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Bolivia’s Streets Have Erupted. Here’s Why. Bolivia’s Streets Have Erupted. Here’s Why.
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Vengeance Is the Only Thing Trump Has Left Vengeance Is the Only Thing Trump Has Left
Everything else is going wrong. So the president is turning to his favorite project: settling scores with his many enemies.
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Politics
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Congress took an important symbolic step toward reasserting its authority over war powers. But much, much more needs to be done.
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The Contradictions of 1776 The Contradictions of 1776
From the outset the United States was founded to protect both freedom and slavery.
The Entwined History of Capitalism and Race in the Americas and Beyond The Entwined History of Capitalism and Race in the Americas and Beyond
Better to start the history of the United States in 1492 than in 1776.
World
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Ordinary people are rising up against neoliberal orthodoxy.
Trumpworld’s Global War on Multiracial Democracy Trumpworld’s Global War on Multiracial Democracy
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This country cannot deliver on its promises until we collectively act to to ensure equal protection for all.
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Christian nationalists keep forgetting what the country’s founders kept writing down.
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