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    Lisa Graves: The Extremist Revolution & Democracy Hanging by a Thread

    The American Right is embracing a dangerous extremism, challenging elections, packing courts and aligning with Hungarian prime minister and Putin-ally Victor Orbán. In the midst of a climate catastrophe, with a majority on the...
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    Ibram X. Kendi: How to Make America Antiracist?

    The fight over what can and can’t be taught in schools is shaping up to be one of the most controversial issues in a pivotal mid-term election year. White voters are being mobilized to...
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    Forget Everything You Know About Texas

    Red, Republican, anti abortion, anti trans — Texas has certainly been a testing ground for backlash policies and politicians, and that could be what’s happening now, but could it also be a bellwether of...
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    Photographs of Phyllis Bennis, Anastasia Leukhina and Dmitri Makarov.

    Winning War, Building Peace: Activists from Ukraine, Russia & The US Debate

    FOR UKRAINIAN ASSISTANCE: The Kyiv School of Economics established a charitable fund for centralized procurement of protective gear and medical equipment:  https://kse.ua/support/donation/ The latest peace talks in the Russia-Ukraine war may lead to an eventual...
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    Imani Perry: Uncut Interview

    For more uncut interviews, subscribe to The Laura Flanders Show podcast or support us on Patreon. As goes the South, so goes the nation. It may be a cliché but according to this week’s guest it’s true. In South...
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    Bomb Threats Shake HBCUs During Black History Month

    More than 20 Historically Black Colleges & Universities (HBCUs) received bomb threats at the start of Black History Month — including a threat on Valentine’s Day at Howard University. While the FBI is calling...
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    Democratizing Democracy: Redistricting by the People

    Redistricting has the power to shape elections, and this year, it’s more controversial than ever. After a contentious 2020 census, the development of advanced mapping technologies, and a 2019 Supreme Court decision that put...
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    Portrait of Majora Carter and Laura Flanders.

    Your Neighborhood in Your Hands: A Model from the South Bronx

    Real estate development conjures up images of gentrification with sleek buildings and polished store fronts often built under the guise of urban revitalization. Far too often, these projects displace long-standing residents and communities of...
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    Imani Perry: The Future of Democracy Depends on the South

    As goes the South, so goes the nation. It may be a cliché but according to this week’s guest it’s true. In South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul...
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    Arundhati Roy: Freedom, Fascism, Fiction and the Pandemic Portal

    Two years ago this month, the first cases of Covid-19 were reported in the United States. “Historically, pandemics have forced humans to break with the past and imagine their world anew,” wrote acclaimed author...
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