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As the Ahmaud Arbery murder trial gets underway, remember this. He was lynched. That’s not overstating what happened

Three white men were clearly supremely confident of being afforded every protection by the state of Georgia’s legal apparatus.

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With new anti-CRT laws, the Republicans give the impression they stand against brainwashing. But their goal is brainwashing

“Critical race theory” is 21st-century McCarthyism.

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How did Facebook’s algorithms radicalize users across the globe? And is it culpable?

Ordinary human bigotry radicalized for profit.

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Rolling Stone adds to ProPublica report showing the Trump White House was warned about potential violence on January 6

But proceed with caution

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Ray Suarez: In a browning America, the 'statuary gap'

What race is an allegorical figure?

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Why isn’t the covid pandemic over? White supremacy

The common good isn’t common. It isn’t good. It’s the enemy.

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Why does a democratic republic founded in opposition to monarchy tolerate billionaires?

They are never self-made.

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What is gerrymandering and why does a democracy allow it to be used to protect white power?

A legal history of congressional district map-making.

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Creating a counter-conservatism

Make more room in the Democratic Party.

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America is growing skeptical of the Gospel of Big Business

Are tax breaks for Amazon tribute or sacrifice?

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Not your dad’s conservatives: Today’s GOP wants candidates to say how they’ll use the state to keep white people on top

See Glenn Youngkin’s vow to ban "CRT."

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New York can now celebrate Thomas Jefferson’s ideals without idolizing the slave holder himself

The City Council is taking down the memorial to him.