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Whitewashing Bush And Obama’s Anti-Muslim Policies To Attack Trump
President Donald Trump’s fervent Islamophobia, which will likely surge again now that the Supreme Court has blessed the travel ban, is viewed as a kind of unique hostility towards Muslims. Jennifer Williams, Vox’s deputy foreign and national security editor, and a Muslim herself, published a widely shared piece which argued,
#HUResist Is Anti-Racist Student Activism That Goes Beyond Trump
In the wave of Trump-era movements, #HUResist is a powerful student-led initiative at Howard University that goes beyond the White House.
Paul Ryan’s ‘Cindy’ Is A Cruel Figment Of The Capitalist Imagination
Republican Speaker Paul Ryan, who has an estimated net worth of $6.4 million, wants people to believe an extra $58 a month will allow for “Cindy” to save money.
Interview: Man Granted Clemency By Obama Over Drug Charges Rebuilds Life
In 1997, when Romaine “Chip” Dukes was 24-years-old, he was convicted on three federal drug charges and was given a mandatory life sentence, plus ten years.
Little Has Changed For Flint Residents Forced To Pay For Poisoned Water
Nearly 1,250 days ago, a major water crisis hit Flint, Michigan. Yet, even as problems persist, officials involved in the crisis have yet to be held accountable.
Failures Of Affordable Care Act Push Patients To Rely On Urgent Care Centers
As health care costs are leading cause of bankruptcy, more Americans are leaving their primary care physicians behind in favor of urgent care centers.
Book Review: Hillary Clinton’s Revisionist History Of 2016 Campaign Is Bourgeois Indulgence
Hillary Clinton’s book on her presidential campaign is a quintessential piece of bourgeois indulgence. Much like autobiographical works that have come before, this book is inseparable from the larger trajectory of the political class once their time in the media spotlight wanes. Politicians get paid handsomely to publish an insider
Inspired By Black Panthers, People’s Breakfast Oakland Helps Those Neglected By Government
New movement growing in Oakland follows in the footsteps of Black Panthers to create community in areas where government has failed.