#white-supremacy

#white-supremacy

It's 70 years since British author Ian Fleming published the first James Bond novel: "Casino Royale".The book, published on April 13, 1953, introduced the world to British secret agent James Bond, code number 007, who would go on missions to defeat villains in a total of 14 books, which also served as the basis for a popular film franchise.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., head of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, addresses marchers during his "I Have a Dream" speech at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington on Aug. 28, 1963.On Monday, his daughter Bernice King said, "My father's 'dream' wasn't palpable to the white masses, including politicians."

Florida governor Ron DeSantis has been grabbing national headlines with his relentless attacks on so-called woke.In addition to his Stop-Woke (Wrongs to Our Kids and Employees) Act, which prohibits educational institutions and businesses from teaching students and employees anything that would cause anyone to feel guilt, anguish or any form of psychological distress due to their race, color, sex or national origin, he has barred University of Florida professors from giving evidence against the state's voting law, claimed that professors at public colleges have no right to freedom of speech, and organizing a hostile takeover of the New College of Florida, one of the best liberal arts colleges in the country.

Students from the University of Illinois at Chicago protested a Turning Point USA college event Thursday evening at the UIC Forum featuring far-right speakers Charlie Kirk and Candace Owens.The pair spoke as part of the conservative organization's spring 2023 college tour.Andrea Daviera, a graduate student at UIC in the community psychology program, said she was taking part in the protest with about 100 other students because Kirk and Owens are "simply known for inciting and saying really bigoted things."

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - Communism and cursive would be part of the mandatory curriculum in New Hampshire schools under a pair of bills harking back to bygone eras of history and handwriting.The House Education Committee held public hearings Wednesday on Republican bills to require that students be taught cursive writing, and receive at least one hour of instruction on the nature and history of communism.

Rage Against the Machine have responded to this morning's news that they are among the inductees in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 's Class of 2023.The groundbreaking band cited "a surprising trajectory" while thanking their "passionate fans" and others for their inspiration over the years.

A text message sent by Tucker Carlson that set off a panic at the highest levels of Fox on the eve of its billion-dollar defamation trial showed its most popular host sharing his private, inflammatory views about violence and race.The discovery of the message contributed to a chain of events that ultimately led to Mr. Carlson's firing.

Rep. Tim Burchett claimed that only a "revival" of Christianity, not Congress, can solve the problem.Rep. Tim Burchett participates in a meeting of the House Oversight and Reform Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building on January 31, 2023, in Washington, D.C. Kevin Dietsch / Getty Images As the country reels from news of yet another school shooting at an elementary school in Tennessee this week, one Tennessee Republican has vowed that Congress will never solve the U.S.'s mass shooting epidemic, and that only Christian nationalism can stop the violence.

Index to posts in this series (to be added).The term "second founding" refers to the fundamental changes made to the US Constitution and in our society by the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments.I had not heard this term before did some reading for this this post praising Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson's questions at oral argument on the recent Alabama redistricting case.

By Mira Fox February 10, 2023
Under Elon Musk's leadership, Twitter has reinstated numerous accounts that had previously been banned for violating Twitter's rules - usually by posting hate speech, disinformation or incitement to violence.Now, apparently, hate speech and disinformation are making Twitter a lot of money.

A recent investigation revealed the group behind the ads has ties to anti-abortion and anti-LGBTQ causes.Screenshots from the "Love Your Enemies" ad by He Gets Us.He Gets Us via YouTube During the Super Bowl on Sunday, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York) criticized advertisements by a Christian organization with deep conservative ties, saying that the ads normalize fascism.