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Since Donald Trump’s election, his opposition party hasn’t acted much like one. The same cannot be said of Bernie Sanders, who hit the road this weekend in red states in an effort to stoke pushback to Trump’s slash-and-burn plutocratic governance.

It’s happening here, now

The most remarkable part of this film is the irony of how it lands in the political moment: “Brave New World” features a Black iteration of the quintessential American superhero a month into an administration dedicated to eliminating diversity.

“It’s not enough for us to sit by on the sidelines,” says Dr. Michael Osterholm

As I witness the resurgence of white supremacy under Trump, I remember the segregation and Jim Crow of my youth.

This case is about relegating pregnant people to second-class citizens in the eyes of the law. It’s about undermining basic democratic principles in order to advance a dangerous political agenda.

Liberal lawmakers need a real message on this issue because the one they have now is nonexistent at best—and a mirror of the right’s cruel ideology at its worst.

"We swore to serve the American people and uphold our oath to the Constitution across presidential administrations," they wrote. "However, it has become clear that we can no longer honor those commitments."

It is a song that turns the tragic tale it begins with into a veritable shout, for it concludes not as a somber dirge for one fallen fellow worker but as a soaring call for collective action and for all working people to stand up for their rights.

The Mediterranean diet has become a mishmash of hyperbole, half-truths and howlers, stirred together for political and commercial ends.