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Jesse HagopianCommon Dreams |
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Trump’s lesson to children was to fear difference, obey power, and treat vulnerable people as threats.
Before 1776 or 1619, enslaved Africans seized freedom in 1526 on land that would become the United States.
Sinners deserves to win Oscars: It’s a blues poem, a freedom cry, and a love letter to powerful culture.
A nation that can feed its billionaires but not its children has an economic system built to protect cruelty.
Coretta Scott King's vision shaped MLK's politics and the broader freedom struggle, says historian Jeanne Theoharis.
The right wants the teaching of history to no longer indict power or inspire resistance. But our side won’t submit.
“I’m not against giving thanks. I’m against celebrating a falsehood,” says Choctaw historian A. S. Dillingham.
Let’s study how Wall Street sank Mamdani-style municipal plans back in 1975 — and get prepared for a similar fight.
RFK Jr. has shut down the Office of Long COVID Research and Practice, gutted funding, and derailed trials and studies.
Trump wants a populace unaware of the Black freedom struggle — because it is a guide for defeating his fascist plans.
AI in schools isn’t progress — it’s a sign of how far we’ve strayed from the purpose of education.
An intergenerational movement is defending knowledge that challenges the status quo — on campus and in the streets.
“End times schooling” risks turning schools into graveyards for hope — but they can also be greenhouses for resistance.
Trump is advancing fascism not just through violence, but through control over knowledge.