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Trump’s Onslaught Against Racial Justice

President Trump’s recent executive orders are an assault upon the framework of racial justice built since the passage of the Civil Rights Act of...

31.01.2025 10

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Stephen F. Eisenman

In Commemoration of Trump’s Inaugural Address: A Brief, Historical Definition of Fascism

The word fascism derives from the Italian fascio, the name for the bundle of sticks carried by ancient Roman officials to beat into submission anybody...

22.01.2025 10

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Stephen F. Eisenman

A Neighborhood’s Death Foretold

News about the fire arrived in fragments. First, that the blaze in Eaton Canyon was spreading rapidly, then that a few homes in the foothills were...

17.01.2025 7

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Hanukkah 2024: Festival of Darkness and Light

In liberal, Jewish households, Hanukkah has always been something of an embarrassment. First, there’s the unavoidable truth that Hannukah is no...

31.12.2024 2

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The “Delay and Deny Killer”: Dialogue Overheard in a Midtown Manhattan Coffee Shop

Photo released by NYPD of man suspected of shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson The following dialogue was overheard in a coffee shop...

09.12.2024 6

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Transcript, Trump’s First Cabinet Meeting, January 21, 2025

Location: Cabinet Room, West Wing of the White House. The president is seated in the middle of a long, oval table, flanked by Vice President Vance...

25.11.2024 9

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Why Harris Lost (It’s Not Complicated)

Adam Schultz, Official photograph of Vice-President Kamela Harris, 2021, Library of Congress (inverted) Contradictory explanations by Democratic...

13.11.2024 3

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What If Harris wins?

For Hannah You never know We all assume the polls understate Trump’s strength. Wouldn’t you too be ashamed to admit on the phone or online, that...

25.10.2024 10

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What Does Fascism Look Like? A Brief Introduction

It would be good to be able to recognize fascism when you see it. Sight is our dominant sense (light travels faster than sound) and provides us...

11.10.2024 5

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Who’s Nazi Now? The Dangerous U.S. War on Immigrants

Faced with two wars, nuclear confrontation, extreme economic inequality, and a climate crisis -- not to mention threats to reproductive rights,...

28.09.2024 3

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Who’s Nazi Now? The Dangerous U.S. War on Immigrants

Faced with two wars, nuclear confrontation, extreme economic inequality, and a climate crisis -- not to mention threats to reproductive rights,...

27.09.2024 10

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Idiot Wind: The Trump/Harris Debate

ABC News and the two candidates aren’t the only ones responsible for the poor quality of the discussion at last night’s debate. The American...

11.09.2024 2

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Make America “Lethal” Again: a Review of Some Speeches at the DNC

The just concluded Democratic National Convention at the United Center in Chicago was by most accounts a success. On Monday, the first night, Joe...

26.08.2024 3

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