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1 day ago | counterpunch.org | Nick Estes

This is the first of several posts about Tasunka Witko, reflecting on Joseph Marshall III’s book, The Journey of Crazy Horse: A Lakota History. It is the most exemplary biography of Tasunka Witko. The narrative is presented from the perspective of the Lakota people and is derived from the oral histories of Lakota elders. In recent months, I have focused on reexamining Lakota texts and influential figures who have significantly impacted my perspective.

3 days ago | counterpunch.org | Ralph Nader

Dear President Trump:We are Harvard Law students who have read the lengthy and comprehensive list of demands on our Harvard University by your staff. They are assuredly designed to turn this institution of higher education, older than the U.S.A., into a fiefdom under your iron rule. As modest students of medieval history, we see that your demands provide a status for the peasants – the students, the vassals – the faculty, but no one for the role of the Lord of the Manor.

4 days ago | counterpunch.org | Mel Gurtov

Act 1: US and El Salvador Won’t Return Wrongly Deported ManNo disgraceful act of the Trump administration is more dangerous than its denial of due process of law, judicial decisions, and unquestionable facts in the deportation to El Salvador of Kilmar Abrego Garcia. Both Trump’s justice department and the El Salvador government of Nayib Bukele are refusing to return Abrego Garcia to the US for a hearing despite admitting that he was mistakenly deported and has not broken any law.

6 days ago | counterpunch.org | Jim Hightower

How ironic: The most inefficient bureaucracy in government turns out to be Donald Trump’s “Department of Government Efficiency.”That could be humorous, except that DOGE — a creature of the right-wing Project 2025 — has been devastating to millions of people. And it’s about to get worse. Elon Musk — the flighty überrich autocrat put in charge of “efficiency” by his buddy Trump — is now going after the Social Security deposits of 73 million senior citizens.

6 days ago | counterpunch.org | Tom Engelhardt

I recently went to the protest in New York City — one of more than 1,400 demonstrations in all 50 states across this country and elsewhere in the world — against what increasingly should be known as the Trump regime.