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Friday, February 25, 2022

Just 6% of US House Seats Expected to Be Competitive Thanks to Rigged Maps

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Gerrymandered congressional districts come alongside a wave of GOP voter suppression laws. KENNY STANCIL February 17, 2022 In a major blow  ...

Western Media Fall in Lockstep for Neo-Nazi Publicity Stunt in Ukraine

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By  JOHN MCEVOY When the corporate media push for war,  one of their main weapons is  propaganda by omission. In the case of the recent cris...
Friday, February 4, 2022

'Shame on Them': DOJ Will Not Reopen Tamir Rice Case

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"I think they're pitiful and pathetic, and at this point no one is going to get justice when it comes to police shootings in Americ...
Tuesday, January 25, 2022

Right-Wing Supreme Court Takes Up Challenge to Affirmative Action

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"We will vigorously defend access and opportunity in higher education," said head of civil rights legal group. JESSICA CORBETT Jan...
Monday, December 27, 2021

Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Defender of Human Rights in South Africa and Beyond, Dies at 90

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JULIA CONLEY December 26, 2021 Photo by Peter Williams, WCC Leaving behind a legacy  of fighting for oppressed people in South Africa and ar...
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Tuesday, December 21, 2021

Senate Slammed for Passing 'Bloated' NDAA But Delaying Build Back Better Act

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"Don't tell me we can't afford to fight poverty, cancel student debt, pass paid leave, and defeat the climate crisis," sai...
Monday, December 20, 2021

bell hooks will never leave us – she lives on through the truth of her words

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I was introduced to the work of bell hooks for the first time when I was 14 years old, sitting on my Nana’s porch, complaining about the mos...
Tuesday, December 7, 2021

Progressive Lawmakers to Biden: 'Cancel Student Loan Debt.' All of It. Now.

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  "Student loan payments resume in 61 days. Borrowers are NOT ready or able to restart them," said Democratic Congresswoman Pramil...