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Donald Trump Has Ruined Our Lives and Now He’s Ruining Baseball Too
The Yankees invited Trump to throw the first pitch in the city where over 23,000 died amid his botched COVID response.
Legal Complaint Against Venmo Challenges Anti-Muslim Discrimination
This is the first U.S. case against Venmo’s policy of targeting transactions on the basis of religion and ethnicity.
The Ugly Terror of a Fascist Abyss Lurks in the Background of This Pandemic
Resistance is no longer optional, given that both humanity and the life of the planet are at stake.
How the US Chamber of Commerce Wrecked the Economy and Made the Pandemic Worse
The Chamber of Commerce lobbied against using the Defense Production Act to address COVID supply shortfalls.
Self-Inflicted Wound of Brexit Will Make It Harder for UK to Recover From COVID
Britain’s self-inflicted isolation will exclude it from working with EU nations toward a post-pandemic age.
Confronting White Supremacy Can’t Come Through Top-Down “Justice”
Our best hope lies in grassroots, community-led truth and reconciliation processes based in restorative justice.
Trump and DeVos’s Plan to Reopen Schools Hides a Sinister Agenda
Turning schools into hotbeds of infection is in line with Betsy DeVos’s plan to undermine the public school system.
Trump’s Reelection Strategy Involves Terrorizing Us With Secret Stormtroopers
Trump has successfully normalized the unthinkable, and in places like Portland, he appears to be doing it to get votes.
Looming Immigration Services Shutdown May Fuel Voter Suppression in 2020
If Congress doesn’t fund U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, hundreds of thousands may lose the right to vote.
As Campuses Cut Ties to Police, Sociology Departments Must Do the Same
Sociology departments must end their role as pipelines to police academies.