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Ocasio-Cortez, Tlaib and Pressley Win Seats on Committee Set to Probe Trump
The House Oversight Committee is gearing up to launch investigations into the Trump administration.
Nathan Phillips: I Was Afraid of the Mob Mentality of MAGA Students
Nathan Phillips discusses what happened at the Indigenous Peoples March.
Trump’s Mocking Drives Anti-Native Racism
Chase Iron Eyes, an activist and lead attorney for the Lakota People’s Law Project, discusses more.
The Irish Revolution’s Overlooked History of Nonviolent Resistance
Ireland's independence struggle saw the emergence of organized civil resistance as an alternative to armed struggle.
Henry Giroux: Trump’s Enabling of Violence and Hate Is a Form of State Terrorism
The most noxious element of neoliberalism is the reduction of all social issues to personal responsibility, says Giroux.
DC Has Been Consistently Out of Touch With the Reality of the Borderlands
Corporate media is failing to cover how border communities already are heavily militarized.
The Shutdown Will Harm the Health and Safety of Americans, Even After It’s Ended
As the shutdown draws on, it increasingly weakens the government’s ability to protect Americans down the road.
Unauthorized Washington Post Offers a Fantasy Grounded in Movement Wisdom
An action like this plants ideas to foster people’s creativity and allow them to imagine the future they want to see.
Calls for FBI Probe of Homeland Secretary Follow Child Detention Memo Leak
A damning draft memo shows the Trump administration planned to traumatize migrant children with family separations.
Anti-Corruption Bill Won’t Curb Money’s Influence in Policymaking
The bill’s prohibition on private gain is extremely narrow.