Milton Mayer (1928–29) was a journalist, reporter for the Associated Press, the Chicago Evening Post, the Chicago American, and The Progressive. In 1955, he published a seminal work titled They Thought They Were Free: The Germans, 1933-45 in which he analyzes how Hitler came to...
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President Donald Trump continues to argue with athletes on Twitter. After a weekend criticizing the UCLA players released from a Chinese prison recently, Trump returns to attacking NFL player protesters. Early Monday, Trump issues a Twitter...
For all out there feeling a little demoralized about the class warfare congressional Republicans and President Donald Trump's administration are waging against us, results from Tuesday's elections should lift your spirits. Let's start in Virginia where...
On Saturday, there was an anti-hate protest in Boston, Massachusetts. Some 15,000 people marched against white supremacists. Here are some of the best signs from that protest: https://twitter.com/Kelbaenor/status/898978088729681920?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.slate.com%2Fblogs%2Fthe_slatest%2F2017%2F08%2F19%2Fthe_best_signs_from_the_massive_counterprotest_in_boston.html https://twitter.com/amandarosewhy/status/898975495479369730?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.slate.com%2Fblogs%2Fthe_slatest%2F2017%2F08%2F19%2Fthe_best_signs_from_the_massive_counterprotest_in_boston.html https://twitter.com/danfoges/status/898947319181312001?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.slate.com%2Fblogs%2Fthe_slatest%2F2017%2F08%2F19%2Fthe_best_signs_from_the_massive_counterprotest_in_boston.html https://twitter.com/PSYCH_HYPE/status/898907115309453314?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.slate.com%2Fblogs%2Fthe_slatest%2F2017%2F08%2F19%2Fthe_best_signs_from_the_massive_counterprotest_in_boston.html https://twitter.com/brokencurio/status/898983787073327105?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.slate.com%2Fblogs%2Fthe_slatest%2F2017%2F08%2F19%2Fthe_best_signs_from_the_massive_counterprotest_in_boston.html https://twitter.com/john_overholt/status/898927392038715392?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.slate.com%2Fblogs%2Fthe_slatest%2F2017%2F08%2F19%2Fthe_best_signs_from_the_massive_counterprotest_in_boston.html https://twitter.com/RedTRaccoon/status/898931013606416384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.slate.com%2Fblogs%2Fthe_slatest%2F2017%2F08%2F19%2Fthe_best_signs_from_the_massive_counterprotest_in_boston.html https://twitter.com/InThePastLane/status/898924813301022721?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.slate.com%2Fblogs%2Fthe_slatest%2F2017%2F08%2F19%2Fthe_best_signs_from_the_massive_counterprotest_in_boston.html https://twitter.com/TheYellingHorn/status/898978957818769408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.slate.com%2Fblogs%2Fthe_slatest%2F2017%2F08%2F19%2Fthe_best_signs_from_the_massive_counterprotest_in_boston.html https://twitter.com/BostonGlobeMark/status/898923418728497154/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.slate.com%2Fblogs%2Fthe_slatest%2F2017%2F08%2F19%2Fthe_best_signs_from_the_massive_counterprotest_in_boston.html Featured image via Twitter.
Ten people have been taken to the hospital after a cab struck a crowd near Boston's Logan Airport. According to police, the incident is being treated as a simple accident, not an act of terrorism....
It should come as no surprise to learn that Jared Kushner, the baby faced son-in-law of President Donald Trump, got his start in real estate by renting out low end apartments. The Boston Globe reports that when he...
At least 10 incoming freshmen have had their admission to Harvard revoked over racist memes shared in an exclusive Facebook chat. There was a Facebook group for the Harvard class of 2021. A group of 100...
These girls were banned from prom and track over their hair extensions. Meet Mya and Deanna Cook: The school policy says no hair dye or hair extensions, but the white kids were allowed to have streaks...
Brian Camenker with conservative talk show host Susan Smith in 2013 (from Smith's blog)
The religious right would have you believe that it's only trying to give socially conservative Americans a place at the table. However, this is a sham. Whenever they think they're in unguarded moments, their true extremism...
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Reuters reports that former President Barack Obama is heading to Boston this evening to accept the Kennedy Foundation's "Profile in Courage" award. He is the third United States President to receive the award, the others...
Adam Jones leading off first base (image courtesy Mr.Schultz, available under a Creative Commons BY-SA license)
The presence of Donald Trump in the White House isn't the only reminder of how far we have to go in snuffing out racism in this country. Monday night witnessed one of the most disgraceful...
One of the stories of my childhood involved John F. Kennedy. I grew up in greater Boston, so that shouldn't be a big surprise. Still, the story has stayed in my mind for 50 years...
When Presidential advisor Stephen Miller went on the Sunday morning talk shows, he insisted that the administration has proof of massive voter fraud. On ABC's This Week, Miller told George Stephanopoulos that voter fraud in New Hampshire...
Today was Martin Luther King, Junior Day. This national holiday was created to celebrate the life and work of the great civil rights leader who died while trying to bring justice and equality to all...
Sometimes I am so proud to be from Massachusetts. OK, so the whole Mitt Romney thing was kind of cringe-worthy. I agree completely. But now we have Senator Elizabeth Warren, outspoken critic of Trump and his minions....
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) has been an extremely outspoken opponent of President-elect Donald Trump for months, and she has essentially based her entire career as a senator on combating unethical business practices and corporate cronyism....
Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren has just announced plans to run for reelection. The outspoken progressive Senator has made a name for herself by speaking openly and candidly in favor of progressive causes such as Wall Street...
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Arguably the most popular progressive of all time, Bernie Sanders continues to be an outspoken leader in this turbulent, post-election period. An election result of this magnitude demands serious change for the Democratic Party. That change...
Make no mistake about it: the campaign behavior of President-elect has incited hatred, bigotry, misogyny and violence. Trump's verbal attacks on women, Latinos, African Americans, Muslims and other disenfranchised groups. Luckily for a group of students on...
Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren is a very progressive Democrat. She made no secret of her disdain for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump during the acrimonious campaign season. She went after him verbally in several speeches and...