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The Wilmington coup, when white supremacists overthrew the city’s legitimately elected bi-racial government, could not have happened without the involvement of white news media. The same is true of the Capitol siege on Jan. 6, 2021.
New rules will help Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) turn the caucus into a force to be reckoned with. Members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) gained members in the new Congress.
The bill has nearly 160 cosponsors, a sign of the broad support among House Democrats to take action in the wake of the violence at the Capitol. It says Trump should be removed and disqualified from holding public office again.
The incoming administration is owed no deference when it picks corporate insiders. One complicating factor is that nominees like Tanden and Austin are preferable to some of the alternative names being floated for their positions.
Mijente, a multiracial Latinx organization, is one group that persevered and knocked on doors. At the doors is “where most of the valuable conversations and movement with people came from".
People tune out when we go on and on; and if we let a little contempt seep into our erudition, the door slams shut. Maybe it’s time to start talking like a neighbor rather than an advocate.
Reaching higher ground vs “getting back” to a normal that never was
We need a person like Congresswoman Haaland to build a stronger relationship between the federal government and tribal nations. The Secretary of the Interior oversees the management and conservation of federal lands.
We have to offer people an entry point into a radically democratic process of social transformation grounded in process and principles.
Palestinian-American Democratic Party activist Zeina Ashrawi Hutchison on the 2020 election, the state of the Palestinian struggle within the Democratic Party, and what to expect in the coming years.
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