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fromTruthout
5 days ago

The Right Wants to Write Indigenous People Out of US History. We Won't Let Them.

A new vision for the United States is being forced into place - one rooted not in liberty or justice, but in subjugation and the quiet normalization and acceptance of fascism. You can see it in the memes, the slogans, and the curated nostalgia flooding social media accounts aligned with the Trump administration. You can see it in the way frontier and 1950s iconographies have returned not as history but as aspiration.
US politics
fromFast Company
3 months ago

The real meaning behind that viral Department of Homeland Security painting

The 1873 painting by John Gast shows a group of white pioneers traveling west, forcing a group of Indigenous people out of frame.
US politics
Philosophy
fromThe Conversation
4 months ago

Yellowstone has been a 'sacred wonderland' of spiritual power and religious activity for centuries - and for different faith groups

Yellowstone National Park, renowned for its natural beauty, also has a significant religious history influencing its perception throughout time.
US politics
fromArs Technica
7 months ago

Should we settle Mars, or is it a dumb idea for humans to live off world?

The Trump administration is determined to pursue the settlement of Mars as part of America's Manifest Destiny.
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