700+ "Families Belong Together" Rallies

Martin Pengelly, Jessica Glenza Lucia Graves The Guardian
New York also saw a major rally, as did Los Angeles, Dallas, Denver, Chicago, Boston and other big cities. In Greenfield Ma., population 17,000, 500 people attended a rally on the Town Common. Over 700 rallies were listed nationally.

Abolishing ICE Becomes Dem Litmus Test

Alexander Bolton The Hill
The calls to abolish ICE among Democrats picked up after the 28-year-old Ocasio-Cortez defeated Rep. Joseph Crowley (N.Y.) in an upset few saw coming.

In Defense of Court-Packing

Todd N. Tucker Jacobin
We shouldn't let a handful of reactionary judges get in the way of progressive change. It's time to pack the Supreme Court.

The Rich Stalwarts of Liberal Democracy and the Mask They Wear

Pankaj Mishra London Review of Books
The Obama Administration’s UN Ambassador Samantha Power, with Henry Kissinger.
Pankaj Mishra reviews two books on the liberal democratic response to the rule of Trump. While one author aims to beat the right-wing populists at their own game, the other seeks to reinstate socialism as an “ethical ideal and political objective.”

Let Us NOT Praise Anthony Kennedy

Peter Dreier The American Prospect
Regardless of his motives, Kennedy will be responsible for allowing Trump to name a replacement who, along with the other right-wingers on the court, will further erode American democracy.

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Deciphering the Nicaraguan Student Uprising

Lori Hanson and Miguel Gomez NACLA
As discontent with the Ortega presidency spreads across Nicaragua, a small student movement has grown to include a diverse array of oppositional movements and private sector actors, each with their own political agenda.

Does "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" Have a Hidden Message?

In his introduction to “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz,” L. Frank Baum claims that the book is simply an innocent children’s story. But some scholars have found hidden criticisms of late-nineteenth-century economic policies in the book. Is it possible that one of America’s favorite children’s stories is also a subversive parable?