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Charlie Kirk, Redeemed: A Political Class Finds Its Lost Cause

Ta-Nehisi Coates Vanity Fair
"Burying the truth of the Confederacy, rewriting its aims and ideas, and ignoring its animating words allowed for the terrorization of the Black population...and the destruction of democracy."...are ignoring and sanitizing Charlie Kirk's legacy.

Recognition of Palestine Is Not Enough

Aida Touma-Suleiman Convergence
Israeli Knesset member Aida Touma-Suleiman argues that in order for the growing recognition of the state of Palestine to be meaningful, it must be accompanied by sanctions for Israel’s permanent illegal occupation.

Clamoring To Tax the Rich

Harold Meyerson The American Prospect
In Berkeley, New York, Paris, and Vatican City, it’s become central to political battles—and religious concerns.

Minneapolis’s Omar Fateh on His Run for Mayor

Liza Featherstone Convergence
What does democratic socialism mean to Omar Fateh, Minneapolis mayoral candidate? “It’s pretty clear cut: you want to take care of everyone.”

7 Key Moments From Trump’s U.N. Speech

Joshua Barajas and Dan Cooney PBS
When President Donald Trump returned to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, his speech underscored a familiar opposition to the mission of the United Nations. During his first term, he dismissed the United Nations as “just a club”.