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Meeting Needs in All the Wrong Ways

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Young men should not be isolated or scapegoated, but understood within a chain of complicity that includes corporations, governments, and communities. Cynthia McDermott #video

Making Sense of a World with a Maniac in the Driver's Seat

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If a certain prevalent strain of MAGA masculinity feeds on anger and hate, it’s not an easy persona to sustain. @mazzarino_a #trump

Trump’s Indictment of James Comey Renews the Unfinished Business of the Mueller Report

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It is ironic that Trump is attacking Comey with a highly politicized indictment. @donewithNFL #comey

Just How "War-Ravaged" Is Portland?

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This is either a pattern of inept mistakes – which is unacceptable in the leaders of this nation – or it’s a pattern of intentional deception which is dangerous and wrong. @RiveraSunAuthor #portland

No Need for California to Secede

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The Golden State is aready gone—the U.S. committed ‘constructive abandonment’. @joemmathews #california

Ripped from Home: The ICE Raid That Exposed a North Country’s Divide

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Despite having declared themselves to immigration judges, attending court dates, and following the legal process. George Cassidy Payne #iceraid

We Have to Mind Our Words

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If we call Donald Trump Adolf Hitler, we render ourselves unable to understand either man accurately. Chuck Yates #trump

When Liberty Goes Dark

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When Lady Liberty goes dark, it isn’t just her flame that’s out—it’s the American experiment itself, a civilized civilization. @desi_cortez

A Real Peace Plan for the Palestinian People

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A real peace plan must eliminate the colonial scaffolding. It should restore Palestinian sovereignty by addressing Palestinian statehood.  Sybil Fares: @JeffDSachs #freepalestine

Protesting the Military in American Cities

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You pledge to uphold the US constitution, and your training taught you to disobey illegal orders. The orders sending you here are unlawful and unjust. #protest

Our Right to Read: Annual Banned Books Week Celebrates the Right to Read

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Don’t allow those in power to whitewash history or cast historic civil rights struggles down the memory hole.  Mickey Huff and Cameron Samuels  #bannedbooks

Bringing a Howitzer to a Knife Fight: US Armada Off Venezuela

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Washington’s escalating regime-change offensive against Venezuela uses drug interdiction to expand imperial militarism. Roger Harris #venezuela

Mr. Secretary of War: Are We Fighting the Wrong Battle?

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The military brass sitting silently in Mr. Hegseth’s come-to-Jesus meeting are caught between a dying mission and what will become an inescapable new one.

Why It’s Time to Retire ‘Global North’ and ‘Global South’

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Martina Moneke: Decolonizing our worldview requires decolonizing our language—terms like ‘Global North’ and ‘Global South’ obscure complexity.  #globalsouth

Power in My Voice: Black Girls, Self-Worth and Suicide Prevention

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Although Black youth are vulnerable to criminalization, colorism, and hypersexualization, these stigmas are especially acute for Black girls. @sikivuhutch #blackgirls

Will California Zionize K-12 Education?

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The intent of AB715 is clear: to restrict information about an important region of the world and to punish educators who present the anti-zionist perspective. @ricksterling99 #ab715

Gaza Sky Geeks: The Digital Uprising of Gaza's Youth

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Analis Rossi & Alejandra Vergara: Home of the Middle East's top tech talent since 2011, Gaza Sky Geeks still holds hope for the future, even today #gaza

Are Fat Generals Really the Problem?

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Hegseth's absurdity masks a far scarier issue. @astore_wj #hegseth

Assata Shakur (1947-2025)

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Michael Steven Smith: We say goodbye to this great woman, acknowledging her and the example of courage and humanity she set for all of us.

A Political Philosophy of Love Not Hate

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Encouraging fear, not empathy, is Trump’s modus operandi. Yet, a majority of Christians voted for him. But hate comes more naturally to Trump. Walter Moss #philosophy

From the Flag to the Cross: Fascism American Style

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Ellen Taylor: Like the White Rose leaflets in Germany, perhaps this book will flutter down everywhere and help us all recognize the formidable structure of fascism and its perils.

Repairing the Future

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Despite national headwinds of racism and authoritarianism, California’s Black legislators stay on task with reparations. @aubry_erin #racism

Dear Bonespurs: Turning Loose the Dogs of War

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Your own words explaining how our Democrat-run cities are dangerous and how they are to be “straightened out” Dan Embree #dogsofwar

Vaccines and a Century of Progress Threatened by RFK

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Vaccines work when almost everyone is vaccinated. An act of collective care that we have taken for granted because children aren’t dropping dead. @SonaliKolhatkar #rfk

Public Education and Paying the Cost of Freedom

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Public education is the best way to minimize the risk of tyranny. Not only will students benefit from such an education; society will benefit too. Chuck Yates #education

On to No Kings and Beyond: Grim Reaper in Our Midst

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How many of us will organize as best we can, writing, speaking, urging, during each new day for the 18th? Michael Albert #nokings

Wake Up, America: Democracy Is Disappearing Before Our Eyes

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America’s democracy is under threat from a velvet-glove authoritarianism. Citizens must act now to defend freedom and accountability. Martina Moneke #iceraid

A Dying American Empire, "Rotten to the Heart"?

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How Trump is demolishing U.S. global power and its world order. Alfred McCoy #empire

Walter Moss: Encouraging fear, not empathy, is Trump’s modus operandi. Yet, a majority of Christians voted for him. But hate, not love, comes more naturally to Trump. https://f.mtr.cool/xxlmagukzg

Meeting Needs in All the Wrong Ways

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Young men should not be isolated or scapegoated, but understood within a chain of complicity that includes corporations, governments, and communities. Cynthia McDermott #adolesence