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    Liberation Day’s Lasting Impact: How Treasury Markets Check Executive Power

    Liberation Day’s Lasting Impact: How Treasury Markets Check Executive Power

    Why the U.S. Treasury market is effectively the 4th branch of U.S. government
    Go to the profile of John Polonis
    John Polonis
    Jun 15
    Protected by Whiteness — Why Immigration Status is an Excuse for Racism

    Protected by Whiteness — Why Immigration Status is an Excuse for Racism

    How my experience as a white immigrant highlights why the immigration debate is about race not legal status
    Go to the profile of Hannah Heering
    Hannah Heering
    Jun 15
    The LA Protests Didn’t Start With Rocks

    The LA Protests Didn’t Start With Rocks

    Violence as a language of the unheard, but who’s translating?
    Go to the profile of Neela 🌶️
    Neela 🌶️
    Jun 11
    We Need More Leaders Like Ulysses S. Grant

    We Need More Leaders Like Ulysses S. Grant

    Reflecting on a visit to Grant’s Tomb, an underrated gem in New York City
    Go to the profile of John Polonis
    John Polonis
    May 24
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    Why Many American White Supremacists Seem to Love Israel

    Why Many American White Supremacists Seem to Love Israel

    The paradox of America’s far-right support for a Jewish state
    Go to the profile of E.V. Solanas (إيفيلينا) | 🇵🇸
    E.V. Solanas (إيفيلينا) | 🇵🇸
    May 22
    The Necessary Burden of Engaging With Hate

    The Necessary Burden of Engaging With Hate

    Wrestling with White supremacy online and off without sacrificing vulnerable people
    Go to the profile of E.V. Solanas (إيفيلينا) | 🇵🇸
    E.V. Solanas (إيفيلينا) | 🇵🇸
    May 27
    Student’s Diploma Withheld After Coming Out As Gay

    Student’s Diploma Withheld After Coming Out As Gay

    This is just fu*king crazy…
    Go to the profile of LGBTQ+ Pride Stories🏳️‍🌈
    LGBTQ+ Pride Stories🏳️‍🌈
    Jun 4
    I Think I’m Leaving Zionism, or Zionism Is Leaving Me

    I Think I’m Leaving Zionism, or Zionism Is Leaving Me

    As the war carries on, my opinions continue to evolve
    Go to the profile of Isaac Saul
    Isaac Saul
    Jun 2
    Today’s Economic Elites and the Coming Reckoning

    Today’s Economic Elites and the Coming Reckoning

    Why the billionaires won’t see it coming — until it’s too late
    Go to the profile of Dick Dowdell
    Dick Dowdell
    Jun 11
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    A Parade for One Man’s Ego

    A Parade for One Man’s Ego

    How Trump’s hijacking of the Army’s 250th Anniversary revealed the fragility of America’s democratic norms
    Go to the profile of Dick Dowdell
    Dick Dowdell
    Jun 22
    The Rhetoric Of Fear

    The Rhetoric Of Fear

    A New, Dangerous Phase — “Othering” Half Of Americans
    Go to the profile of Eric Sentell
    Eric Sentell
    Jun 21
    No Kings Then, No Kings Now

    No Kings Then, No Kings Now

    What the Declaration of Independence can teach us about resisting tyranny
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    Antigone
    Jun 21
    I Was a 4th-Generation Republican Until MAGA Insanity Killed My Party

    I Was a 4th-Generation Republican Until MAGA Insanity Killed My Party

    Lisa Murkowski represents the kind of Republican I could still support — and the kind of Democrat I‘m looking for
    Go to the profile of Dick Dowdell
    Dick Dowdell
    Jun 21
    Trump’s Deportation Nation: ICE and the Forgotten Lessons of American Immigration

    Trump’s Deportation Nation: ICE and the Forgotten Lessons of American Immigration

    When a nation of immigrants turns against immigration
    Go to the profile of E.V. Solanas (إيفيلينا) | 🇵🇸
    E.V. Solanas (إيفيلينا) | 🇵🇸
    Jun 21
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