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greenland Greenland locals stop man trying to raise US flag Rob Beschizza

Culture The Goonies was a great movie, but it does not define Gen X Jason Weisberger

politics Public historians slam Trump's statue garden plan Jennifer Sandlin

History "Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States" in graphic novel form Thom Dunn

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music Animated feature Black is Beltza, Basque music, and the political art of Fermin Muguruza Elías Villoro

Fascism in America Kari Lake threatens to "reform the media" if she is elected governor of Arizona Mark Frauenfelder

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fashion Fred Perry kills its yellow-tipped black polo shirt, denounces fascist appropriators Rob Beschizza

statues The last time a Frederick Douglass statue was vandalized in Rochester, it was because of drunk college kids Thom Dunn

America How the United States re-branded as "America" Thom Dunn

illustration Interview with Kai Lan Egg, a Hong Kong protest artist who specializes in anime pro-democracy memes Cory Doctorow

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surveillance Hong Kong's #612strike protest movement: a million strong, leaderless, wireless and smart as hell Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Thunderbird finds a new home Cory Doctorow

class war Laurie Penny blazes: Brexit is just the latest alibi for austerity Cory Doctorow

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science fiction What is "design fiction?" Cory Doctorow

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