Indigenous Peoples of the Americas

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Photo by Mar Bocatcat on Unsplash

More and more cities and states in the United States are replacing celebrations of Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples’ Day. Today’s workout takes as its starting point the rich diversity of Native peoples in the Americas and the challenges they face to their sovereignty and ways of life after more than five centuries of colonization that continues to this day.

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Nuclear North Korea

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Right now, U.S.–North Korea relations are frankly terrifying to a lot of people. Experts such as William J. Perry, the secretary of defense under President Clinton, have pointed out that Trump’s Twitter-based ridicule of Kim Jong-un is extremely dangerous. Congress may not be able to rein in Trump’s Twitter account, but they can rein in the president's control over nuclear weapons. Time to take action, because recent events are no laughing matter.

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Terror in Las Vegas

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On Sunday night, a mass shooter opened fire on a music concert at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, killing almost 60 concertgoers and wounding more than 500 (figures current as of press time). This is a tragedy, but also an outrage. Join us today as we push back on disinformation about the event, fight the NRA, and help first responders prepare for next time (because will always be a next time). 

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