"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.
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
The capital has for most of its history been a largely-to-mostly-Black city run by open racists. This takeover by white federal officials is something many in the Black community have been anticipating for decades. There’s even a name for it-The Plan
The shunning of Mamdani is an important illustration of the state of the Democratic Party in 2025. It shows some unfortunate truths about the party’s center-left establishment and points to some clear steps progressives must take.
Forget partisan finger-pointing. The Jeffrey Epstein scandal cuts across party lines, indicting economic and political elites alike. Epstein just enjoyed the perks of life in one of the very top tiers of a society where laws are for little people.
Not content to torment the Ivy League, Republicans are seeking authoritarian control over working-class public universities like the City University of New York. The latest salvo: allegedly firing four adjuncts for their support of Palestine.
Sen. Ron Wyden has some ideas for Pam Bondi to pursue, if she’s interested in getting to the bottom of the Epstein scandal. His investigators had discovered that four big banks had flagged $1.5 billion in potentially suspicious money transfers
Here are the dates that things will change, and what the changes means for Americans. Below is a guide that describes what changes you may encounter and examples of what these changes will look like to you and your loved ones.
The Republican budget will gut Medicaid, slash food aid for families, and shutter rural hospitals—just to give tax breaks that will go overwhelmingly to the wealthy. It is a staggering upward redistribution of income.
The Senate’s version will blow up the deficit just as much as the House’s—and its Medicaid cuts are deeper. The Senate’s cuts to Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program, are bigger than the House bill—probably in excess of $900 billion
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