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Politics 2020

What Is Fascism? Can the Left Be Fascist?

What We Need To Think About to Stop Perpetuating Racism in Our Culture

No One Thought the Shutdown Through

Middle East:

The NYT Anti-Semitic Cartoon and the Anti-Palestinian, Islamophobic Response

The Israel-Palestine Conflict is Our Problem Too

The BDS Movement: A call for human rights, or anti-Semitism in the US?

The BDS Movement: How do we define anti-Semitism?

The BDS Movement: Is BDS causing a rise in anti-Semitism?

The BDS Movement: A struggle for pro-Palestinian, Muslim, and Jewish Americans

Politics 2018/19

Sanders takes the cake, but can he eat it too?

Time to Stop These Toxic 'Liberal' Narratives, Part 1: There were no two sides in Charlottesville

Part II: Scapegoating Racism

Part II EXTRA: Identifying as the Worst of US

Part III: "There is no rise in Socialism in the US"

Politics 2017

Sessions Confirmation Hearings

Dems in Court over Allegations of Election Intimidation

Greens Running Governors in 2018 Election

New Hampshire, the Last New England State to Decriminalize Recreational Marijuana

A Takeover of the Republican Party?

Privatizing Public Housing in New York City

Campaign 2016:

Hillary Can't Win

Jill Stein Says Greens Can Win

30 Ways Jeb is Just like Hillary

Independent Candidate Lynn Kahn

The Debate you Didn't Hear About

Independent Presidential Candidate Debate: Round 2

Sanders Can't Lose

Following up with Lynn S. Kahn

Tides Have Turned Against the Establishment

Three Things You Misses About the Democratic National Convention

Independent Candidate Lynn S. Kahn on Terrorism

Green Party Candidate Accuses Greens of Racism and Elitism

Sanders Supporters Give Greens Big Boost

Green Party Ballot Access at Highest Levels Ever

Third Party Candidates Say Stick With Us

Was All the Criticism of Trump Fair Minded?

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