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Racist US Laws Provided Inspiration to the Nazis: An Interview With James Q. Whitman
The Nazis were inspired and emboldened by the US's anti-miscegenation and second-class citizenship laws.
The Anatomy of a Purge: The Left Must Resist Demonization
Right-wing and media attempts to sow panic about the left following the Alexandria shooting must be resisted.
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Welfare and Imprisonment: How “Get Tough” Politics Have Excluded People From Society
Mass incarceration and welfare cuts have the same origin: the US's deadly get-tough politics.
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Power to the People vs. Power to the Bomb: Alternatives to Nuclear Domination
The history of our social movements shows that real power lies in cooperation with, not domination over, others.
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Déjà vu All Over Again: Racism, Poverty and Militarism 50 Years Later
What would Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. think of the changes in the US over the past five decades?
Q & A With Jeremy Lent, Author of “The Patterning Instinct: A Cultural History of Humanity’s Search for Meaning”
What is the “patterning instinct?”
Black Marriage Unshackled: An Interview With Historian Tera W. Hunter
In her book, Tera W. Hunter reveals the myriad ways couples adopted, adapted, revised and rejected white Christian ideas of marriage.
The Home of Free Speech™: A Critical Perspective on UC Berkeley’s Coalition With the Far-Right
“Free speech” is commonly used to discourage diversity and perpetuate structural violence against minorities.
The Hazards of Military Worship
When it comes to war, less is more.
Trump’s Remark on Andrew Jackson Was a Dog Whistle for White Nationalists
As a slavery-supporting perpetrator of genocide, Jackson is the darling of fascists who fantasize about an all-white US.