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In November, we have one last shot to save America. #VoteForOutLives

"I hope people begin to understand that these were racist white men." Writer Simon Moya-Smith says the Black Hills in South Dakota, where Mount Rushmore is located, have always been a holy place for the Lakota Nation.

This Op-Ed celebrates Langston Hughes’ iconic poem, "Let America Be America Again,” by situating it in the context of current political traumas: the Trump administration’s assault on American values of equality, pluralism, and human dignity. Featuring found media footage and excerpts from public poetry readings by activists Nikki Giovanni and Michael Moore, this Op-Ed is a rallying cry for all Americans to join the Resistance.

Sarah Cooper's uncannily revealing lip sync of Donald Trump predicting the turnout for his Tulsa rally

“If your voice held no power, they wouldn’t try to silence you.” - unknown. Use your VOICE. Use your VOTE. By The Chicks (formerly the Dixie Chicks).

This 1985 Sundance-Award winning film speaks deeply to the present moment, exploring a true story of the struggle of black and white workers, over a hundred years ago, to build a strong interracial union in the giant Chicago slaughterhouses in the face of the mounting racism that erupted in violence in the Chicago Race Riot of 1919. It has been beautifully digitally restored and re-released by Film Movement, and is now rentable for streaming here.

Written by John McLaughlin with Cindy Santana Blackman and Narada Michael Walden. A collaboration to raise money for Musicares Coronavirus Relief Fund to help musicians who have been hit hard by the shutdown of live music. 

‘Poverty is by political design.’ — Meet Jamaal Bowman, the middle school principle and progressive who won a shocking upset against a 30-year incumbent Democrat

For a week, Seth Meyers turned the start of his show over to Amber Ruffin, who shares some of her encounters with the police.