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Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz’s an AN Indigenous Peoplesā History of the United StatesĀ was first released in 2015 as part of Beacon Pressās Revisioning History…
From as far back as 2012, Sean OāBrien wanted the media spotlight. That year he was the subject of a television pilot…
āPound of flesh.ā āSorry? You what?ā āPound of flesh; Jewish bloke; obvious anti-Semitic trope.ā Recounted in If…Stands Up (Verso), that brief exchange…
Although the Michigan Republican Party experienced a severe cash shortage under ex-chair Kristina Kramo, that appears to have been solved for the…
When International Brotherhood of Teamsters President Sean OāBrien announced he was going to speak at the Republican National Convention I was more…
Much digital ink has been spilled since the hard-right Mises Caucus took over the Libertarian National Committee, the governing body of the…
For almost three months, the Detroit suburb of Ferndale was the site of a concerted effort to pass a resolution calling for…
Michiganās longtime Senator Debbie Stabenow is retiring this year, meaning an open U.S. Senate seat is up for grabs. There is a…
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