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    Stop Attacks on Asian-Americans NOW!
    March 30, 2021
    | BILLMOYERS.COM TEAM

    Over the past weeks the US has seen a growing number of attacks on Asian-Americans. Those who perpetrate them should learn a little about history and a lot about our democracy. 

  • Letters From an American
    Silencing Black Voters, Again
    March 29, 2021
    | Heather Cox Richardson

    Today, Republicans talk about “election integrity,” but their end game is the same as that of the former Confederates after the war: to keep Black and Brown Americans away from the polls to make sure the government does not spend tax dollars on public services.

  • Letters From an American
    Calling COVID “China Flu” Can Indeed Make It Deadly
    March 19, 2021
    | Heather Cox Richardson
    Trump's shifting relationship with China.
  • Letters From an American
    Secretary of the Interior First: Deb Haaland, Member of the Pueblo of Laguna
    March 16, 2021
    | Heather Cox Richardson
    “I’ll be fierce for all of us, our planet, and all of our protected land.”
  • Letters From an American
    As Maine Goes, So Goes the Nation
    March 15, 2021
    | Heather Cox Richardson
    Happy Birthday Maine
  • Democracy & Government
    Let’s End the Damaging Cult of the Constitution
    February 24, 2021
    | Mike Lofgren
    We need a fundamental debate about our flawed and archaic founding document.
  • It Is More than a Month
    February 5, 2021
    Race has been at the core of the American past and its present.
  • History
    Commentary: Been There, Done That (Not!)
    February 1, 2021
    | Tom Engelhardt

    This post first appeared on TomDispatch Joe Biden’s got a problem — and so do I. And so, in fact, do we. At 76 years old, you’d think I’d experienced it all when it comes to this country and its presidencies. Or most of it, anyway. I’ve been around since Franklin D. Roosevelt was president. Born on July 20, 1944, I’m a little “young” to remember him, though I was a war baby in an era when ...

  • Letters From an American
    The Night Before Wounded Knee
    December 29, 2020
    | Heather Cox Richardson
    It is never too late to change the future.
  • Democracy & Government
    Worst Pardon Ever? You’ll Be Surprised
    December 23, 2020
    | Michael Genovese

    It is customary for an outgoing President to grant 11th hour pardons, sometimes to surprising recipients. Of course, not all presidential pardons are created equal. To be sure, justice and mercy are worthy and occasional goals. But the end-of-term pardons often reveal other, less savory objectives.



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