Truthout
July 4
Report From House Dems: Trump Used 250th Planning to Hide Corruption
Trump's Freedom 250 shadow organization was a vehicle for soliciting political donations, a new report contends.
Trump Uses Speech at Mount Rushmore to Warn Against “Communist Menace”
Trump also called on Congress to end the filibuster and pass the SAVE America Act, a voter suppression bill.
Most Empires in History Fell by Age 250. The US Is at a Weighty Crossroads.
It's far past time to bring an end to US militarism.
The Anti-Indigenous Slur in the Declaration of Independence Speaks Volumes
The US Declaration of Independence frames Indigenous resistance as aggression and colonial violence as self-defense.
Taxpayer-Funded 250th Anniversary Group Pushes AI Slop to Whitewash US History
In a slop video shared by Freedom 250, an AI-generated John Adams spews the catchphrases of a 21st-century right-winger.
Frederick Douglass’s Words Are More Relevant Than Ever on US’s 250th Birthday
In his powerful speech, “What, to the American slave, is your 4th of July?” Douglass spoke truth to power.
Ahead of the United States’ 250th, Most Say Nation Has Lost Its Way
Political observers attribute the decline in American pride and rising pessimism to the Trump administration's actions.
Trump’s UFC Cage Fight Is an Apt Metaphor for Nation Built on Colonial Violence
The White House’s Freedom 250 spectacle grotesquely exposed the settler-colonial legacy of 1776.
Princeton Historian Deconstructs the “Storybook” Version of US History
As the US commemorates its 250th anniversary, Eddie Glaude discusses the injustice baked into the US’s very founding.
Trump’s Attacks on Black Power and Freedom Show How Far We Still Have to Go
Thinking on the Black freedom struggle from June 19, 1865, to now, where do we collectively want to see ourselves next?