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Remembering Haitian Internment in Trump’s America

Miriam Pensack NACLA
For Haitian refugees, Trump is not a new abomination, or even a reincarnation of former Haitian exclusion, but rather a continuation of persecution against Haitians fleeing instability that U.S. empire has itself contributed to...

Federal Tax Cuts in the Bush, Obama, and Trump Years

Steve Wamhoff, Matthew Gardner Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy
The national debt today stands at $15.7 trillion. Two decisions made since 2000 — tax cuts and America’s wars since September 11, 2001 — together account for roughly two-thirds of that amount.

The Campaign for One Democratic State

Yoav Haifawi Mondoweiss
“We held many meetings with potential Arab and Jewish activists and supporters,” he said, adding, ”By reaching out we have witnessed that many people are undergoing a process of change in their approach to the solution.

Socialism and the Liberal Imagination

Mason B. Williams Dissent Magazine
How do socialist demands become liberal common sense? The history of the New Deal offers a useful lesson. It had a recognition that a good society rests on a sense of mutuality, reciprocity, and community spoke to what was wrong with a market society
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