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In a Springfield Haitian Restaurant, Love—and Goat—Conquer Hate

Tim Feran The New Republic
While Donald Trump and J.D. Vance try to tear an Ohio town apart, Ohioans themselves have a more heartening response. While the nasty headlines swirl around them, Springfielders and Ohioans are making a point of saying no to Trump and Vance’s message

Tidbits – Sept. 19 – Reader Comments: Lies About Haitian Immigrants; Rev. Barber; Readers Disagree on Ranked Choice Voting; Leonard Peltier’s Continued Imprisonment; Govt Knew Ethel Rosenberg Not Spy; Find Affordable Child Care Near You; More…

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Reader Comments: Lies About Haitian Immigrants; Rev. Barber: Prophet for the Poor; Readers Disagree on Ranked Choice Voting; Leonard Peltier’s Continued Imprisonment; Govt Knew Ethel Rosenberg Not Spy; Find Affordable Child Care Near You; more....

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Voice of the Left

Faiza Shaheen The Guardian
Faiza Shaheen reviews the memoir of UK Labour party MP Diane Abbot, who has held her seat since 1987. She is the first Black woman to be elected to parliament, and is the country's longest-serving female MP.

A Prophet for the Poor

Matthew Desmond The New York Review
In order to build a mass movement for economic justice, Reverend William Barber argues, we need to let go of the idea that poverty is an exclusively Black or urban issue.

The Paradox of Progress for Black Americans

Algernon Austin and Dedrick Asante-Muhammad Other Words
This is the best economy for Black Americans in generations, but that’s not enough to close the racial wealth divide on its own.

Silencing the Voice

Amy Bachrach Portside
This January 26 was the first “Australia Day” following October's defeat of landmark constitutional referendum recognizing Australia’s first nations people by enshrining in the Constitution an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice to Parliament
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