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BET Gutted, DEI Killed, Media Bought—Trump’s Playbook in Action
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — From purging diversity programs to steamrolling media independence, Trump has unleashed a blitzkrieg of white nationalist policymaking under the guise of federal power.

BlackPress USA
Aug 104 min read
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What It Means to Tell the Truth About America
Elizabeth Hays, a white woman from central North Carolina, had never been to the National Museum of African American History and Culture. But earlier this month, after she read about Donald Trump’s executive order targeting the museum and others throughout the Smithsonian system, she made the nearly five-hour drive up to Washington, D.C., to visit. She was worried that if she waited any longer, she might encounter a sanitized version of the museum, or no museum at all.

The Atlantic
Apr 269 min read
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America's Mad King
The president has grown more impulsive, more vindictive, and more anarchic

The Atlantic
Apr 229 min read
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Rachel Maddow Explains the ‘Ridiculous’ True Story That Inspired Trump’s Tariffs Plan | Video
To say the origins of Trump’s sweeping international tariffs are dubious is an understatement, Rachel Maddow said on her MSNBC show.
Stephanie Kaloi
Apr 63 min read
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Say Something
Since Trump’s election victory, leaders in business and education have rushed to show that they no longer have any political beliefs

Slate
Feb 284 min read
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Trump’s shameful DEI smears are bigger than one plane crash
Donald Trump has tied diversity to unearned advancement and Thursday’s bizarre press conference — with the entire world watching — advanced

MSNBC
Feb 16 min read
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How Can We Apply Dr. Martin Luther King's Ideals to the Challenges of Today?
I refuse to accept the idea that the 'isness' of man’s present nature makes him morally incapable of reaching the 'oughtness' that f

Walter Sundiata
Jan 305 min read
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Trump Lost. Vote Suppression Won
Trump lost. That is, if all legal voters were allowed to vote and all legal ballots were counted, Trump would have lost.

Greg Palast
Jan 2816 min read
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Trump Inauguration Dubbed 'A Coronation of Our Country's Descent Into Oligarchy'
"Today marks the beginning of an administration dominated by billionaires and corporate interests."

Common Dreams
Jan 213 min read
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‘Has the world gone mad? It has’: foreign reporters share a view of Trump from abroad
Journalists from countries that have seen challenges to democracy give their views on the second Trump presidency

The Guardian
Jan 206 min read
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The American Oligarchy: A Closer Look at Wealth, Power, and Influence in the 2024 Election
As Donald Trump prepares for his second term, a concerning and significant trend has emerged within the landscape of American politics.

Walter Sundiata
Jan 412 min read
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From the Robber Barons to Elon Musk: Will History Repeat Itself?
Ultra-wealthy elites. Political corruption. Corporate monopolies. Anti-immigrant nativism. Vast inequality. These problems aren’t new.

Robert Reich
Jan 34 min read
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How Revolutionary Poets Shape the Political Consciousness Through Their Lasting Legacy
Revolutionary poetry is deeply rooted in history, embodying the struggles of marginalized communities striving for independence, civil right

DJ Ten
Dec 29, 20244 min read
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President-elect Trump's Legal Efforts Against the Media and the Impact on Freedom of the Press
Freedom of the press is not just important to democracy, it is democracy. Walter Cronkite

DJ Ten
Dec 22, 20244 min read
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From the Middle Out and Bottom Up
Outside commentators have noted that due to our policies, “President-elect Trump is receiving the strongest economy in modern history which

The American Prospect
Dec 17, 202414 min read
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Is the 2024 Election a Watershed Moment for Understanding the American Identity?
Are we, as a collective, becoming more comfortable with intolerance, prejudice, and incendiary rhetoric? By DJTen | RadioActive1 WBOB |...

DJ Ten
Nov 17, 20245 min read
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'A for sale sign around his neck': Trump sells 'policy in exchange for campaign contributions'
If elected to a second term, former President Donald Trump may have the most blatantly transactional administration in modern history.

AlterNet
Oct 27, 20243 min read
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Washington's Nightmare
The reelection of Donald Trump would mark the end of George Washington’s vision for the presidency—and the United States.

The Atlantic
Oct 11, 202421 min read
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Haitian immigrants helped revive a struggling Ohio town. Then neo-Nazis turned up
Springfield’s immigrant community was targeted by far-right extremists months before Trump shared racist rumors

The Guardian
Sep 15, 20245 min read
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The 'larger MAGA project' will rage on even if Trump loses: analysis
Veteran Democratic strategist James Carville has cautioned members of his party against becoming overconfident about Vice President Harris

AlterNet
Sep 4, 20242 min read
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