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The Unbearable Whiteness of Being: Explaining Turbans, Beards and Sikhs to Americans
“Someone wearing a turban was meant someone you could see on the street and ask for help if you need it.”
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They Thwarted Me With Science
350.org’s Bill McKibben on People’s Climate March: “Weekends Are for Fighting Tyranny”
Bill McKibben, co-founder of 350.org, discusses the People's Climate March happening this weekend.
Empire Files: Greg Palast on the Hidden Purging of Millions of Voters
Abby Martin interviews Greg Palast, who has done the most extensive work uncovering the massive disenfranchisement campaign in the 2016 election.
Economic Update: The Rising Costs of Capitalism’s Failures
This week's episode discusses the courts blocking Trump's attack on sanctuary cities, selling Whole Foods and more.
It’s Time for the Left to Ask “What Are We For?”
The political center is bombed out, so everyone has to take a hard left to transform democracy, says Maria Poblet.
“A Land Grab by the Ruling Elites”: Trump’s Tax Plan Derided for Benefiting the Rich
The tax plan was unveiled on Wednesday by two former executives at Goldman Sachs.
ICE Detains Mexican Man Who Sought Sanctuary in Denver Church for Nine Months
Supporters of Hernandez Garcia say he has been targeted in part because of his immigration activism.
Oregon County Faces Gas Industry Funding, Lobbyists in Battle to Halt Jordan Cove LNG Project
If passed, Measure 6-162 would block what could become Oregon's top greenhouse gas emitter.
How White Nationalists Are Setting Immigration Policy in Trump’s White House
The Federation for American Immigration Reform has won access to mainstream spaces as the “respectable” face of xenophobia.