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December 24, 2021

Millions of Angry, Armed Americans Stand Ready to Seize Power If Trump Loses in 2024

David H. Freedman Newsweek

"The idea that people would take up arms against an American election has gone from completely farfetched to something we have to start planning for and preparing for," says an expert on gun policy and constitutional law.

December 24, 2021

The Vigilante World of Comic Books

Scott Bradfield The New Republic

A sweeping new history of American comics traces the rise of characters caught in a Manichaean struggle between good and evil.

Chile 2021: Leftwing Millennial Gabriel Boric to Be Chile's New President

December 24, 2021

Gabriel Boric, former student leader, will become Chile’s youngest president after storming to a resounding victory (56-44) in a run-off vote against his far-right opponent, José Antonio Kast. Kast quickly accepted his defeat and called Boric to congratulate him.

Chile 1973: Manifiesto | Victor Jara (With English Subtitles)

December 24, 2021

One of the last songs Victor Jara wrote, and a poem composed in his final days, while imprisoned in a Santiago stadium.

‘Surprising Is An Understatement’: Civil Rights Attorney on Kim Potter Verdict

December 24, 2021

Attorney David Henderson reacts to the jury finding ex-officer Kim Potter guilty of manslaughter in the shooting death of Daunte Wright: “I think calling this surprising is an understatement.”

Why New York’s Billionaires’ Row Is Half Empty

December 24, 2021

Manhattan’s skyscrapers aren’t really built for people anymore.

Fauci Holiday Message Cold Open | SNL

December 24, 2021

Dr. Anthony Fauci (Kate McKinnon) delivers a special holiday message about the Omicron variant with help from members of the CDC .

December 24, 2021

What Low-Wage Workers Understand About the True Meaning of Christmas

William J. Barber II TIME

photo of a canceled US Treasury check to american families with two children drawing in the foreground

One hundred and forty million Americans are poor or low-income in the richest nation in the history of the world. The steady growth of America’s GDP has not, in fact, been “good news for all people.”

December 23, 2021

Progressive Caucus Urges Biden to Wield 'Powerful Tool of Executive Action' as Agenda Stalls

Jake Johnson Common Dreams

Democrats must adopt "a whole-of-government approach" if they are to fulfill their promises to act on the climate crisis, sky-high prescription drug prices, immigration reform, student debt, and other key policy priorities.

December 23, 2021

The Nazi Language of German Anti-Vaxxers

Thomas Klikauer and Meg Young Counter Currents

In reference to the cynical Nazi slogan Arbeit Macht Frei – Work Makes You Free that the SS had placed at the entrance of Auschwitz, Germany’s present-day anti-vaxxers use the slogan, Vaccinating Makes You Free – in German: Impfen Macht Frei.