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A New Alliance Could Change Puerto Rican Politics

Rafael Bernabe, Ed Morales Convergence
The Citizens’ Victory Movement and the Puerto Rican Independence Party are forming a coalition called La Alianza. Their goal: a radical shift in Puerto Rican politics.

The Black Box of Race

Henry Louis Gates Jr. The Atlantic
In a circumscribed universe, Black Americans have ceaselessly reinvented themselves.

The Booksellers’ Revolt

Maththew Patin / The Texas Observer Texas Observer
The READER Act would have required vendors to rate books on "explicitness" before selling to schools—and blacklisted those that didn't comply.

The Most Committed Are the Uncommitted

Jeet Heer The Nation
A growing movement of “uncommitted” Democratic voters are making it impossible for the Biden White House to remain complacent about Israel’s war on Gaza.

Claims of Mass Rape by Hamas Unravel Upon Investigation

Arun Gupta Yes! Magazine
On top of serving as war propaganda, stories by Zaka volunteers appear invented. Western media is full of Zaka atrocity claims, nearly all of which are fabrications, dubious, or unsubstantiated.
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