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For the sake of democracy, kill off the Senate filibuster
February 17, 2021The arcane Senate practice enforces a form of Jim Crow and discriminates against people in states with large working-class populations.
Read moreBlack History Month is American History Month
February 12, 2021Black History Month is American History Month. It's too long for a hashtag. But what better way to honor the legacies of founding African American historians?
Read moreOn big lies and insurgencies: Comparing Capitol attacks
February 12, 2021TV and other media keep comparing the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol to the British attack during the War of 1812, but there is an historical event that bears a better comparison.
Read moreTipped workers’ sub-minimum wage is slavery’s legacy; Biden’s plan ends it
February 11, 2021If it’s passed by Congress, President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 relief proposal would do a lot more than fund relief payments and vaccine rollouts.
Read moreChina’s ‘Sea of Conflict’
February 10, 2021President Joseph Biden Jr’s. administration faces a host of difficult problems, but in foreign policy, its thorniest will be its relations with the People’s Republic of China.
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