If you were a white supremacist who wanted to sharply reduce the black population, what would you be doing differently than Planned Parenthood? Source: If We’re Tearing Down White Supremacy, Start With Planned Parenthood
It shouldn’t surprise when political sectarians sidestep discourse and pull the ‘Peanuts’ football trick to score cheap points against their rival zealots. Source: ‘Peanuts’ Explains Why Conservatives Go Mum On White Supremacy
Antifa’s activists say they’re battling burgeoning authoritarianism on the American right. Are they fueling it instead? Source: The Rise of Antifa – The Atlantic
An estimated 25,000 Venezuelans trek across the Simon Bolivar International Bridge into Colombia each day for work or to trade goods on the black market. Increasingly, they’re also coming to eat in one of a half-dozen facilities offering struggling Venezuelans a free plate of food. Source: Hungry Venezuelans turn to Colombia for a plate of […]
Religious communities are grappling with the racism that enabled violent attacks against protesters—including the racism within their ranks. Source: Christian Leaders React to Charlottesville – The Atlantic
As congregations dwindle, a new religion is lighting up Denver, Colorado. Aaron Millar joins the ‘elevationists’ of the International Church of Cannabis who worship the weed Source: Holy smoke! The church of cannabis | Global | The Guardian
Being a Jewish fella, I don’t hold much brief for white supremacists and neo-Nazis. But until this Saturday, I hadn’t seen a lot of them around lately. And I’ve been going about the country quite a bit for the last couple of years, hitting roughly half the states, including some like Mississippi where the Klan […]
Dorsen, just eight, is one of 40,000 children working daily in the mines of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The terrible price they will pay for our clean air is ruined health and a likely early death. Source: Child miners aged four at Congo cobalt mine | Daily Mail Online
Last week, a Politico/Morning Consult poll on President Trump’s proposed travel ban on visitors from six predominantly Muslim countries revealed a somewhat surprising discovery: 60 percent of voters agreed with Trump’s proposed ban. That includes 56 percent of independents and even 41 percent of Democrats. The plan, however, has a distinct advantage: It’s the only […]
COLUMBIA, Mo. — In the fall of 2015, a grassy quadrangle at the center of the University of Missouri became known nationwide as the command center of an escalating protest. Students complaining of official inaction in the face of racial bigotry joined forces with a graduate student on a hunger strike. Within weeks, with the aid of […]
