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Ta-Nehisi Coates and Ezra Klein Hash Out Their Charlie Kirk Disagreement

Ezra Klein, Ta-Nehisi Coates YouTube
The writer Ta-Nehisi Coates was harshly critical of my response to Charlie Kirk’s assassination. In an article in Vanity Fair, he suggested I was whitewashing Kirk’s legacy, comparing it to the whitewashing of the Southern cause after the Civil War.

This Week in People’s History, Oct 1–7, 2025

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A cartoon with this text: Where did all these Nazi scientists come from?  That's preposterous. Wernher here is as American as apple pie.
‘Operation Paperclip’, the U.S. Space Program’s Creepy Pedigree (1945), Plugging a Hole in Earth’s Atmosphere (1985), A Coal Miner’s Daughter and Proud of It (1970), A Hard Look at a Failed Strike (1990), Show Your Opposition to Censorship This Week!

The UAW’s Shawn Fain on Union Growth and Union Power

Shawn Fain Jacobin
United Auto Workers president Shawn Fain: “Make no mistake: the billionaire class is not going to give up power willingly. They are on an endless pursuit of profit, no matter the cost.”

MAGA Is Coming for the WNBA

Alex Keeney Politico
The nation’s most prominent — and most politically active — women’s pro sports league is on a collision course with Donald Trump.

ICE Assaults Congressional Candidate Kat Abughazaleh at Chicago Protest

Amy Goodman, Juan González, Kat Abughazaleh Democracy Now!
Illinois Democratic congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh was thrown to the ground by ICE agents on Friday during a protest outside the Broadview Processing Center in Chicago, where immigrant detainees are held.