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September 21, 2017

What Is Great about Ourselves

Pankaj Mishra London Review of Books

Five books by neoliberal authors extolling glories that never were, the essayist eviscerates a state of mind that flatters a cosmopolitan liberal tolerance that has been more at home with nationalism, imperialism and even racism and a worldview that presupposes a chasm between civilized whites and uncivilized nonwhites. even accusing leftists of enabling racism by such affronts as squashing alleged dissimilar people together on buses, trains and subway cars.

September 20, 2017

No Justice

Shari Silberstein US News and World Report

Missouri stayed the execution of Marcellus Williams, but why was he sentenced to die in the first place?

September 20, 2017

From Charlottesville to Brussels: Collective Memory and the Challenge of our Monuments

Pitcho Womba Konga Equal Times

In Belgium, in the Congo, as much as in the slave South of the United States, there remain too many monuments to exploiters, not enough of resistors.

September 18, 2017

The Importance of the Fight for the South -- and Why It Can and Must be Won

Bob Wing and Stephen C. McClure Organizing Upgrade

The far right, racism, militarism, inequality, and poverty are all centered in the South. The majority of African Americans, the main protagonist of progressive politics in this country, live in the South. And the South has more electoral votes, battleground state votes, population, and congresspersons than any other region. The South is changing rapidly, giving rise to more progressive demographic groups - especially Black and Latino migrations...

September 17, 2017

The Supreme Court Should Stop This Georgia Execution

Andrew Cohen Brennan Center for Justice

When a racist juror helps convict a black man, the Court should follow its own precedent and set the verdict aside.

September 17, 2017

The Census Data Has Bad News for Black and Latinx Americans

E.A. Crunden ThinkProgress

Across the country families are getting wealthier, but rosy coverage of new census figures is hiding an alarming fact.

September 15, 2017

Friday Nite Videos | September 15, 2017

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Donald Trump's Rage Against 'Idiot' Sessions. John Oliver | Colin Kaepernick. A Former Neo-Nazi Is Trying to Stop the Spread of Hate. Movie | The Young Karl Marx. Dave Van Ronk | House Of The Rising Sun.

A Former Neo-Nazi Is Trying to Stop the Spread of Hate

September 15, 2017

Christian Picciolini describes how he became a neo-Nazi, why he stopped being one, and what he's doing to help people leave hate groups.

September 15, 2017

Facebook Enabled Advertisers to Reach ‘Jew Haters’

Julia Angwin, Madeleine Varner and Ariana Tobin ProPublica

After being contacted by ProPublica, Facebook removed several anti-Semitic ad categories and promised to improve monitoring.

September 14, 2017

Don’t Punish the Dreamers — Punish the Corporations Driving Forced Migration

David Bacon In These Times

The "dreamers," young recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program—are the true children of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). More than anyone, they have paid the price for the agreement. Yet they are the ones punished by the administration of President Donald Trump, as it takes away their legal status, ability to work and right to live in this country without fear of arrest or deportation.

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