This post is a special request from Anna in PDX to help her work out some thorny issues she faces in her local. If this series can be of use to your local or organizing needs, drop me a line. On March 3, 1931, President...
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NRO's Kevin Williamson uses the Arizona Jim Crow bill for gays to lament the courts overturning segregation in the 1950s and 1960s. Barry Goldwater, who set the great precedent for.
In the wake of the George Zimmerman acquittal, Lisa Wade discussed some data which contrasted justifiable homicide rates in stand-your-ground states to those without. Not terribly shocking, "In SYG states, 13.6%.
Last night, Oklahoma State's star basketball player Marcus Smart went into the stands and shoved a Texas Tech fan. The initial reaction was typical--Smart's a bad apple, he's blowing his career being stupid, etc. See Myron Medcalf who claims, "It’s too early to know exactly...
Laura Nelson Black History Month isn't just about MLK and the civil rights movement. It's about remembering the horrible things that white people did to black people through American history..
Texas Attorney General and likely next governor, Greg Abbott: Greg Abbott unveiled his latest policy proposal in Dallas yesterday, a border security proposal that Abbott called his "Securing Texans Plan.".
Sure, some of you might want to root for Denver. But then realize that you would be on the same side as John Podhoretz, who just tweeted this about Richard Sherman: Richard Sherman. What a role model for today's Taliban youth.— John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) January...
Obviously the real victims here are the white people made to understand that white supremacy is offensive. McAdory High School has issued a public apology for a "Trail of Tears".
Clearly not racism: Home improvement maker Home Depot Inc. on Thursday apologized for a tweet that showed a picture of two African-American drummers with a person in a gorilla mask.
The comment thread on Edward Bland's The Cry of Jazz was more contentious than I thought it would be, since several commenters basically called this early black nationalist a racist and even compared him (shockingly unfairly) to Leni Riefenstahl. When I read this Sara Luckey...
Since blackface seems to be all the rage this Halloween season (post-racial society indeed!), here's Blair L.M. Kelley with a primer on its history and why it is so awful..
The National Congress of American Indians recently put out this image in response to those who don't think sports teams with Native American logos are offensive. I understand that people.