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Even the FBI Thinks Police Have Links to White Supremacists — but Don’t Tell the New York Times
The New York Times Magazine published an in-depth story on how police deal with white supremacists — but didn't explore the links between them.
Natasha Lennard
Natasha Lennard is a columnist for The Intercept. Her work has appeared in The Nation, Bookforum, and the New York Times, among others. She is the associate director of the Creative Publishing & Critical Journalism graduate program at the New School for Social Research in New York. She is the author of “Being Numerous: Essays on Non-Fascist Life.”
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After Last Week, There’s No Hope That the Media Will Ever Abandon False Equivalencies With the Far Right
“You guys do it, too,” NBC’s Chuck Todd told a Democratic representative, referring to anti-Semitic incitement — personifying a media false equivalence.
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The Despicable Campaign to Roll Back Transgender Protections in the Massachusetts Midterms
“Once we have formal legal protections, stripping them away at the ballot does way more harm than if the protections were never there in the first place.”
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Trump’s Plan to Deny Green Cards to People on Medicaid or Food Stamps Is a Full-Blown Attack on the Immigrant Poor
Trump is creating an impossible choice between getting help and legal residency — his administration's latest tool of ethnic cleansing.
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McDonald’s Workers Are Striking Against Sexual Harassment — Tying #MeToo to Their Labor Struggle
The McDonald's workers' strike will be the first nationwide strike specifically targeting sexual harassment in the workplace.
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The New Yorker Dropped Steve Bannon, but Misses the Point of Why the Invite Was a Mistake in the First Place
The New Yorker withdrew its invitation to Steve Bannon, but missed the point about why giving the white nationalist a platform is so dangerous.
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Prison Strike Organizer Warns: Brutal Prison Conditions Risk "Another Attica"
Incarcerated people in 17 states will refuse to work, spend, and in some cases, eat, in protest of “modern-day slavery.”
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Police Unions' Opposition to Prison Reform Is About More Than Jobs — It's About Racism
A prison guard union doesn't want incarcerated people to have tablets — and it's about preserving a system of mass incarceration.
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In the J20 Trials, the Feds Said They Went After “Bad Protesters.” That Just Means Another Crackdown on Dissent.
Despite not winning jury convictions, putting hundreds on trial is sure to chill dissent — and the crackdown is only just beginning.
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A Year Later, the Fascists of Charlottesville Are Back for More — This Time Outside the White House
White nationalists will wrap themselves in free speech — trying to deny them permits is useless. Instead, what's needed is vigorous counterprotest.