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Whatever happened to Trump’s “Golden Age” for American workers?
Whatever happened to Trump’s “Golden Age” for American workers? by Lawrence S. Wittner 970 words Although Donald Trump’s Department of Labor announced in April 2025 that “Trump’s Golden Age puts American workers first,” that contention is contradicted by the facts. Indeed, Trump has taken the lead in reducing workers’ incomes. One of his key actions along these
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Trump’s anti-immigrant crusade
Trump’s anti-immigrant crusade by Mel Gurtov 996 words The New Know Nothings In the mid-19th century, an influential political party, the Know Nothings, carried on about the dangers of immigration—not from African slaves but from Europe. The Know Nothings faded out with the Civil War, but they have made a comeback—today’s Republican Party. When Donald Trump
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Woke — Weaponized language
Woke — Weaponized language by Bob Topper 760 words In 1939, Billie Holiday gave voice to a nation’s darkest truths with Strange Fruit, her haunting lament for the bodies of Black men and women hanging from trees in the Southern states. The year before, bluesman Lead Belly had recorded Scottsboro Boys, a ballad chronicling the prosecution of nine Black