In the nation’s 250th year, we turn an eye to Americans who challenged power, took risks, and made our country greater.
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Weeks of youth-led protests forced the resignation of India’s education minister, forcing a rare concession from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government.
Margaret Kimberley, Black Agenda Report. Black political self-determination is always tenuous, even when Black people hold office. Now that DSA and other leftists are winning elections, the contradictions of Black politics are becoming more and more acute. “Fear turns Black politics on its head.” – Glen Ford As Black Agenda Report contributor Anthony Rogers-Wright recently reported, there is […]
Aline Zunzunegui, Inequality.org. The people of Mexico demanded that the people’s game be returned to them. The World Cup came home. For weeks, Mexico stood at the center of the world, carried there by the most beautiful and passionate game on earth. Millions of Mexicans took to the streets, filled public squares, improvised screens, and celebrated […]
Beyond the Feminism-or-Family Dichotomy The relationship between feminism, the family, and capitalism has become one of the most contentious theoretical and political questions of recent decades. In many societies—semi-peripheral ones in particular—rapid social change, rising female educational attainment, women’s growing presence in public life, and shifting family patterns have raised new questions about the future [...]