Opinion
History falsified as Europe says Nazis and communists are the same
October 23, 2019Wherever communists are persecuted, austerity is imposed, labor movements are repressed, and anti-worker legislation follows.
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Calling Trump supporters racist is easy, fighting structural racism is harder
October 21, 2019Hating people of color isn’t a prerequisite for a system that provides them with worse health care, worse education, lower incomes, and less power in the workplace.
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“Stand up for this democracy”: My congressman, Elijah Cummings
October 18, 2019I covered Cummings as a correspondent for People's Weekly World in Washington, D.C., and interviewed him more than once.
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More rehabilitation, less incarceration: How about votes for inmates?
October 16, 2019They know better than most that while there are some truly violent people that deserve incarceration, the vast majority need a hand up, not another shackle of more debt, a bad record, a bleaker future.
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Why the left should care about impeachment—and support it wholeheartedly
October 10, 2019From a Marxist point of view, a successful impeachment will create new material conditions, a new context that's better for progressives and worse for the right wing.
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