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Ayanna Pressley

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A Federal Job Guarantee: The Unfinished Business of the Civil Rights Movement

The 1963 March on Washington put a government guarantee to a job at the front of the civil rights agenda. It’s long past time to complete the work.

by Ayanna Pressley, David Stein via The Nation
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on September 2, 2021

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Lincoln being sworn in by Chief Justice Taney.

We Are Already Defying the Supreme Court

The risks of calling on politicians to push back against the court must be weighed against the present reality of a malign judicial dictatorship.

by Samuel Moyn, Ryan D. Doerfler via Dissent on January 22, 2024

Child clinging onto parents hand.

As American as Child Separation

The United States tears families apart—during slavery, the wars against indigenous people, the war on drugs, and, today, at the border.

by Rachel Nolan via Public Books on February 19, 2021

Congresswomen Omar, Pressley, Ocasio-Cortez, and Tlaib.

The Radical Roots of ‘the Squad’

How Mickey Leland and the Congressional Black Caucus paved the way for today's progressive politics.

by Benjamin Talton via Made By History on August 28, 2019

Behind Trump’s ‘Go Back’ Demand: A Long History of Rejecting ‘Different’ Americans

From Germans and Irish to blacks and Jews, new Americans often have been told to “go home.”

by Marc Fisher via Washington Post on July 15, 2019

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