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Issue: 879

September 16, 2021

Guest Commentary

Will Afghan Collapse End America’s Empire of War, Corruption, Poverty?

By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J.S.Davies, CODEPINK Guest Commentators

Western politicians couch this leverage in terms of human rights, but they are clearly trying to ensure that their Afghan allies retain some power in the new government, and that Western influence and interests in Afghanistan do not end with the Taliban’s return.

Americans have been shocked by videos of thousands of Afghans risking their lives to flee the Taliban’s return to power in their country – and then…

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Not Up Here

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Not Up Here

By Eric Garcia Cartoonist/Artist

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Sharp n’ Blunt

The NFL Is One of the White Man’s Last Desperate Efforts to Maintain “Minority” Rule

By Desi Cortez Columnist

This struggle is symbolic of the greater conflict waging within US society for racial equality, inclusion, and diversity.

The National Football League is one of America’s premier cultural battlefields, one of the White man’s last desperate efforts in this divided nation’s “culture wars” to…

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N.O. Mask

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N.O. Mask

By Chuck Siler

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Cover Story

The U.S.A.: Attempting to Describe The Undescribable – Solidarity America

By John Funiciello Columnist

Twenty years later, we still don’t know the whole truth about that fateful day, but we have learned a lot about the U.S. government.

If all of its flaws were minimized and the historical record was suspended for a moment, the U.S. was once a nation that other nations sought…

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Guest Commentary

To Counter Terror, Abolish War

By Kathy Kelly Guest Commentator

Our wars of choice were waged against people who meant us no harm. We must choose, now, to lay aside the cruel futility of our forever wars.

On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, I was among a small group of U.S. citizens who sat on milk crates or stood holding signs across…

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Color of Law

Residential Schools Were a Key Tool in America’s Long History of Native Genocide

By David A. Love, JD Executive Editor

Just as America is being forced to address its legacy of enslavement, segregation and systemic racism, the nation must confront the genocide of Indigenous people — who are rendered all but invisible in society — and the role of settler colonialism in building the country.

The recent discovery of unmarked mass graves of 1,300 Indigenous children buried in five former residential schools has forced Canada to come to grips with a…

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The African World

The GOP: Worker’s Party or Party of the White Republic?

By Bill Fletcher, Jr. Editorial Board

We must be clear. This illusory pro-worker conservatism has nothing to do with labor rights, income inequality, occupational health and safety, or progressive economic development—urgent issues that confront workers every day.

The Republican Party is a "working class party" now, according to its nationalist wing. But a deeper look at its pro-worker rhetoric reveals a longstanding trope…

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Commentary

Public Education in Danger!

By Dr. Walter C. Farrell, Jr., PhD, M.S.P.H. Columnist

As the nation continues its rapid trek toward a demographic status where Whites are no longer the racial majority group, Republicans are pulling out all stops to stay in power.

As the new school year gets off to a wobbly start, public education is under increased assault. Governors in the red states of Florida, South Dakota,…

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