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Teaching for Black Lives and Bearing Witness Through Poetry
A public school teacher describes how her class uses poetry to assert identity and justice.
Rad Girls Are Bold and Empowered
An excerpt from “Rad Girls Can: Stories of Bold, Brave, and Brilliant Young Women.”
Can a Cap Be Placed on the Incomes of the Super-Rich?
In this excerpt from “The Case for a Maximum Wage,” author Sam Pizzigati argues that a maximum wage is possible.
High School Massacres Are Just the Tip of the Iceberg Among Youth Gun Deaths
An excerpt of Gary Younge's book “Another Day in the Death of America: A Chronicle of Ten Short Lives.”
The Far Right Regards Human Inequality as “Natural”
The following excerpt is from the introduction to Matthew N. Lyons's new book, “Insurgent Supremacists.”
When the GOP Went Off the Rails
An excerpt of Kurt Andersen's “Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire.”
To Overcome Oppression, the Violent Machinations of the Settler State Must Be Rejected
An excerpt from “As Black as Resistance: Finding the Conditions for Liberation.”
A Democracy in Exile Fights Against Fascism
There is no change without a broad-based movement of collective resistance.
An Empire of Nothing at All? The US Military Takes Us Through the Gates of Hell
Although the peace movement is not a loud voice at this time in the US, it should be.
In a More Rational World, the US and Iran Would Have Full Diplomatic Relations
Now more than ever, it is necessary to understand Iran in the context of its own history and its tumultuous relationship with the US.