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In 1852 Frederick Douglass was invited by the Rochester Ladies’ Anti-Slavery Society to give a speech commemorating the Fourth of July. On July 5, the crowds filling Corinthian Hall, Rochester, New York, did not get what they expected. Continue reading

Coronavirus, the Russia bounty scandal, and the upcoming election continue to dominate America’s news.

Now that the pandemic is raging in the south and west, Trump’s governors finally are face-to-face with reality. Wear a damn mask.

Friday’s White House Coronavirus Task Force briefing was filled with wildly false claims about the administration’s supposed success in dealing with COVID-19. With only about 4% of the world’s population, America accounts for more than 25% of worldwide COVID-19 infections and deaths. Continue reading

Bill Moyers talks Facebook, Donald Trump and the war on journalism. Continue reading

The American public helped finance the development of remdesivir — and will now be charged $3,000 for a treatment that experts say costs less than $10 to produce.

If you feel overwhelmed, there is good reason. We are currently in the midst of a number of storylines, any one of which would define any other administration. And the news comes so fast you can barely figure out who the players are before there’s another twist: There’s Russia and the bounties on soldiers, “white power” retweets, and Mike Pence actually wearing a mask. Continue reading

5 environmental justice leaders from across the country share their thoughts on how to address racial injustice, climate change and COVID-19.

To Sunrise Movement cofounder Varshini Prakash and her fellow activists, the fight for a livable planet and the fight against racial injustice are the very same fight. Continue reading

The president has been advancing untrue claims about mail-in balloting for months, fueling concerns he is laying the groundwork to contest the results of the 2020 election. Continue reading