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20 Years After Hurricane Katrina

Twenty years ago today, on August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina roared ashore. Democracy Now! speaks with Academy Award-nominated director, Traci A. Curry.

ICE Regrets Stopping This Informed Citizen

Constitutional auditor Robert Trudell exercised his rights to legally bypass an immigration checkpoint, sparking frustration from the immigration agents on the scene.

In a Berlin Bar

Rafaella Del Bourgo
Poet Rafaella Del Bourgo offers a quick intro to sexual politics, reminding us that sex is "a tune both familiar and strange."

The Imminent Death of the Voting Rights Act

Linda Greenhouse The New York Times
White people are depicted as victims of discrimination;.white South Africans are invited as refugees; the president demands a museum designed to tell the African American story must tell a happy tale. The voting rights law may not see a 61st birthday