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Exterminate All the Brutes: Filmmaker Raoul Peck Explores Colonialism & Origins of White Supremacy A new four-part documentary series, Exterminate All the Brutes, delves deeply into the legacy of European colonialism from the Americas to Africa. It has been ... Read More →

Chicago Police Need "Overhaul" After Foot Chases Led to Alvarez & Toledo Killings Within 48 Hours More than 100 people marched alongside the family of Anthony Alvarez in Chicago Saturday, calling for the police officer who shot and killed him to be charged ... Read More →

May Day 1971: Daniel Ellsberg on Joining Noam Chomsky, Howard Zinn at Historic Antiwar Direct Action This week marks the 50th anniversary of the 1971 May Day protests, when tens of thousands of protesters demonstrated against the Vietnam War in Washington ... Read More →