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The 18th Anniversary of the Most Important Election of Our Lifetime
November 2004 was supposed to be the endgame of elections yet no one remembers it.
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The Metaverse™ is dead. Long live the metaverse.
How Mark Zuckerberg's virtual playland helps disguise the fact that America already is the metaverse.
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We can’t burn our way to a better Walmart
The case of the Veterans Order is more evidence that lone wolf vigilantism is a poor substitute for strategic battles against capital.
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Riding the Third Rail
Here's what's in store for 2022.
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The struggle for the history of class struggle
At a time when history is contested, some figures are more hidden than others.
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Halloween is the canary in the coal mine of our civic decline
Trick-or-treating participation is a good measure of community and neighborhood trust. The 2021 numbers are bad.
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Let them eat Buttigieg
The Democrats' parental leave policy could be gone but the liberal media insists that Pete's leave will magically nudge America to the Promised Land.
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The global super-elite rule the world and we have the receipts [Unlocked]
It's not a conspiracy theory if proof of the plutocracy's corruption and domination is everywhere.
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