The history of April Fools’ Day.
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When Did Jesus Become a Capitalist?
How did a radical social activist, killed for his politics, become the figurehead of capitalist and imperial power?
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Song of Songs
Tagging along with Dottie’s serenade service during COVID-19.
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A Prison of Fees
Prison phone calls and texts have been outsourced for profit, leaving incarcerated people the victims of price-gouging.
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Sleeping Isn’t a Crime
How we’ve criminalized a basic human need in order to target the poor, vulnerable, and homeless.
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The Kids Are Getting Organized Against Mass Shootings
They’re scared, but they’re fighting back: a walkout on the 14th, and a strike on the 24th.
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The Night The Block Burned Down: Philadelphia’s MOVE Bombing
How the Philadelphia police leveled a whole block to take down an unlikely messiah figure.
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The Myth of the American Public School Is Crumbling
They’re still largely a 19th-century environment, and badly need a change.
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It Isn’t Independence Day For Everyone
If the British had won the Revolutionary War, things might be very different for Native Americans.
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The Marketing Pyramid Behind Betsy DeVos’ Wealth
The new Secretary of Education is using her Amway fortune to transform public schools
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