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January 1, 2022

We Obtained New FBI Documents on How and Why Fred Hampton Was Murdered

Aaron J. Leonard & Conor A. Gallagher Jacobin

FBI files related to the 1969 murder of Fred Hampton, newly obtained by Jacobin, shed light on two key aspects of the bureau’s anti–Black Panthers operation.

November 27, 2015

Friday Nite Videos -- November 27, 2015

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Nebraska Republicans Squash the Death Penalty. Alice's Restaurant, 50 Thanksgivings Later. Killer Mike Introduces Bernie Sanders in Atlanta. In America: Walmart Workers. How Puerto Rico's Economic 'Death Spiral' is Tied to Legacy of Colonialism.

Nebraska Republicans Squash the Death Penalty

November 27, 2015

Desi Lydic examines how Republican officials in Nebraska were able to abolish the state's death penalty through conservative politicking.

Killer Mike Introduces Bernie Sanders in Atlanta

November 27, 2015

Rapper and rights activist Killer Mike gives an eloquent introduction to Bernie Sanders at an Atlanta rally: "In my heart of hearts, I truly believe that Sen. Bernie Sanders is the right man to lead this country."

In America

November 27, 2015

In America, on Thanksgiving, people working for our country's largest employer don't make enough to buy the food they need. Here are some of their voices, and what you can do.

How Puerto Rico's Economic 'Death Spiral' is Tied to Legacy of Colonialism

November 27, 2015

Democracy Now! co-host Juan González addresses the question, "Could Puerto Rico become America’s Greece?" That’s a question many are asking as the island faces a devastating financial crisis and a rapidly crumbling healthcare system.

November 27, 2015

ISIS Wants a Clash of the Civilizations: Let’s Not Give In

Juan Cole The Nation

For Baghdadi to call his band of human traffickers, rapists, drug smugglers, and looters the “Islamic State” is rather like a Mexican drug cartel adopting the moniker “the Vatican,” and our adopting that term thereafter (“The Vatican kidnapped 30 people today”) when reporting on its violence. Journalists would resist such linguistic coercion in the case of Catholics; they should resist it in the case of Muslims as well.

November 27, 2015

'Suffragette' Foregrounds Working-Class Women

Linda Gordon Portside

Suffragette is the first film to depict a women's movement with major Hollywood stars. And Gavron's introduction, skyped in at the preview I saw, was superb, emphasizing global women's struggles and class and race inequality as well as the historical fight for suffrage. As more celebrities come out as feminists, we can hope for more.

November 27, 2015

Message to Black Clergy: Think of Trump's Rhetoric Before Meeting With Him

#TEAMEBONY Ebony

An open letter from more than 100 Black religious leaders and scholars to the African American ministers scheduled to meet with Donald Trump warn that such a meeting will serve to "de-radicalize the Black prophetic political tradition" and "give Trump the appearance of legitimacy" that he will use to harm Black communities.

November 27, 2015

Healthy Coffee and Cigarettes

Tabitha M. Powledge PLOS One

Coffee and cigarettes. Well, it turns out that one of them is good for you. As for e-cigarettes ... hold the conclusions.