by John Pavlovitz | Jun 19, 2022 | Opinions & Commentary, Human Rights & Justice, Racism (Us vs Them)
On June 19th 1865, Federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas to declare the emancipation of all Americans, of every slave being freed. The Emancipation Proclamation had been issued two-and-a-half years earlier by President Lincoln, but as a result of the geographic...
by ProPublica | Jun 16, 2022 | Racism (Us vs Them), Human Rights & Justice
In April of 2021, Cecelia Lewis had just returned to Maryland from a house-hunting trip in Georgia when she received the first red flag about her new job. The trip itself had gone well. Lewis and her husband had settled on a rental home in Woodstock, a small city with...
by The Conversation | Jun 12, 2022 | Racism (Us vs Them), Opinions & Commentary
As the House Select Committee held its first public hearing on the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection, far-right groups including the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers were a prominent topic of discussion. At the same time, both of those groups’ leaders are facing criminal...
by OtherWords — Institute for Policy Studies | Jun 7, 2022 | Opinions & Commentary, Racism (Us vs Them)
I grew up in rural upstate New York, where life was difficult and often isolating. Folks in our community were very poor, but we took care of one another. Neighbors lavished affection and support on my family. Still, there was a deep undercurrent of abandonment and...
by The Conversation | Jun 6, 2022 | Politics, Corruption & Criminality, Quick Facts, Racism (Us vs Them)
In the upcoming midterm elections, states may use maps that a federal court has found unlawful. You read that right: The U.S. Supreme Court recently barred federal courts from requiring states to fix their newly adopted, but unlawful, congressional maps before the...
by Common Dreams | May 21, 2022 | Racism (Us vs Them), Opinions & Commentary, Politics, Corruption & Criminality
Republicans believe that Hungarian strongman Viktor Orbán has figured out the “secret sauce” to turn a republic into a hard-right oligarchy, and today they’re in Budapest drinking deep from his insights on the fine points of destroying democracy....