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How Zohran Mamdani Can Win the War

Eric Blanc, Emily Lemmerman, and Wen Zhuang The Nation
Winning in November isn’t enough. A Mayor Mamdani will need a mass movement behind him to overcome an establishment that wants to crush him.

When Hospitals Act Like ICE

Liset Cruz Type Investigations
These patients needed long-term care. Instead, the hospitals pushed for them to be deported.

How Bad Slavery Was

Robert Kuttner The American Prospect
Donald Trump joins a long line of apologists for America’s peculiar institution, falsifying history in the interest of whitewashing slavery.

Humans Aren’t As Special As We Once Thought

Kate Wong Scientific American
Darwin opined that differences between humans and other animals were a matter of degree. New findings show that a wide variety of other species exhibit capabilities that were once thought to be exclusive to Homo sapiens.

The Imminent Death of the Voting Rights Act

Linda Greenhouse The New York Times
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

Sounds Like the Plan: The Historical Roots of the Takeover of D.C.

Rick Massimo Forget I Said Anything
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

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