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The History of Mother Jones
WEBThe Woman. Mary Harris Jones, also known as Mother Jones, was a labor activist in the United States in the early 1900s. A legend for organizing workers and advancing progressive causes, she is the ...
These Racist Collectibles Will Make Your Skin Crawl
WEBA ceramic figure from the 1950s Courtesy of David Pilgrim/PM Press. Pilgrim writes that historian Henry Louis Gates Jr. found this the most disturbing image in the Jim Crow Museum of Racist ...
The secret history of why soda companies switched from sugar to …
WEBJul 26, 2019 · A decade later, HFCS was still riding high and Archer Daniels Midland remained the “driving force behind the sugar lobby in this year’s battle over the future of the sugar program,” Bovard ...
It Didn’t Start with Trump: The Decades-Long Saga of How the …
WEBIn an analysis of Trump’s 2016 victory, political scientists John Sides, Michael Tesler, and Lynn Vavreck reached an identical conclusion: “He capitalized on an existing reservoir of ...
As the Voting Rights Act Nears 60, Conservative Judges Are …
WEBAug 6, 2024 · “Today is a triumph for freedom as huge as any victory that has ever been won on any battlefield,” President Lyndon Johnson declared 59 years ago today, as he signed the Voting Rights Act into ...
Chicago’s Mayor Owes His Career to Activism. How Will He Handle ...
WEBAug 17, 2024 · Front: Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson speaks at City Hall; Back: Chicago police officers train in preparation for the Democratic National Convention.
Who’s Behind Newsweek? – Mother Jones
WEBOn March 2, in a New York Times article about Newsweek ‘s return to print, Davis and Uzac again denied IBT had formal ties to Jang. They dismissed similar questions from the Guardian (which ...
The Psychiatrist Who Warned Us That Donald Trump Would …
WEBOn the afternoon of February 1, 2016, as Iowa voters prepared for that evening’s caucuses, Bandy Lee sat by the bedside of her mother, who was terminally ill with cancer. An assistant professor ...
When Did the US Start Calling Itself “America,” Anyway?
WEBJul 4, 2019 · It took an imperial war for the country to settle on a nickname. Daniel Immerwahr. Bio. Battle of Manila Bay, Philippines, May 1, 1898, the first major engagement of the Spanish–American War ...