They are attempting to roll back the gains made as a result of the Civil Rights Movement.
1964 Civil Rights Act
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One Democratic Consultant’s Fee: Thirty Pieces of Silver
To quote the renowned Scottish philosopher Gerry Rafferty, I’m trying to make some sense of it all, but I see it makes no sense at all: [Massachusetts] GOP U.S. Senate candidate John Kingston quietly hired Democratic consultant and former Gov. Deval Patrick adviser Ron Bell to woo voters in “urban areas” — even as the […]
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Money Changes Everything
In a perfect world, Citizens United would be overturned and American law would embrace the separation of billionaire and state. In an imperfect world, this appears to be the best one can hope for: Boston hedge fund billionaire Seth Klarman lavished more than $7 million on Republican candidates and political committees during the Obama administration, […]
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On the Moral Necessity of Impeaching Trump: Part I
Frederick Douglass said it best: This struggle may be a moral one, or it may be a physical one, and it may be both moral and physical, but it must be a struggle. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will. Find out just what any people will quietly submit […]
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A Sad Way to Go
No one ever wants to speak ill of the dead, but what happens when the dead have spoken ill of themselves? John Coleman, the “Good Morning America” forecasting icon who co-founded The Weather Channel, died [last] Saturday. The 83-year-old Coleman, in his later years, may have become best known for championing skepticism about the human […]
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The Jones Act: Lessons from Alabama
I was wrong. I didn’t think Doug Jones had a chance in hell. I figured that at the end of the day, the Alabama electorate would give the guy with the (R) next to his name the benefit of the doubt, no matter how corrupt or craven. I figured that too many voters would be […]
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Never Mind Trump’s Visit — Mississippi’s New Civil Rights Museum is a Real Game Changer for Education
State’s racist history revealed in unsparing detail: ‘It hurts my heart’
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Robert Mercer Seems Really Racist
The billionaire behind Trump and Breitbart News thinks blacks were better off under Jim Crow.
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Will the Republican Party Break Apart?
The current schisms in the GOP are weaker than the ones that split Democrats in the 1960s.
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If You Voted for Donald Trump, You Voted to Pardon Joe Arpaio
As part of taking an adversarial stance against lies and bigotry, the mainstream press must put an end–now–to the endless, fawning profiles of the folks who effectively betrayed this country by voting for Donald Trump. The folks who gave the former Celebrity Apprentice host the keys to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue are ultimately responsible for the […]
