Analysis
Analysis of political developments.
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The real Boston revolutionaries: three stories of Black resistance
The usual “revolutionary” history taught about Boston centers colonizers, who waged war for a "democracy" that only served white land-owning…
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Amazon union struggle takes hold in Southern state with radical labor history
It should be no surprise that a place like Bessemer, Alabama is exactly where Amazon’s first union in the United…
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Andre Cailloux and the Siege of Port Hudson
Not widely known, and certainly not celebrated enough, Andre Cailloux was the first Black military hero functioning as an officer…
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Deciphering Biden’s excuse to abandon the fight for $15
President Biden received a major political gift from an obscure, unelected official called the Senate Parliamentarian. On Feb. 25 she…
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Exposing Israel’s vaccine apartheid in West Bank & Gaza
Five million Palestinians living in the West Bank and Gaza are excluded from vaccine rollouts while Israeli citizens, even those…
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Sojourner Truth’s Massachusetts days
Sojourner Truth, born into slavery in New York as “Isabella Baumfree” in 1797, was one of the most important abolitionists…
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Biden bombs Syria: ‘Self-defense’ or an act of war?
President Joe Biden engaged in his first high-profile military operation yesterday, launching an airstrike on Syria that left as many…
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Exposed: McDonald’s surveillance operation spies on employees organizing for a living wage
New reports show that McDonald’s has spied on workers “for years” in their effort to combat the Fight for $15…
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Fired up! Harlem’s fight for housing in the 1930s
The housing struggle in Harlem during the Great Depression took New York City by storm, as some of the most…
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Chicago Teachers Union’s commitment to democracy pays off
The battle over school reopening in Chicago was a hard fought one.
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