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Nicholas Powers

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Gutting Voting Rights Act Is Just First Step in Far Right Plan to End Democracy

Gutting Voting Rights Act Is Just First Step in Far Right Plan to End Democracy

Curbing access to the ballot brings us closer to the far right's techno-feudalist dream of a "Dark Enlightenment.”

18.05.2026 9

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Nicholas Powers

As the Status Quo Shatters, Afrofuturists’ Visions Offer a Way Forward

Afrofuturism takes us to strange futures. In its kaleidoscope lens, the future is a canvas to imagine free Black life.

25.02.2026 6

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Nicholas Powers

Trump’s Spectacles of Violence Can’t Hold Back the Growing Tide of Discontent

Even Trump’s base is starting to recognize the harm done by his economic policies and the historic government shutdown.

03.01.2026 9

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Nicholas Powers

Black History Has the Power to Ignite Movements. That’s Why the Right Fears It.

The administration's preemptive assault on history is a desperate attempt to stop new social movements from starting.

30.11.2025 10

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Nicholas Powers

“Bending the Bars” Rap Album Fights Damaging Stereotypes of Incarcerated People

“Bending the Bars” rips away bipartisan propaganda by letting incarcerated artists speak their truth.

24.05.2025 10

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Nicholas Powers

Millions of Black Americans Can’t Just Up and Leave Under Trump. We Must Fight.

We know this, but we are trapped in dreams of escape. Wherever we go, there is no real escape.

21.05.2025 9

Truthout

Nicholas Powers