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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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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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Commemorating the 168th anniversary of 1857 War of Independence
LET NOT THE HINDUTVA RULERS UNDO THE GREAT HERITAGE OF JOINT SACRIFICES.
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‘Black history is American history’
CounterSpin interview with Tanya Clay House on erasing history.
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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.
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Columbia University suspends 65 anti-genocide students over library protest
Columbia University has suspended 65 students for joining a pro-Palestine and anti-genocide protest inside the university’s main library on Wednesday, according to The Wall Street Journal.
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Artists reject censorship of Pro-Palestine musician Kehlani after NYC concert cancellation
Boots Riley, Kneecap, Residente and dozens of other artists have signed an open letter protesting the censorship of Kehlani after the NYC mayor’s office pushed for the cancellation of her pride concert.
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Legendary peace activist was transformed by experience in Vietnam
Hideous nature of the war exposed him to ugly realities of U.S. and Western imperialism.
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Denmark summons U.S. Envoy over espionage targeting Greenland
Intelligence agencies have been identifying individuals who align with U.S. strategic interests.
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The Supreme Court decision: When law becomes the means of oppression
DK Renton unpicks the legal background to the Supreme Court decision and argues for a strategy of mass action to turn back the tide of right wing authoritarianism.
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The Soviet feat and Trump’s ignorance
In commemoration of the Nazi surrender ending the second world war on May 8, 1945.
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U.S. imperialism and the project of New Cold War
The U.S., particularly oligarchs like Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Harlan Crow, and Rupert Murdoch, seeks to shape the world according to their own image. The hypothetical Mar-A-Lago accord, proposed by the Hudson Institute–a neoconservative think tank funded by right-wing billionaires–lays out a position paper calling for the U.S. government to restructure the global trade and financial architecture.
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Yemen – U.S. concedes Maritime defeat
Last night Trump conceded that the campaign was lost. He order the U.S. fleet to retreat.
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Sounding the alarm
In a March 31st article published by the North Carolina Black Alliance, the Smithsonian leader revisits history during an HBCU stop at Shaw University; Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch said, “I will probably get fired at some point,” Bunch said. “But I think the goal would be to, sort of, fight the fight as long as you can.”
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The long history of illegality in U.S. policy toward Latin America
It seems as if the entire disgraceful history of U.S. illegality in Latin America is distilled in the saga of Kilmar Ábrego García: the man whose illegal deportation to El Salvador and imprisonment in the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) has sparked outrage in the United States among human rights defenders and opponents of the Trump administration.
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What explains India’s response to Trump?
To a person unfamiliar with India’s history and political economy, the Indian government’s response to Trump’s actions must be puzzling.
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Martin Luther King on capitalism in his own words
Throughout his life, Martin Luther King Jr spoke often and with vision about the nature of capitalism.