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When white sports fans turn on black athletes
There is a morally corrupt contract that white fans make with black athletes. We will accept you: but only if you surrender your...
Jay Murdock
Oct 5, 20175 min read


How the Las Vegas shooting unfolded
Gunfire rang out just after 10pm, sending the audience and performers at a country music festival fleeing, with at least 59 dead and more...
Jay Murdock
Oct 2, 20175 min read


Protest Song: Athletes Are Not Going to ‘Stick to Sports’ and That’s an Admirably
The real issue behind the wave of national anthem dissent – Racial Inequality – has existed for decades, and it won’t be resolved any...
Jay Murdock
Oct 1, 20175 min read


Private Emails, Private Jets and Mr. Trump’s Idea of Public Service
On the campaign trail, Trump promised he would “make every dream you ever dreamed for your country come true.” He said that if elected...
Jay Murdock
Sep 29, 20174 min read


Remember this about Donald Trump. He knows the depths of American bigotry
Though the US president is under attack over the NFL players’ protest, he has a loyal base, and understands how to fuel their prejudices...
Jay Murdock
Sep 26, 20175 min read


Mavis Staples on Prince, Trump, Black Lives Matter, and Her Exercise Regimen
“I decided if I want to continue to sing, which I love, I need to keep moving,” the singer and civil-rights activist Mavis Staples said....
Jay Murdock
Sep 12, 20176 min read


Dick Gregory Was a Sledgehammer of Truth
When I saw Dick Gregory speak at a banquet, not a single fork hit a plate. Not a single chair faced away from the stage. Mr. Gregory was...
Jay Murdock
Aug 23, 20174 min read


The Week When President Trump Resigned
As the worst week in a cursed presidency wound down, I spotted more and more forecasts that Donald Trump would resign By Frank Bruni ...
Jay Murdock
Aug 18, 20175 min read


Q&A: What are Trump and the White House’s links to the far right?
We break down how the White House, Breitbart News, Steve Bannon and Trump’s cabinet are all connected to recent events in Charlottesville...
Jay Murdock
Aug 14, 20175 min read


The strange case of Fox News, Trump and the death of young Democrat Seth Rich
The revelation that Fox News made contact with the White House over a false and malicious story could spell trouble for the network – and...
Jay Murdock
Aug 7, 20176 min read


Hiroshima
I fear how much we have regressed and how little we’ve learned from the inhumanity of those days over 6 decades ago. Internet Radio |...
Jay Murdock
Aug 7, 20171 min read


Conservatives Are Turning On Trump As Wall Street Journal Calls Him Weak And Not A Real Man
“Half his tweets show utter weakness. They are plaintive, shrill little cries, usually just after dawn,” Peggy Noonan wrote in Murdoch’s...
Jay Murdock
Jul 28, 20173 min read


Ravens’ John Urschel, lineman and PhD candidate, retires from NFL aged 26
NFL lineman retires after three seasons to pursue PhD, decision reportedly linked to CTE study released two days ago By Guardian Sports...
Jay Murdock
Jul 27, 20172 min read


Trump’s breathtaking surrender to Russia
In the normal course of events, the revelation of attempted collusion with Russia to determine the outcome of a presidential election...
Jay Murdock
Jul 24, 20173 min read


What Trump’s Putin love reveals about conservatives
Some American conservatives are attracted to authoritarianism and distrust modern Western culture By Neal Gabler | BILLMOYERS.COM | July...
Jay Murdock
Jul 22, 20176 min read


I grew up with the American flag. Now, the stars and stripes seem hostile
The day after Trump won, I was greeted by the red bloom of several freshly strung American flags. It was the first time the flag made me...
Jay Murdock
Jul 10, 20175 min read


Donald Trump did more than ‘wrestle’ CNN in a video. He attacked democracy
Will news organizations and professionals be intimidated by the president? Probably not, at least not at this point – but we may be on a...
Jay Murdock
Jul 3, 20174 min read


Trump’s Obama Obsession
Trump is obsessed with Obama. He haunts Trump’s dreams. One of Trump’s primary motivators is the absolute erasure of Obama — not only...
Jay Murdock
Jun 29, 20174 min read


Philando Castile and the Terror of an Ordinary Day
Philando Castile was shot to death on his way home from buying groceries – last week, the police officer who killed him was acquitted by...
Jay Murdock
Jun 24, 20173 min read


Each of us has the power to exploit the baseball shooting. What happens next matters.
Acts of murderous political violence are not new in America. What’s revealing, however, is how Americans respond, and the political...
Jay Murdock
Jun 16, 20173 min read
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