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These Racist Collectibles Will Make Your Skin Crawl
WEBA ceramic figure from the 1950s Courtesy of David Pilgrim/PM Press. Pilgrim writes that historian Henry Louis Gates Jr. found this the most disturbing image in the Jim Crow Museum of Racist ...
As the Voting Rights Act Nears 60, Conservative Judges Are …
WEBAug 6, 2024 · As the Voting Rights Act Nears 60, Conservative Judges Are Gutting It From Every Angle Emboldened by the Supreme Court, Trump judges are trying to nullify the landmark civil rights law.
It Didn’t Start with Trump: The Decades-Long Saga of How the …
WEBIn an analysis of Trump’s 2016 victory, political scientists John Sides, Michael Tesler, and Lynn Vavreck reached an identical conclusion: “He capitalized on an existing reservoir of ...
What Was Monsanto? - Mother Jones
WEBDec 29, 2021 · The year 1997 marks the pivotal moment in Elmore’s tale. At that point, Monsanto was a conglomerate with legacy industrial-chemical business lines that had generated billions of dollars in ...
The History of Mother Jones
WEBThe Woman. Mary Harris Jones, also known as Mother Jones, was a labor activist in the United States in the early 1900s. A legend for organizing workers and advancing progressive causes, she is the ...
A Montana Tribe Finalizes a Historic $1.9 Billion Settlement
WEBSep 29, 2021 · After decades of negotiations, the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes (CSKT) have finalized a $1.9 billion water rights settlement that resolves thousands of tribal claims tied to waterways ...
The Rise of the American Oligarchy – Mother Jones
WEBA bestselling book described Bannon’s former bosses, the Trumps, as American Oligarchs. Donald Trump Jr., for his part, complained that China controls “America’s oligarchs.”. A group of ...
Hollywood Loves Rape-Revenge Plots. But What Story Are They …
WEBJul 22, 2021 · In several of the film’s opening scenes, ultra-feminine Cassie, played by Carey Mulligan, tricks a random man into thinking she’s inebriated, follows along as he tries to hook up with her ...
It Came From the Basement – Mother Jones
WEBFor more articles read aloud: download the Audm iPhone app. Eight months before the white nationalist figure Nicholas J. Fuentes ignited a political firestorm by dining with Kanye West and Donald ...