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The newest attack on “critical race theory” echoes the Great Replacement conspiracy theory
Fox publishes former Trump official’s pamphlet accusing the left of trying to “replace you,” along with proposal to forbid teachers from...

Media Matters
Jun 11, 20216 min read


The Capitol Rioters Won
Although some Republican leaders deplored their violence, most have come to support the rioters’ claim that Trump’s defeat meant the...

The Atlantic
Jun 7, 20218 min read


‘Justice looks like telling the story’: the long buried story of the Tulsa race massacre
In 1921, a white mob destroyed a black neighborhood in one of the country’s worst episodes of racial violence. A new film traces the...

The Guardian
May 30, 20215 min read


GOP’s embarrassing Arizona vote audit exposes their ‘metastasizing season of crazy’: con
“Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the Arizona election audit, which is surely one of the most guano-soaked bits of weirdness in our...
Jay Murdock
Apr 28, 20212 min read


Today’s verdict isn’t ‘justice’. But accountability is a first step to justice
In a short speech following the George Floyd verdict, Minnesota attorney general Keith Ellison distinguished between the concepts Keith...
Jay Murdock
Apr 21, 20213 min read


America’s year of hunger: how children and people of color suffered most
Investigation of a year’s worth of data reveals the scale of America’s hunger and food insecurity crisis during a year of Covid-19 By...
Jay Murdock
Apr 14, 202110 min read


Republican ‘attacks’ on corporations over voting rights bills are a hypocritical sham
The deal between big business and government – donations in return for low taxes or none – remains absolutely unchanged By Robert Reich |...
Jay Murdock
Apr 13, 20214 min read


David Shor on Why Trump Was Good for the GOP and How Dems Can Win in 2022
By Eric Levitz | Intelligencer | March 3, 2021 In the United States, every season is campaign season. Four months after America last...
Jay Murdock
Mar 10, 202118 min read


How LeBron James and Maverick Carter’s SpringHill Company became the envy of Hollywood
The duo’s startup has become a media and branding juggernaut that empowers communities and is built for the future. By Jeff Beer and...
Jay Murdock
Mar 9, 202114 min read


The Useful Idiot: Why We’re Not Done With Trump Yet
America, we got lucky. On the laundry list of things Donald Trump has been terrible at, transforming our country into a fascist autocracy...
Jay Murdock
Mar 2, 202129 min read


QAnon and the Satanic Panics of Yesteryear
What they can teach us about what to expect. By Daniel N. Gullotta | The Bulwark | February 25, 2021 Many details concerning the beliefs...
Jay Murdock
Feb 25, 20216 min read


The Evolution of Trump’s Threat to America
From Russiagate to the insurrection at the Capitol, Trump’s crises followed a clear trajectory. By Quinta Jurecic | The Atlantic |...
Jay Murdock
Feb 20, 20215 min read


‘White supremacy won today’: critics condemn Trump acquittal as racist vote
‘White supremacy won today’: critics condemn Trump acquittal as racist vote By Amanda Holpuch | The Guardian | February 14, 2021 The...
Jay Murdock
Feb 14, 20213 min read


John Lands came to Indianapolis for football but stayed for much more
“John was a very concerned, committed person,” By Tyler Fenwick | The Indianapolis Recorder | February 11, 2021 John Lands, who moved to...
Jay Murdock
Feb 12, 20213 min read


Why Trump Is On Trial in the Senate
Much of the legal wrangling serves to obscure the central matter before the Senate. By David A. Graham | The Atlantic | February 10,...
Jay Murdock
Feb 10, 20215 min read


Trump’s Impeachment Strategy Is Straight Out of the Pizzagate Conspiracy Playbook
By ignoring the facts and repeating lies about the 2020 election, Trump is going full conspiracy theorist to fight off an impeachment...
Jay Murdock
Feb 6, 20214 min read


Eric Bieniemy is head coach material – that he isn’t one is a travesty
This Sunday’s Super Bowl has been shaped by black coordinators. But the top jobs are usually offered to young, white coaches By Andrew...
Jay Murdock
Feb 4, 20215 min read


‘Reckless, callous, cruel’: teachers’ chief denounces Trump plan to reopen schools
‘Angry’ AFT president Randi Weingarten tells Guardian proposal from Trump and Betsy DeVos could result in teaching exodus By Jessica...
Jay Murdock
Jul 17, 20204 min read


Trump stokes division with racism and rage – and the American oligarchy purrs
The president is the best thing that ever happened to the corporate elite, a distraction on the lines of the old Jim Crow By Robert Reich...
Jay Murdock
Jun 15, 20204 min read


From Emmett Till to Amy Cooper, Racism Eats Away at America
America remains a nation sick from fear of black skin, and sick with the entitlement that goes with having white skin. By Sophia Nelson...

Daily Beast
Jun 5, 20203 min read
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