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Latin America’s long fight against the U.S. for sovereignty
John Perry reviews the book AMERICA, AMÉRICA: A New History of the New World, by Greg Grandin.
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Summer-like slug of heat pushes across much of North America
Temperatures hit 100°F in northern Minnesota, 112°F in Texas, and 115°F in Mexico.
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Donald Trump’s feverish lust for green energy resources
It’s Not About the Climate, It’s About Greed.
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People get ready: Protest on the anniversary of George Floyd’s murder
To defeat Trump’s agenda, we need a movement that unites all who can be united, and is ready to stand up and fight back. If the pardon rumors become reality, meet us in the streets.
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AI chatbot Grok can’t stop talking about ‘white genocide’, admits it’s by design
Social media users asked Grok a series of questions about ‘white genocide’, revealing that the bot was trained to keep mentioning it.
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Republicans move forward with plan to cut an estimated $715 billion in Medicaid funding
In a massive attack on the working class, on Sunday, House Republicans confirmed that their main proposal for offsetting some of their planned $4.5 trillion in tax breaks for the ultra-wealthy and mega-corporations will come in the form of at least $880 billion in cuts to social programs, centered on Medicaid.
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Trump’s executive order promises to ‘unleash’ law enforcement and expand police impunity
In April, Trump unveiled an executive order titled “Strengthening and Unleashing America’s Law Enforcement to Pursue Criminals and Protect Innocent Citizens” that hands sweeping new powers to police, guts hard-won reforms and punishes cities that refuse to fall in line.
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Cuba: Mariela Castro “The World’s problems belong to everyone”
Following the broadcast of the Round Table on Friday, May 9, dedicated to the 18th Conference Against Homophobia and Transphobia, the Miami press took excerpts from the program and began a campaign to manipulate its content.
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One side routinely uses human shields in Gaza—but not the side that’s usually blamed
Since the earliest days of the post–October 7 U.S./Israeli genocide in Gaza, corporate media outlets have claimed that Hamas uses Palestinian civilians as human shields.
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Black Mirror still absorbs
The latest season of Charlie Brooker’s dystopian hit series Black Mirror reflects a world shattered by capitalism, argues Lucy Nichols.
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Fleeing imaginary persecution at home, South African ‘refugees’ may find the grass is not greener in America
The Trump administration’s decision to fast-track asylum for white South Africans—claiming “persecution”—is a political stunt, ignoring that they remain among the wealthiest globally, still controlling most of the country’s land and resources decades after apartheid allegedly ended.
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Trump administration moves to eliminate Habeas Corpus
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE—the Trump administration is “actively looking at” suspending the writ of habeas corpus—a constitutional right that allows individuals to challenge unlawful detention.
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The real Trump revealed
On Friday, the United States granted approval for Germany to transfer 125 long-range artillery rockets and 100 Patriot air-defense missiles to Ukraine, a congressional official confirmed to The New York Times.
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Tariffs on medications will make America sick
We might soon see the Trump Administration impose tariffs on pharmaceuticals. U.S. patients will suffer.
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America’s great brain drain
America’s shores are experiencing a huge sucking sound as one of the biggest brain drains of modern history hits the country’s best, smartest, heading for Europe on grants, as smiles abound across the pond.
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‘Black history is American history’
CounterSpin interview with Tanya Clay House on erasing history.
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“Lobbying for Zionism on Both Sides of the Atlantic by Ilan Pappé” – Review
The pro-Palestine movement has never been more prominent in the West, but Western governments and corporations are still committed to the success of the Zionist project.
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Why does the U.S. support Israel? A geopolitical analysis with economist Michael Hudson
A former U.S. secretary of state boasted, “Israel is the largest American aircraft carrier in the world that cannot be sunk”. Journalist Ben Norton and economist Michael Hudson discuss why the United States so strongly supports Israel.
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Medicare Advantage: The $1.2 trillion in government waste that Trump won’t cut
The Trump administration’s Fiscal Year 2026 budget calls for up to $880 billion in cuts to Medicare and Medicaid over the next 10 years to help fund massive tax cuts for the rich.
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America is demolishing antiracism five years after the George Floyd uprising
Hammer & Hope asked Black organizers, academics, and writers to consider the state of Black politics five years after the 2020 uprisings and with the re-election of Donald Trump. Their responses, some written before Trump’s inauguration, offer ideas for where we go from here.