A Billionaire-Funded Website With Ties to the Far Right Is Trying to “Cancel” University Professors

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A Billionaire-Funded Website With Ties to the Far Right Is Trying to “Cancel” University Professors

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Inside the Winning Fight for Reparations in Athens, Georgia

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Fifty Black families were forcibly displaced from their homes in the 1960s. Now the descendants are seeking redress and a chance to testify before Congress.

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Republicans Are Poised to Gerrymander Their Way Back to the Majority

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Pro-Cop PAC Tried to Fundraise by Blaming George Floyd for His Own Death

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Research Says Facebook’s Ad Algorithm Perpetuates Gender Bias

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NYPD “Goon Squad” Manual Teaches Officers to Violate Protesters’ Rights

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