New report details the ways white Christian nationalism precipitated the Insurrection, and warns of the ideology’s present danger
A riot. An attempted coup. God’s will. An example of “legitimate political discourse.”
As efforts to investigate or rewrite the history of the January 6th Insurrection carry on within Congress, a group…
I’ve been keeping an eye on the Freedom Convoy. Theoretically, this is a protest to force governments in Canada and the United States, to drop all vaccine mandates. Manufacturers on both sides are on edge and some are halting production. The convoy swept across Canada until they got to Detroit-Windsor…
After the U.S. Supreme Court again upheld racial gerrymandering in a case in Alabama, Monday, I immediately thought of the legendary Charles G. Gomillion. Gomillion was a professor at Tuskegee University, in Tuskegee, Alabama, in 1957 when he sued to challenge racial gerrymandering in Alabama (the city of Tuskegee) and…
There are several decades of my life that I would love to send sailing off a cliff into a fire pit of serpents, but perhaps none so galling as The Teenage Years. Do you remember how hellish this was? It was the only time in life when it was considered…
In America, Supreme Court justices have lifelong appointments, and their legal opinions impact the lives of all Americans, but not equally. Black Americans have faced numerous attacks by the Supreme Court. In 1857, Dred Scott v. Sandford justices decided a Black man could not sue the federal government for his…
Joe Rogan’s successful career as a podcast host and anti-vaxxer was tragically cut short as he was canceled by the insidious and violent woke mob that had the audacity to criticize him for being unfunny, using the N-word, and platforming bigots and morons.
Early in the Covid-19 pandemic, some denialist pastors bucked public health orders and insisted on continuing in-person church services. Soon though, the majority of U.S. churches transitioned gatherings, historically housed in sanctuaries and pews, to a virtual scape. Certainly, many large churches had already mastered video feeds and multisite worship…
On Monday afternoon, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy will announce that next month, his state will no longer require students and staff to wear masks during school. New Jersey has been one more of the more stringent states when it comes to pandemic restrictions, in large part because of how…
It’s no secret that politicians on both sides of the aisle often do things of questionable integrity in order to achieve the results that they want. Sadly, this type of rationalization almost seems to be a part of the job. However, the Republican National Committee (RNC) may be seen by…
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