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White Nationalists on Trial in Charlottesville After Victims Sue Under KKK Act
Organizers of the “Unite the Right” rally have been charged with unlawful conspiracy to commit violent acts.
Elon Musk Opposes Billionaire Tax While Making a Record $36 Billion in One Day
Musk’s net worth of over $288 billion is over 1 percent of the U.S. GDP of $22.7 trillion.
Warren Introduces Bill to Levy 15 Percent Minimum Tax on Corporate Profits
The tax would be levied on profits that corporations report to shareholders with the aim of capturing a truer tax rate.
Progressives Say Reconciliation Framework Not Enough to Pass Infrastructure Bill
Dozens of progressives in Congress may vote against the infrastructure bill, says Rep. Pramila Jayapal.
Judge Bars Prosecutors From Calling Those Killed by Kyle Rittenhouse “Victims”
The judge has also formally barred prosecutors from noting Rittenhouse's connections to white nationalist groups.
Deborah Birx Admits Trump’s Campaign Distracted From COVID Response
Trump's former COVID coordinator testified to the House that at least 130,000 lives were unnecessarily lost.
Liberal Anti-Racism Is Fixated on Symbolic Gestures. We Need Concrete Action.
Framing slavery as “original sin” has led liberal anti-racism into a dead end of inaction.
Jim Crow Politics Have Descended on Education
For the GOP, higher education is now a battleground for conducting a race war waged in the spirit of the Confederacy.
Mo Brooks Says He’d Be “Proud” of His Staff If They Helped Plan January 6 Attack
Brooks wore body armor on January 6 while instructing the crowd to “start taking down names and kicking ass.”
New Poll Finds Broad Support for Strikes Across the Country
The poll comes in a critical moment for the labor movement as a strike wave sweeps the U.S.