Confederate Monuments Aren’t About Heritage
Supposedly, Confederate monuments and symbols of the Confederacy represent the culture and heritage of certain people. In defending white supremacists in Charlottesville, Virginia, the president…
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Black History Month 2016: Opening Remarks
Today is February 1st, and that means in the United States and Canada it’s Black History Month. This is an interesting time. We have an…
Baltimore Riots: Historically Speaking, Nothing Has Changed
CIVIL UNREST There are those that would have you forget that this country was founded on civil unrest and violence. There are those that…
Oklahoma Wants Brainwashing via AP U.S. History
History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again. – Maya Angelou History is something that…
Hank Aaron Did Not Compare Republicans to the KKK
Unhappy Conservatives are saying that Hank Aaron is racist for comparing them and some of their attacks on President Obama to the KKK in a…
A White Guy Says the War On Drugs is Racist, And…
So, let’s talk about the racist War On Drugs, shall we? Yes, for the unpteenth time in recent years, let’s talk about how our drug…
That Sigh Inducing Moment When Karrine Steffans Doesn’t Know History
In my eyes, there is nothing worse than not understanding the situations involved in your own personal history. I’m not talking about strange trivia specifics…
Mandela Memorial, Obama’s Remarks, & History
I stayed up all night the other night just so that I wouldn’t miss a minute of Nelson Mandela’s memorial. I found out that it…
The Tea Party Loves Corporations, But Hates Lefties and Black People
Professor Richard D. Wolf recently wrote about the recent government shutdown as it relates to the Tea Party. What he said in his piece was…
Veronica Brown: The Taking of Native American Children
I have been having so much thoughts about Veronica Brown, it has been unsettling. With the adoptive couple now suing the biological father for half…