Until a few days ago, not that many people in the international-relations community were paying attention to Dr. Kiron Skinner, the current Director of Policy Planning at the State Department. Skinner
The only way to explain the fact that in the most diverse primary in Democratic Party history, the top 4 candidates are all white men, including 2 who have done absolutely nothing of note, is misogyny
Above: The lynching of Frank Tafoya, Las Vegas, New Mexico, 1882 As I have stated many times, it’s very frustrating to me to see how both liberals and the left reduce race in America to the blac
I’m a little behind in my grave posts because I have been trying to get a bunch of other things done. Unlike what people generally believe, I do not find cemeteries interesting at all for themse
This is the grave of Albert Murray. Born in Mobile, Alabama in 1916, Murray attended Tuskegee Institute and graduated in 1939. He started a graduate program at the University of Michigan but decided q
This is the grave of Jack Johnson. Born in 1878 in Galveston, Texas, Jack Johnson was the greatest challenge to white manhood in the Gilded Age. He left school as a teen, wandered around a bit, ended
I thought this was a great point. One of the things that has been extraordinary is how little coverage there has been of the communities impacted by President Trump's immigration policies and rhet
I continue to reject the idea that environmental issues are somehow different than other social justice issues and that the working class and environmentalism are irreconcilable enemies. That’s