Pompia Pueblo Chieftain
The walkout against the district was the first teachers strike in Colorado in nearly a quarter of a century. Garnering the attention of both the state and nation, the action is the first public-sector workers strike in Pueblo since 1977.

The Swamp Thickens

Chris Lehmann The Baffler
What the Michael Cohen story tells us about Trumpian corruption

'America Crossed Every Red Line’: Palestinians in Jerusalem Protest New US Embassy

Yumna Patel, Akram Al-Wa'ra and Saleh Zghari Mondoweiss
As US President Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka and son-in-law Jared Kushner celebrated the inauguration with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and major Trump donor Sheldon Adelson, Palestinian protesters outside were met by armed Israeli police forces who heavily suppressed demonstrations.