With Early Voting Comes Early Claims Of Vote Switching

And the real destruction of mail-in ballots

Stupid Polling Tricks

Making mountains of molehills.

The Origins of Columbus Day

The violence perpetrated by its namesake is well known. The violence that led to its creation, less so.

John Amos, 1939-2024

The actor known for “Good Times,” “Roots,” and “The West Wing” is gone at 84.

Thoughts Related To Second Trump Assassination Attempt

On security details and conflicting MAGA views about the danger of rhetoric

Another Day, More Trump Racism, More Bomb Threats

And more silence from our MAGA aligned commenters

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The Real World Consequences Of Trump’s Racism

Trump’s Anti-Black, Anti-Haitian Propaganda Is Harming Real People

More On MAGA Attacks On Haitian Migrants

Thoughts that didn’t fit in my last post

The Trump Campaign Goes All In On Xenophobia And Racism

Racism this explicit needs to be directly confronted

Xtter Reactions To The Donald’s Bigly Bad Night

Sometimes the bird gives you the bird

What If It Wasn’t Tyreek Hill?

A superstar athlete’s treatment by police raises troubling questions.

Post-Affirmative Action College Campuses

More data shows a more complicated picture.

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A Diversity Anecdote

It would be nice if it just happened without any help.

MIT After Affirmative Action

The predicted has happened.

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[Updated x 3] Picking Walz Is NOT Antisemitism

The anti-DEI party is suddenly really concerned about identity

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Additional Thoughts On “DEI” In Politics

Facts versus framing, with a little Mandela effect thrown in for good measure.

DEI Candidates

Is all diversity created equal?

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Biden in Black and White

The President’s support is considerably stronger among Black Democrats.

1967 Wasn’t That Long Ago

Reggie Jackson and playing baseball in the Deep South.

What The YSL Trial Chaos Says About Our Criminal Legal Systems

What out of control prosecutors and judges actually look like and why more people should be treated like former President Trump

Cultural Identity, Mass Migration, and the Far Right

The fine line between xenophobia and patriotism.

MLB Upends Record Books

The inclusion of Negro League statistics has rewritten the game’s history.

Biden’s Morehouse Speech

After weeks of protest, a solid effort.

Abbott Pardons Man Who Killed BLM Protestor

A gross miscarriage of justice.

Brown v. Board at 70

Seven decades after de jure segregation was outlawed, de facto segregation is alive and well.

In Honor of Confederate Heritage Month in Mississippi

If only we knew why Mississippi chose to join the Confederacy…

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US Government Expands Racial Categories

A major effort to capture the diversity of America.

Ugliness in International Soccer

A long tradition continues unabated.

A Modest Racial Realignment

Explaining the inexplicable.

Diversity Without Quotas

It’s harder than I would have thought.

Shocking Headline of the Day

Mo’ money, less problems.

Young Blacks Souring on Biden?

A credulous report strings together some anedotes and dubious polling.

Nikki Haley, Racism In America, And Trump

On racism, Republicans, and names

Biden, Harris, and Tha God

A powerful voice in Black media is a thorn in the administration’s side.

Counting the Right Votes

White Christian nationalism and the fight for control of America.

Misleading Headline of the Day

Demonstrators once again breached Hill security.

The Town Without Elections Redux

Updating the political saga of Newbern, Alabama.

Florida Curriculum Politics Update

A tale from the DeSantis’ Woke Wars.

More on Small Town Justice

A deep tradition rightly under scrutiny.

DeSantis Keeps Telling Us Who He Is

Doubling down on state standards on slavery.

On Diversity and Standards

A Representative’s slip of the tongue and the ensuing debate.

The Town Without Elections

Inter-generational power is a thing.

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Small Town Justice?

Those who refuse to learn about the past often perpetuate its mistakes.

Whitewashing Juneteenth

It’s becoming just another day off work!

Supreme Court Strikes Down Alabama Districts

A surprising ruling on the Voting Rights Act.

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Is Traditionalism Inherently Racist?

There’s a fine line between upholding cultural norms and structural racism.

Fort Benning Now Officially Fort Moore

The “We Were Soldiers Once” author and his wife have been honored.

Biden to Reshape Joint Chiefs

He’s likely to make heads explode.

Digital Blackface!

Inventing outrage in an already outrageous world.