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Velshi Banned Book Club: Author Angie Thomas and a big win against censorship in Florida

In August of 2024, a group of publishers, students, parents, and best-selling authors including Velshi Banned Book Club vets like…

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‘The house is on fire’: TN state rep. calls for fierce response to Trump’s overreach

Tennessee State Rep. Justin Jones says the divide in the Democratic Party is between those who want to forcefully resist…

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ACLU: Trump’s DC takeover ‘a brazen abuse of power’ that reveals need for statehood

Trump was able to execute his recent takeover of Washington D.C.’s law enforcement because of the level of control the…

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‘No doubt Americans are paying the tariffs’: Rising wholesale inflation is a warning sign

The economic forecast is getting bleaker by the month. In July, wholesale inflation rose at the fastest monthly pace since…

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NY AG James’ Attorney Abbe Lowell: Trump has turned the DOJ into the ‘Department of Weaponization’

Since President Trump’s return to office, the Department of Justice has increasingly targeted the president’s critics and opponents, including an…

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Lynsey Addario and Anne Applebaum go inside Sudan – the ‘most nihilistic conflict on earth’

“I think the most important thing you need to know about Sudan is that it's a place where a group…

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From workout clothes to beer cans, Trump’s sweeping tariffs threaten to raise prices on our ‘Betty’

Betty, our fictional working mother living in the real American economy, is facing rising prices in every corner of her…

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Velshi Banned Book Club: ‘The House on Mango Street’ by Sandra Cisneros

“The House on Mango Street” by Sandra Cisneros has been studied in classrooms, recommended to daughters by their mothers and…

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Be ‘open-eyed’: the legal retribution campaign is ‘going to change your lives’ no matter who you are

Trump’s Justice Department has begun launching probes into his political rivals, including New York Attorney General Letitia James. Whistleblower Miles…