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February 23, 2018

6 States Where Voters Could Push Democracy Forward in the Midterms

Kevon Paynter Yes! Magazine

From raising the minimum wage to enacting police reforms, here are ballot initiatives progressives should watch in 2018.

February 23, 2018

Remember This Week: It’s the Beginning of the End of the NRA’s Reign of Terror

Joy-Ann Reid Daily Beast

Assault rifle, muzzled plugged by pencils

Yes, it’s been said before, and no, it won’t happen fast. But this time it really is different. And the Parkland Kids are leading the charge.

"Black Panther": Just a Dope-Ass Black Movie

February 23, 2018

Roy Wood Jr. explains why black audiences are so excited to celebrate the release of the movie "Black Panther."

Why The Rich Love Destroying Unions

February 23, 2018

Unions are on their last legs, and right-wing billionaires are getting ready to deal the final blow. And if you like having weekends, less than a 60-hour workweek and a living wage, then this is a big deal.

Survivor to Rubio: Will You Reject NRA Money?

February 23, 2018

Cameron Kasky, one of the students who survived the shooting at Stoneman Douglas high school, asks Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) if the senator would continue to take campaign donations from the National Rifle Association.

The Young Karl Marx (in Theaters!)

February 23, 2018

The narrative brilliance of director Raoul Peck (I Am Not Your Negro) tells the story of Karl Marx's marriage, soaring vision, political exile and partnership with Frederick Engels. Check local listings for showtimes.

Florida / NRA

February 23, 2018

The kids call BS, and the nation really never will be the same.

February 23, 2018

Friday Nite Videos | Feb 23, 2018

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John Oliver on Florida / NRA. The Young Karl Marx (in Theaters!). Survivor to Rubio: Will You Reject NRA Money? Why the Rich Love Destroying Unions. "Black Panther": Just a Dope-Ass Black Movie.

February 22, 2018

“If Lula is Arrested, Civil Disobedience is the Way” Calls MST Leader Joao Pedro Stedile

Denise Assis O Cafezinho / The Dawn News

Power depends on correlation of strength. The bourgeoisie and its minions use the judicial power to suit their interests as if this was a monarchy, with no oversight by society. They trampled on the Constitution in order to reach their goals. The working class has only one space where it can exert its political power: mobilization on the streets.

February 22, 2018

Why Do White People Like What I Write?

Pankaj Mishra London Review of Books

Writers once busy in prestigious magazines rationalizing war and torture are now confronting the obdurate pathologies of American life that stem from America’s original racial sin. Coates wonders why those once fierce in defending bloody imperial missions now embrace him for describing American power from the rare standpoint of its internal victims. Yet the danger for Coates is not so much seduction by power as a distorted perspective caused by proximity to it.