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The Return of the Dixiecrat South

Jacob S. Hacker, Zoltan Hajnal, G. Agustin Markarian and Mackenzie Lockhart The American Prospect
In the pre-1960s South, which Supreme Court Republicans have just brought back from the dead, Black citizens have no voice in federal lawmaking.

A Socialist Is Taking On the Dem Establishment in Syracuse

Interview with Maurice Brown by Roman Broszkowski Convergence
Socialist Maurice Brown has served as a county legislator in the Syracuse area since 2024. Now he is running to replace one of the New York State Assembly’s longest-serving members, who Brown describes as an obstacle to progressive change.

One Company May Know Everything About You

David Dayen The American Prospect
The world’s largest advertising conglomerate has proposed merging with the company that has built detailed profiles on every American.

This Week in People’s History, Jun 3–9, 2026

Portside
Anti-nuke demonstrators pulling down a fence at the Shoreham construction site On the Way to a Major People’s Victory (1979), An Ideological Earthquake (1956), The Novelist Who Started the Civil War, Sort Of (1851), Standing Up for Civil Rights Isn’t Easy (1966), Municipal Workers Flex Their Muscles, But It Doesn’t Help (1971)

The American Revolution Is Not Complete

Eric Herschthal The New Republic
Long after the founding, many ordinary Americans saw the Revolution as ongoing—an unfinished fight for freedom and equality.
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