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“There is so much Rascallity, so much Venality and Corruption, so much Avarice and Ambition, such a Rage for Profit and ...

Jonathan Chait’s Atlantic essay claims the Democratic Socialists of America has betrayed the legacy of its founder, Michael ...

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Could democratic socialism become the brand of a new generation of political actors — not just on the fringe, not just in New ...

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The New York Times’s 1619 Project claimed to reveal the unknown history of slavery and racism in the United States. It ended up helping to distort the real history of slavery — and the heroic struggle ...

The last of Ireland’s Magdalene laundries, workhouses for “morally wayward” women, closed in 1996. Since then, the ...