August 23, 2017
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Comments Off on The Fight Over Removing Confederate Symbols Will Go On
Dylann Roof wanted to start a race war when he killed nine members of Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina. Instead, he launched a movement to mothball Confederate symbols. The Charleston massacre led to the removal of … Continue reading
August 19, 2017
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It’s been so long since I published anything here that I’m not sure if anyone still reads this blog, after almost ten months of silence. During that time I’ve experienced major upheavals in my life that took me away from … Continue reading
September 30, 2016
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Comments Off on Wingnut Week In Review: Donald Trump Dives Into The Gutter
Wingnut Week In Review: Donald Trump Dives Into The Gutter Writer Maya Angelou once offered this sage advice: “If someone shows you who they really are, believe them.” With his latest misogynistic attack on Alicia Machado, Donald Trump dives into … Continue reading
September 28, 2016
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Comments Off on Clinton Is The Clear Choice On Race And Criminal Justice Reform
Clinton Is The Clear Choice On Race And Criminal Justice Reform Little Zianna Oliphant, speaking through her tears at a city council meeting in Charlotte, said more about what’s really happening with policing in black communities than Donald Trump did … Continue reading
September 23, 2016
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Comments Off on Wingnut Week In Review: Racism? What Racism?
Wingnut Week In Review: Racism? What Racism? This week, a Donald Trump supporter surpassed even Donald Trump himself in sheer, unadulterated ignorance of our nation’s history regarding race.
September 22, 2016
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Comments Off on Trump Promises Nationwide Stop-And-Frisk Policing
Trump Promises Nationwide Stop-And-Frisk Policing Leave it to Donald Trump to stand in black church, before a somehow still overwhelmingly white audience, and promise to implement New York City’s racist, unconstitutional “Stop-and-Frisk” policing nationwide.
September 16, 2016
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Comments Off on Wingnut Week In Review: Invasion of the Hillary Clinton Body Doubles
Wingnut Week In Review: Invasion of the Hillary Clinton Body Doubles After Hillary Clinton went a bit wobbly at the 9/11 memorial, the internet went off the deep end with speculation about her health, and whether she’s even the real … Continue reading
September 14, 2016
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Comments Off on What Clinton and Millions of Americans Have in Common: Going To Work Sick
What Clinton and Millions of Americans Have in Common: Going To Work Sick This weekend we learned that Hillary Clinton has been doing something that millions of other Americans also do: going to work sick. The difference is that too … Continue reading
September 9, 2016
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Comments Off on Wingnut Week In Review: To Russia With Love?
Wingnut Week In Review: To Russia With Love? If Donald Trump wasn’t the Republican nominee, what would it take for his words and actions to be labeled treason? In fact, why does no one dare call it treason?
September 7, 2016
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How Conservative Failure on Race Led to Voter ID Laws Voter ID laws like North Carolina’s “monster law” have very little to do with “voter fraud,” and everything to do with conservative failure.
September 2, 2016
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Comments Off on Wingnut Week In Review: Hispanic Advisers To Trump, “We Quit!”
Wingnut Week In Review: Hispanic Advisers To Trump, “We Quit!” Donald Trump reverted to type with his immigration speech, delivered shortly after his visit to Mexico. After flirting with “softening” his position, the old Trump-style xenophobia was a hit with … Continue reading
September 1, 2016
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High on decibels, low on policy details and devoid of anything new, Donald Trump’s latest immigration speech was still a lurid reminder of why he must not become president.
August 31, 2016
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Comments Off on Truth, Reconciliation, and Healing Racial Trauma
Truth, Reconciliation, and Healing Racial Trauma The racial healing the country needs can’t begin until we address the residue of racial trauma that has haunted African-American communities for generations.
August 26, 2016
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Comments Off on Wingnut Week In Review: The GOP Won’t Defend Trump, Or Denounce Him
This week, in a scathing take-down of Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton linked him to white supremacists and white nationalists in the alt-right movement, and laid bare his own history of racial discrimination. Republicans responded with deafening silence.
August 23, 2016
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Comments Off on Donald Trump Isn’t Really Reaching Out To African Americans
Donald Trump Isn’t Really Reaching Out To African Americans Contrary to recent headlines, Donald Trump isn’t reaching out to African-Americans. He isn’t even talking to us. He’s talking past us, and saying exactly what his alt-right base wants to hear … Continue reading
August 19, 2016
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Comments Off on Wingnut Week In Review: Trump Takes “Alt” Out of “Alt-Right”
Wingnut Week In Review: Trump Takes “Alt” Out of “Alt-Right” Donald Trump’s announcement of his new campaign team completes the process of bringing white supremacists and white nationalists from the extreme fringe into the mainstream of American conservatism and the … Continue reading
August 12, 2016
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Comments Off on Wingnut Week In Review: Trump Shoots Off His Mouth
Wingnut Week In Review: Trump Shoots Off His Mouth Is suggesting that second amendment advocates assassinate Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton enough for Republicans to finally renounce their endorsements of Donald Trump? You already know the answer.
August 5, 2016
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Wingnut Week In Review: Donald Trumps Himself Depending on the outcome, when the history of the 2016 presidential election is written, this will be known as the week the wheels fell off of Donald Trump’s campaign.
August 4, 2016
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Comments Off on Donald Trump and The Rage of an Unprivileged Class, Pt. 2
Donald Trump and The Rage of an Unprivileged Class, Pt. 2 Donald Trump has not sown the seeds of anger and hatred so much as he has reaped their fruits in a bumper crop. Their roots go very deep, and … Continue reading
August 3, 2016
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Comments Off on Donald Trump And The Rage of an Unprivileged Class, Pt. 1
Donald Trump And The Rage of an Unprivileged Class, Pt. 1 Like a slug in the nation’s political “garden,” Donald Trump leaves destruction in his wake, and a trail of slime that we will have to contend with long after … Continue reading