I think there's plenty of room to critique Ta-Nehisi Coates from a class perspective. And I don't think it's particularly useful for us to look at one or two people as true seers on modern society, tendencies that tend to place them above critique (Paul...
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As I mentioned recently, Bernie's Sanders's health care proposal has been criticized for being weak on the technical details and not making tough choices. I don't really have an issue.
Shorter Verbatim editor of a major D.C. publication: "When Hillary Clinton raises her voice, she loses." As a reminder, this is 2016.
Maurice White, Dec.19, 1941-Feb. 4, 2016
Kara Brown is damned tired of slavery movies. I am not, but I get that every other high-profile Oscar-nominated film about black lives is an exercise in filming black bodily.
Above: Survivors and Families of the Rana Plaza Collapse Protest in Bangladesh, November 2013 Maybe. In the aftermath of Rana Plaza, the European apparel companies (not the major U.S. ones.
I recently posted the adjusted QB ratings of the Super Bowl winners going back to 1976. Let's start by finishing off the list. (As a reminder, 100 is average; 120 means the QB rating is 20% above average.) 1975 Bradshaw 122 1974 Bradshaw 90 1973...
This is the grave of William "Boss" Tweed I hardly need to provide a biography of the man whose name is synonymous throughout the United States with political corruption. Tweed,.
It's a disaster that will get worse before it gets better: “The only question now is whether Venezuela’s government or economy will completely collapse first,” writes Matt O’Brien in a.
Get used to this guy Really, really screwed. The Cook Political Report came out with ratings Wednesday for how House elections are shaping up. The simple math: Just 33 seats out of 435 are truly competitive, including 27 held by Republicans and six held by...
Above: A suffering capitalist of the Gilded Age In a bizarrely argued article, historian James Livingston says yes and that's because capitalists were the ones getting screwed in the original.
A lawsuit in Minnesota claims they are, effectively arguing that their existence is discriminatory to children of color, even when the charters specifically target those students. Alex Cruz-Guzman, who came.