While some firms caved to Trump’s demands, a handful were vindicated with quick legal victories.
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Department of Justice Drops Defense of Trump’s Orders Punishing Law Firms Read Post »
Afrofuturism takes us to strange futures. In its kaleidoscope lens, the future is a canvas to imagine free Black life.
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As the Status Quo Shatters, Afrofuturists’ Visions Offer a Way Forward Read Post »
In the late 1970s, after building a small airport hotel into one of the biggest names in hospitality, the Pritzkers of Chicago joined forces with an ambitious young developer to convert an unfashionable hotel on New York’s 42nd Street into a sparkling Grand Hyatt. The building would have five restaurants, a signature atrium, and even—if […]
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What Being a Billionaire Scion Taught JB Pritzker About Standing Up to One Read Post »
Last year, shortly after his second inauguration, President Donald Trump issued a proclamation on January 31 to mark the start of Black History Month the next day—just as presidents before him had done, beginning with Gerald Ford in the bicentennial year of 1976. He invoked “heroes such as Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, Thomas Sowell, Justice […]
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Can He Really Do That? Black History Month in the Age of Trump Read Post »
Fifteen years ago this month, Tunisian protesters overthrew an authoritarian police state, overcoming brutal repression.
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Police States Are Terrifying, But They Are Brittle. I Witnessed This in Tunisia. Read Post »
While the country was still reeling on Wednesday from the killing of two Americans by federal immigration officers in Minneapolis, the Trump administration undertook one of its most blatantly authoritarian actions yet, deploying the FBI to seize ballots and voting records from the 2020 election in Fulton County, Georgia, a heavily blue area in metro […]
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The idea that large-scale state violence and repression are foreign to US soil is a dangerous fiction.
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“This Is Not America” Is the Most Dangerous Lie We Keep Telling Ourselves Read Post »
Progressive critics say the vote exposes the fecklessness and hypocrisy of what claims to be an opposition party.
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149 House Democrats Join 192 Republicans to Pass Sweeping Military Spending Bill Read Post »
Polling from August indicates that most Americans already view Trump as a “dangerous” leader seeking to be a dictator.
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After Davos Speech, Trump Tells the World, “Sometimes, You Need a Dictator” Read Post »
It’s unclear if employees at other federal agencies have been given similar directions.
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Trump Admin Tells USDA Staff to Investigate Foreign Scientists They Work With Read Post »
Anger is mounting among Republicans after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell revealed on Sunday that the Justice Department had opened a criminal investigation into him, marking an extraordinary escalation in President Trump’s public efforts to coerce Powell into lowering interest rates. “If there were any remaining doubt whether advisers within the Trump Administration are actively […]
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Trump’s War Against Jerome Powell Enters a Dark New Chapter Read Post »
A new study found that vilifying protestors in public and through the media has been key to state repression tactics.
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Climate Protesters Face Greater Risk of Crackdown Amid Rising Authoritarianism Read Post »
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