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Politics
Packing the Supreme Court?
“If elected, will you pack the Supreme Court? " The right wing is going nuts. Asking this question over and...
Government shutdown: Who is really to blame?
Government shutdown: Who is really to blame?
About 48 hours into the government shutdown, Senate leader Mitch McConnell took the stage, and made a pledge....
Videos worth watching
Race and religion
The United Failure of America
The United Failure of America by Don P. Hooper / @madclownétry there I sat
watching the map bleed red
with the hatred that would
wash away decades of progress:
the failure...
Quizzes
Activism
The First Win in the Trump Era – Updated
Updated 2/9/17 to reflect the BIG WIN in the 9th Circuit Court. So we won our first battle against the Trump administration. Thousands of people...
Immigration
The Anchor Baby Myth Part 1
If you've spent any time at all around the right wing media, you are certainly familiar with the concept of anchor babies. Anchor...
Why US citizens are safer in “sanctuary cities”
When Rudolph Giuliani was first elected as New York City Mayor, a group of us met with his staff during the transition to talk...
Mahmood’s American Dream
Mahmood's American Dream
I first met Mahmood back in 1989. I was teaching a class in US History and Civics for immigrants who had gotten...
The Human and Economic Impact of Revoking DACA
They have jobs and families and car payments and mortgages. They are teachers and bank tellers and plumbers and hairdressers and students and entrepreneurs...
The First 664,607 Human Casualties of a Trump Presidency
Donald Trump has promised that on his first day in office, he will dismantle the lives of 664,607 young people. They haven't broken any...
Guest Posts
Brave New World Indeed: White People’s Responsibilities in the Trump Era
Guest Post: by Stacie/GirlGriot I’ve been writing about race for years. I’ve been writing about race in a more in-your-face way in more recent years....
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Arts and Culture
The 7 Train: Photos of America’s most diverse communities
Street photographer, Bruce Armstrong, has spent more than a decade photographing the metal, the movement, and the people of the majestic 7 train. Traversing...
