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Cornelia Gipson: Unlearning Racism

Robert Jensen LA Progressive
In a candid cross-racial dialogue, Cornelia Gipson and Robert Jensen explore white identity, internalized racism, privilege, empathy, and why honest conversations about race remain so difficult—and so necessary.

This Week in People’s History, Jun 24–30, 2026

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A Long-Delayed Warning at Long Last (1964), U.S. Thumbs Nose at International Court of Justice (1986), A Champion in More Ways than One (1971), A Braver, Saner, Truer Rebel (1916), Holding the Line Against Trump Administration Sexism (1966)

Report Warns Attacks on Workers’ Rights Are Weakening Democracy

Democracy Without Borders Democracy Without Borders
The International Trade Union Confederation has released its annual report on global rights. This year the U.S. was placed on a new “watchlist” alongside 6 other countries where there found a measurable increase in worker rights' violations.

How Becoming a Dad Changes Men’s Brains

Tanya Lewis Scientific American
Fathers show changes in some of the same brain areas as mothers, but the effect of parenthood on dads isn’t nearly as well studied

Tech Alone Won’t Future-Proof the Food System, Experts Warn

Rich Bellis Agfundernews.com
Calls for ambitious policy responses to climate and geopolitical risks in the current food system are growing louder. Experts agree it can’t just be technology that bolsters food security; governments need a new vision to support it.

The Social Security Shortfall and Trump’s Big Military Budget

Dean Baker Center for Economic and Policy Research
Social Security: the reason for the projected shortfall is the upward redistribution of income over the last half-century; the projected shortfall is far less money than the increase in military spending Trump is requesting for his 2027 budget.