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The Rise of Billionaire Rule: How Extreme Wealth Undermines American Democracy • Sharon Kyle: From campaign dominance to policy control, the concentration of wealth among billionaires is transforming participatory democracy into a system of elite rule. instagr.am/p/DX1vy4WlMlH/… …

Lessons for Everyone from the Irish Farmer Protests • Anthony Pahnke: Our farm policy is about propping up export markets instead of feeding Americans and creating resilient systems. instagr.am/p/DXzJSk-lsj2/… have great deals...

War-Driven Inflation Hits Working Families Hard As U.S. Splurges Fighting Iran • Marcus Baram: The rising cost of gas and higher utility rates are hurting farmers, ride-sharing workers and consumers from coast to coast. instagr.am/p/DXwkfcOjjW6/… have great deals...

The Trauma and the Terror Among Us • Andrea Mazzarino: The collective trauma of America's twenty-first century wars. instagr.am/p/DXt_s5EG8d1/… have great deals...

Shutting Down the War Machine • William Hartung: The challenge now is to build a movement that not only turns back Trump’s policies, but gets at the underlying economic, political, and cultural forces that have kept the United States in a permanent state of war for so long. …

The Hidden Cost of Neglecting Youth Health Is a Bill We All Pay • Colin Greer & Reynard Loki: Childhood health inequity undermines opportunity. When children are hungry, sick, and stressed, they cannot learn or grow. The consequences ripple outward. instagr.am/p/DXo304QjFC1/… hav…

Retrofitting the Constitution • Johnny Townsend: Our Declaration of Independence wasn't designed to offer legal equality to all people, but over time, we’ve come to understand that these documents should have done so. instagr.am/p/DXmTCGNkvjW/… have great deals...

Shock and Awe in Reverse • Dee Knight: The world is in fact on the brink of a new era in which the United States can no longer exercise hegemony. instagr.am/p/DXjshDslLtR/… have great deals...

America's “Micro-Militarism” • Alfred McCoy: Or how defeat in the Iran War will accelerate American global decline. instagr.am/p/DXhJcGNEjxX/… have great deals...

When Politicos Say “Cultural Issues,” What They Really Mean About Race and Power • Sharon Kyle: The Dog Whistle on the Left. When “Cultural Issues” Means “People Like Me”. Ruy Teixeira and other political commentators use terms like “radical” and “cultural issues” without defi…

A Century of the Souls of Black Folks: Up From Slavery to Civil Rights • Ed Rampell: During the course of Fugard’s one-act play, the racial power dynamic of South African apartheid is unraveled. instagr.am/p/DXcpBYtmylM/… have great deals...

Magic Bullet Delusion • Bill Blum: Neither impeachment nor the 25th Amendment offers remedies for removing a mad president leading the nation to disaster. instagr.am/p/DXb4_1wFsJI/… have great deals...

Donald Says Happy Birthday USA! in His Own Special Way • Berry Craig: Trump has put himself in charge of a "Freedom 250" celebration which an apparently large number of scholars are criticizing as a glorification of himself and a whitewash of American history. …

Facing Up to Blackface • Peter Laarman: And why anti-black racism is not just another form of bigotry. instagr.am/p/DXWxHRIkqwd/… have great deals...

The Deception Behind Trump’s Attacks on Iran • Sophia Gonzalez: If Americans want to stand with the Iranian people, they should stand for ceasefire, diplomacy, truthful reporting and the protection of civilians. instagr.am/p/DXUPvs-DZg_/… have great deals...

Touchstones of Freedom • Tom Hall: As we approach our nation’s 250th symbolic birthday, the realities of history remind us both that Americans had some touchstones of freedom decades before the Declaration of Independence instagr.am/p/DXRjin_jbgr/… have great deals...

Rum, Romanism, and Rebellion • Berry Craig: Trump's attacks on Pope Leo puts us in mind of the 1884 presidential election, which was swung by one party's ridicule of the largely Roman Catholic Irish-American voters. instagr.am/p/DXO_Swejl-c/… have great deals...

Shirley Weber on Voting Rights, Civic Responsibility, and Defending Democracy • Sharon Kyle: California Secretary of State Shirley Weber reflects on her family’s journey from Arkansas to Los Angeles, the lessons her parents taught her about courage and responsibility, and why …

The Last Top Jock? Robert Lipsyte: Donald Trump eternally demands to be the GOAT — the Greatest of All Time — while distinctly turning our world into a Trumpian sports event. instagr.am/p/DXHbNkvkgzu/… have great deals...

Inside the Los Angeles Public Library’s Cancelation of a Palestinian Event • Sharon Kyle: A canceled author event reveals how modern censorship works—not through bans, but through quiet decisions about who gets to speak in public space. instagr.am/p/DXE0swcllcO/… have great deals…