Efraín Ríos Montt, one of the worst human beings to ever live, is dead. Born in 1926 in Huehuetenango, Guatemala, Ríos Montt enrolled at the Military Academy of Guatemala in 1946. In 1951, he was sent to the United States to train at a new...
Author: Erik Loomis
This is the grave of Theodore Roosevelt. OK, where to begin here. I could easily write several thousand words on Roosevelt without even having to think hard about it. So.
Redlining, the mid-twentieth century federal effort to determine home loan viability based upon the racial makeup of neighborhoods, both reflected long standing white supremacy and created new structures of white.
Tennessee Republicans seem nice: Nashville Public Radio reported over the weekend that the Tennessee legislature is finalizing legislation that would add work requirements to the state’s Medicaid program, kicking at least 3,700 Tennessee workers off their health care. The state’s Republican leaders appear to have...
Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing's 2015 book, The Mushroom at the End of the World, is simply one of the best academic works I have read in years. Tsing examines the matsutake.
The Democratic Party has quite a few rising stars in the Senate. One of them is Brian Schatz of Hawaii. He's been tremendously impressive. Part of this is that he.
Baseball! Go Mariners! I can't wait for another 78 win season! I have no doubt that bringing back an 87 year old Ichiro will rejuvenate the franchise. Also, Rusty Staub, RIP Plus my favorite baseball song. My second favorite baseball song is somewhat less happy.
It's really shocking that ICE has gone full fascist shock troop with Donald Trump as president and Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III as Attorney General. Immigrants who accept almost any form.
Above: Elsie Parrish On March 29, 1937, the Supreme Court decided the case of West Coast Hotel Company v. Parrish. This 5-4 decision upheld Washington's minimum wage law for women.
In case Cubs fans weren't arrogant enough when they were proud losers, the instant transition into expecting a long dynasty upon winning the World Series made them even more annoying. Plus the team is owned by the vile Ricketts family, which includes this asshole and...
This is terrible. Journalism isn't activism; it's presenting the facts, honestly and objectively. It's this mentality that's killing trust in our profession. https://t.co/32AWo9E7q4— Josh Kraushaar (@HotlineJosh) March 25, 2018 Let's.
Once again, the kids are engaging in direct action on American gun extremism: More than 40 students from across Wisconsin embarked on a four-day, 50-mile march from Madison to Janesville,.