Politics
Jacksonville mourns victims of white supremacist gunman, boos racist Republican Ron DeSantis
August 28, 2023Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis—who’s running for the GOP nomination, who has loosened gun laws in Florida, and who has antagonized civil rights leaders by deriding “wokeness”—was loudly booed as he addressed a vigil.
Read moreSanders proposes U.S. and China cut military spending, shift funds to global warming fight
August 28, 2023The Senator from Vermont said the cooperation required to address this existential threat is “being undermined by hawks…who are moving us toward a disastrous cold war.”
Read moreJobs, justice, preserving democracy key themes of the March on Washington
August 28, 2023Rev. Al Sharpton: “The Dreamers” Dr. King prophesied about in 1963 “are in Washington, D.C. The ‘schemers’ are being booked in Atlanta, in the Fulton County Jail.”
Read more‘Rich Men North of Richmond’ are a problem; so are those south, east, and west
August 28, 2023“Rich Men North of Richmond” expresses class resentment with words and music evocative of Woody Guthrie. But Guthrie aimed his fire at economic elites that oppressed hardworking Americans; Oliver Anthony has people looking in the other...
Read moreUniting progressive and reactionary governments, expanded BRICS alliance doesn’t necessarily challenge U.S. imperialism
August 25, 2023The rise of the BRICS is not enough to displace the U.S. or avert a third world war.
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