We face a second insurrection today, and most people have no idea how closely it’s modeled on the first one. The new GOP motto might as well be, “We don’t need no stinkin’ issues; we just want power and revenge for the heroes of the Old South.”
The “greatest teacher of nonviolence in America” was a mentor to generations of activists, from Martin Luther King Jr. to today’s union organizers and immigrant rights campaigners.
What does a Long Island Republican who ran to replace George Santos have in common with a Westchester Democrat in a solidly blue congressional district? More than 60 donors who, all told, have given both candidates more than $230,000.
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"This man should not be addressing Congress," said the New York Democrat. "He is a war criminal."
"If we don't fully understand and account for slavery's history in this country, we won't understand how it shaped the political, economic and social infrastructure of this country and the landscape of inequality today."
Some historians have described the South's convict leasing system as “worse than slavery,” because there was no incentive to avoid working those people to death.
Trump says he is a “friend of the working class” – but he’s anything but. Read on to learn why.
A new report by a UN commission finds that Israel intended to murder civilians en masse, inflict wide-scale civilian destruction, and collectively punish Palestinians in Gaza — holding them hostage to its political aims.
Policymakers can only make sensible decisions when they understand what the tax system’s shortcomings have done to Black communities.
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