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After more than a century of German and South African rule, Namibia finally gained its independence on this day in 1990. Working-class struggles and organizations played a vital role in the country’s long march to freedom.Mobilization by Namibian workers was an important factor in the struggle that culminated in the country’s liberation from South African rule. Namibia’s nationa...

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Twenty years before Donald Trump was posting AI images of himself as a king, the internet learned how to meme by exaggerating the masculine superiority of Chuck Norris. What began innocently with “Chuck Norris Facts” has evolved into MAGA’s empire of slop. Long before memes became instruments of political warfare, Chuck Norris was the strongest man in the world because everyone ...

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Donald Trump has resurrected the military fantasy of the “video game war,” waged mostly through high-tech, lethal air power with few US casualties. But his administration may have miscalculated the ease of what can pass as victory.Americans and the world watch a video game war unfold in what they long feared: unhinged conflict throughout the Middle East. (Getty Images / Stringer...

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British class society had a dress code: the rich could be flashy, but workers were expected to wear a drab uniform. In the 1950s, England’s working-class Teddy Boys and Girls boldly donned pompadours and velvet, giving birth to modern British subculture.Before the Beatles, before the Stones, before the Sex Pistols, there were the Teddy Boys — working-class kids dressed irreveren...

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The affluent often blame poverty on bad budgeting skills, claiming the poor just need to be taught financial literacy. But working-class people require living wages and a functioning safety net, not condescending lectures about money management. Last week, Ohio Senator Jon Husted condescendingly blamed his constituents’ poverty on bad budgeting skills. But research shows the exa...

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