by The Conversation | May 3, 2022 | Fact Heroes, Human Rights & Justice, Racism (Us vs Them)
Harriet Tubman was barely 5 feet tall and didn’t have a dime to her name. What she did have was a deep faith and powerful passion for justice that was fueled by a network of Black and white abolitionists determined to end slavery in America. “I had reasoned this out...
by Marty Kassowitz | Apr 30, 2022 | Racism (Us vs Them)
America has its own brand of racism. Before Trump came along and ripped off the social vernier, some people actually thought we had moved past racism as a social phenomenon. But that was really never the case. It has always been there, smoldering below the surface of...
by Marty Kassowitz | Apr 25, 2022 | Politics, Corruption & Criminality, Racism (Us vs Them)
Republicans have a problem with the teaching of racial history. That much is obvious. Many a statement has gone out criticizing the teaching of “critical race theory” in schools. The outrage has become so thick that Republican-led state legislatures have...
by The Conversation | Apr 22, 2022 | Quick Facts, Opinions & Commentary, Racism (Us vs Them)
Days before the second round of the French presidential elections, far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen (Rassemblement National, RN) spelled out some of her foreign policy priorities: limit military support to Ukraine and steer clear from voting new...
by The Conversation | Apr 15, 2022 | Racism (Us vs Them)
On April 15, 1947, Jackie Robinson played his first game with the Brooklyn Dodgers, forever changing baseball and society. Robinson was Black, and the integration of all-white major league baseball was perhaps the most important story about civil rights in the years...
by Marty Kassowitz | Apr 3, 2022 | Racism (Us vs Them), Human Rights & Justice, Opinions & Commentary, Quick Facts
Bringing back the ghost of Jim Crow, the Georgia State Senate approved a State House bill that would limit discussions of race in kindergarten through 12th grade classrooms. The bill, House Bill 1084, the “Protect Students First Act,” requires local school boards and...