The American people clearly spoke, and the drubbing Democrats received requires looking beyond just issue polls, voting patterns, campaign strategy, or get-out-the-vote tactics.
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'Hell no': counterprotesters outnumber white supremacists at White House rally
A small group of white nationalists marched through downtown Washington on Sunday and were met at the rally site by thousands of counterdemonstrators denouncing racism and white supremacy.
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The Racist History of the 'Crisis Actor’ Attacks on Parkland School Shooting Survivors
61 years before teens in Parkland, Fla., survived a mass shooting only to be labeled “crisis actors,” nine African American teens who braved racist crowds to enroll in Little Rock Central High School in Arkansas were also accused of being impostors.
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"Hope Not Hatred": Thousands Gather Across U.S. in Rebuke to Trump, Neo-Nazis
Replacing torches with candles and hate with hope, thousands gathered across the U.S. on Wednesday to mourn the death of Heather Heyer and stand peacefully against the violence perpetrated by neo-Nazis in Charlottesville, Va.
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Charlottesville Reveals an Emboldened Far Right That Can No Longer Be Ignored
The weekend’s violence proved that despite small numbers, a well-organized, militaristic far-right front is an unsettling specter in the era of Donald Trump.
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The Real Meaning of “On Many Sides”
In his speech on Charlottesville, Donald Trump told the nation exactly what he stands for – and just as importantly, his racist, anti-Semitic, Muslim-hating acolytes heard the words Trump didn’t say.
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Anonymous Vows To Unhood 1,000 Ku Klux Klan Members
The hacktivist collective says it will release the identities around the anniversary of the Ferguson protests.
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Why White Progressives Must Address Racial Injustice In 2016
The recent Black Lives Matter protest at the Netroots Nation conference was a teachable moment for everyone – forcing progressives to pick a side as they shape next year's electoral agenda.
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Why Is U.S. Media Ignoring the Assault on Southern Black Churches?
That numerous black churches in the South have been burned just a little over a week since the racially-motivated terrorist attack in Charleston lends credibility to the theory that racist organizations are at work.
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Hedges: Preparing for Violence and the Coming American Fascism
The rage and nihilism that come from the frustrations of American life are expressed through violence.
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Radically American: Theodore Dreiser and His Call to Fix Democracy
The American novelist Theodore Dreiser recognized that “only the mass can get America out of the mess,” something that was true in 1941 and arguably even truer today in 2013.
