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The Black Church and Leftist Political Organizing
The Christian church plays a significant role in the lives of Black people across the United States. 97 percent of Black adults believe...
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Oct 26, 20225 min read


The GOP’s Mid-life Crisis: Economic Divergence
In recent years, figures within the Republican Party have broken from conservative economic orthodoxy to advocate for increasingly...
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Dec 13, 20216 min read


American Socialism: Accept it, but Do it Right
The United States is one of the most socialist economies in the world. Most Americans would be surprised to hear this because we still...
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Apr 7, 20218 min read


The Chavez Imitator
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro recently announced that his government and the state-run oil company PDVSA will need to “restructure...
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Dec 27, 20177 min read


The Politics of Being Ignored
The gap between the wealthy and poor in the United States is disturbingly greater than most of its residents realize. The Walmart family...
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Mar 5, 20176 min read


Red Fear: The Generational Gap in Bernie Sanders’ Campaign
Earlier this month, Bernie Sanders, in an interview with Meet the Press, reiterated his identification as a democratic socialist. This...
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Nov 8, 20155 min read


The Right Wing Revolution
Last Wednesday February 12, Venezuela celebrated the National Youth Day. For the whole day, official radio and TV channels transmitted...
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Feb 18, 20144 min read


Reforming the Revolution: Cuba and Economic Liberalization
In 1980, the Cuban port of Mariel witnessed the departure of 100,000 state-approved émigrés fleeing towards the United States. More than...
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Nov 25, 20133 min read


(Only) the Revolution Will be Televised: Maduro’s Autocracy in Venezuela
Latin America has a tendency of looking back in history for political inspiration. Perhaps the most obvious current manifestation of this...
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Oct 14, 20133 min read


The Other 9/11
Chilean Armed Forces bomb the Presidential Palace during the 1973 coup. Wikipedia Commons. Creative Commons. The events of September 11th...
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Sep 13, 20134 min read
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