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      Partial Freedom: What Juneteenth Looks Like for Prisoners Like Us

      Partial Freedom: What Juneteenth Looks Like for Prisoners Like Us

      If our ancestors were able not only to survive but also sometimes thrive in the face of enslavers’ disregard for their humanity, so can we.

      Antoine Davis
      Darrell Jackson
      Jun 19, 2023

      Juneteenth is a bittersweet day for Black people in prison holding onto the promise of freedom.

      Let’s start with history. The Emancipation Proclamation—issued by Abraham Lincoln on September 22, 1862, during the American Civil War—declared that on January 1 all slaves in the Confederacy would be “forever free.” Unfortunately, that freedom didn’t extend to the four slaveholding states not in rebellion against the Union, and the proclamation was of course ignored by the Confederate states in rebellion. For the roughly 4 million people enslaved, Lincoln's declaration was symbolic; only after the Civil War ended was the proclamation enforced.

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      Former President Trump Is Arraigned On Federal Espionage Charges

      Violence Is Possible, But There Will Be No Civil War Over Donald Trump

      Trump is as dangerous as ever. He has inspired violence before, and he could do it again. But I believe that many who supported him in 2020 are catching on to his lunacy.

      Robert Reich
      Jun 13, 2023

      The former president of the United States, now running for reelection, assails “the ‘Thugs’ from the Department of Injustice,” calls Special Counsel Jack Smith a “deranged lunatic,” and casts his prosecutions and his bid for the White House as parts of a “final battle” for America.

      In a Saturday speech to the Georgia GOP, Trump characterized the entire American justice system as deployed to prevent him from winning the 2024 election. “These people don’t stop and they’re bad and we have to get rid of them. These criminals cannot be rewarded. They must be defeated.”

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      Former U.S. President Donald Trump dances after hosting a campaign rally at Texas' Waco Regional Airport on March 25, 2023.

      GOP Voters Keep Backing Trump Because He Hates the 'Right' People

      Prosecuting Donald Trump for both his high crimes and his misdemeanors is necessary to keep the republic—even if the consequence is some kind of "Trump or Death" civil war.

      Will Bunch
      Mar 26, 2023

      On a Saturday when dark clouds and even killer tornadoes were wending their way over huge swathes of the United States, the sun rose brightly over Waco. On a dusty patch of land in a central Texas town tagged by historic infamy, Donald Trump's army of supporters came early and in surprisingly large numbers on the first weekend of an uneasy American spring.

      In the shadow of massive pro-Trump flags—"Trump Or Death 1776 2024" read one fastened to the front bumper of a blue Jeep—flew the undercurrent that the runaway front-runner for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination has sparked in a recent speech. Call it vengeance, or retribution, or old-fashioned smiting your enemies.

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