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Ron Paul Supporters Hacked: Not Pretty

Filed under: Politics | Race — by Will Kirkland 02/3/2012 @ 12:21:47 PM
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Several sites have picked up on claims by Anonymous that it has hacked into American Third Position (A3P) and discovered a trove of data linking Ron Paul with members of … [Keep reading >>]

Gingrich Rides the Horses of Animus And Vituperation to South Carolina Victory

Filed under: Politics | Race | Republicans — by Will Kirkland 01/21/2012 @ 5:17:16 PM
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Well, the good people of South Carolina have hung a flapping, hysterical albatross around the the Republican Party and the country at large, even if Newt Gingrich bombs with the … [Keep reading >>]

Targeted Arsons in New York City

Filed under: Race — by Will Kirkland 01/2/2012 @ 9:44:48 PM
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New York police are investigating as bias crimes four Molotov cocktail attacks on Sunday night including one against a mosque with people inside and another against a Hindu place of … [Keep reading >>]

Clara Luper, Sit-In Leader in Oklahoma: Gone

Filed under: Heroes | Organizing | Passings | Race — by Will Kirkland 06/14/2011 @ 10:50:13 AM

As the obit says, we don’t know her name as we do Rosa Parks.  We ought to.

 
Ms. Luper was a history teacher at Dunjee High School in 1957 when she … [Keep reading >>]

Bomb Found Along Parade Route for King Celebration in Spokane

Filed under: Race — by Will Kirkland 01/19/2011 @ 5:25:27 PM
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“An incident Monday involving a bomb planted on the route of a Martin Luther King Day parade in Spokane, Washington appears to have been racially motivated, according to the FBI … [Keep reading >>]

Southern Poverty Law Center Visits San Francisco

Filed under: Race | Terrorism — by Will Kirkland 09/27/2010 @ 10:33:12 AM
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Morris Dees,  Founder and Chief Legal Counsel of the Southern Poverty Law Center, appeared with SPLC President, Richard Cohen to a packed house at the Herbst Theatre in San Francisco … [Keep reading >>]

Krugman: Getting Very Ugly

Filed under: Media | Pundits | Race — by Will Kirkland 08/30/2010 @ 9:34:36 AM
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Krugman departs from the strictly economical to look wealth powered viciousness straight in the face.
The last time a Democrat sat in the White House, he faced a nonstop witch … [Keep reading >>]

Long History of Inflaming White Fears of Blacks

Filed under: Media | Race — by Will Kirkland 07/23/2010 @ 8:40:52 AM

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy … [Keep reading >>]

Hispanic Votes Gushing from GOP Blow Hole

Filed under: Democracy | Race — by Will Kirkland 06/24/2010 @ 10:27:27 AM
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Don’t know if Robert Creamer is right, but the numbers are starting to line up.
California Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman felt compelled to back tough anti-immigrant measures to get the … [Keep reading >>]

Arizona: Wha’ Happen’ to the Workers?

Filed under: Economy | Migration | Race — by Will Kirkland 05/22/2010 @ 7:37:14 PM
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If so many people hadn’t been, and continue being, hurt this would be a complete comedy of idiocy in action.

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Rand Paul: Another Pol

Filed under: Media | Politics | Race | Reporters | Republicans — by Will Kirkland 05/20/2010 @ 7:48:20 AM
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It was pretty painful to watch Rand Paul being interviewed — though “inter” stretches the case a bit– by Rachel Maddow last night.  He had first declared his exploratory committee … [Keep reading >>]

Dorothy Height: Gone

Filed under: Passings | Race — by Will Kirkland 04/29/2010 @ 8:03:09 AM
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Dorothy Height, one of the Grand Old Elders of the Civil Rights Movement died last week at the age of 98.  She was eulogized by President Obama today at the … [Keep reading >>]

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