While most seem to want to put 2020 quickly behind us and move on, the year
was a time of reckoning that needs to be continued and taken further. A time
of reckoning with deeply embedded systemic racism and historic injustice;
with the fragility of our democratic i...
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Portland-based singer-songwriter and activist David Rovics is active with
Portland Emergency Eviction Response. Also active in Portland are Don't Evict
PDX and the Portland Tenants United Eviction Defense.
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In a recent article, cartoonist and author Ted Rall warns:
It’s too early to celebrate, back-to-brunch Democrats.
Liberal voters are counting Biden’s corporatist
cabinet picks. But we still don’t know for sure that Trump will let them
hatch. There’s sti...
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For Native American Heritage Month and the day before the celebration of the
brutal English colonization of "New England" known as Thanksgiving, we take a
deep dive into the historical underpinnings of and justifications for the
expropriation of indigenous territories...
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With the narrow exception of Bill Clinton in 1996, Arizona has voted
Republican for president in every election going back to Harry Truman in
1948. Though this year's race is also very slim (and as of this writing the
lead is still narrowing), it appears that Arizo...
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The day after the elections, groups around the country are mobilizing to
respond to whatever attempts may be made to manipulate, curtail, nullify or
otherwise interfere with the electoral and vote-counting process and to head
off any attempt to remain in power if T...
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(From Wikipedia): Jared Yates Sexton is an American author and political
commentator from Linton, Indiana. He is an associate professor in the
Department of Writing and Linguistics at Georgia Southern University. Sexton
is the author of three short story collections: ...
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