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Brown Eyes-Blue Eyes Experiment – “The Angry Eye”

How does it feel to be one of the beautiful people? Now that you know who you are, what do you want to be? And have you traveled very far, far as the eye can see? ~The BeatlesBaby, you might not be a rich man or woman [...]

Brown Eyes-Blue Eyes Experiment – “The Angry Eye”2016-11-29T17:39:03-05:00

Recy Taylor: A Symbol of Jim Crow’s Forgotten Horror

History offers lessons. It inspires. And it lives. — Recy Taylor (1944), Gertrude Perkins (1949), 15 year old Flossie Hardman (1951), Betty Jean Owens (1959), Joan Little (1974) #SayHerName People keep saying, 'We need to have a conversation about race'…I want to see a white man convicted [...]

Recy Taylor: A Symbol of Jim Crow’s Forgotten Horror2016-11-29T17:39:03-05:00

Shooting Safeguards— A Society Armed?

Once again, Americans are up in arms or perchance, better armed and dangerous. Only little more than a week into 2011, citizens have had to confront their fears, feelings, all at gunpoint. It began on a calm, clear Saturday. In a Safeway Store Tucson parking lot Congresswoman [...]

Shooting Safeguards— A Society Armed?2018-03-14T13:25:13-04:00

The Religion (and Race) of the President: Obama as National Scapegoat

By Eddie Glaude, Jr., Ph.D. | Originally Published at Huffington Post. September 13, 2010 05:37 PM ET | Updated: May 25, 2011 I have not been able, until now, to understand fully the debate about President Obama's religious commitments. How some Americans move seamlessly from [...]

The Religion (and Race) of the President: Obama as National Scapegoat2016-11-29T17:39:04-05:00

A Lack of Consequences for Sexual Assault

Indiana University freshman Margaux J. unleashed these fiery words in May 2006 after a campus judicial proceeding on her allegations of rape. It wasn’t that the two administrators running the proceeding panel didn’t believe her. In fact, they did. The panel found the [...]

A Lack of Consequences for Sexual Assault2016-11-29T17:39:04-05:00

Stunning Revelations

TASER International Inc. maintains that its stun-guns are “changing the world and saving lives everyday.” There is no question that they changed Jack Wilson’s life. On Aug. 4, in Lafayette, Colo., policemen on a stakeout approached Jack’s son Ryan as he entered a field of [...]

Stunning Revelations2016-11-29T17:39:05-05:00

Robert Reich; Welfare Deform — A Sad Anniversary

Introductory Historical Context 2015: The twentieth anniversary of Welfare Reform is rapidly approaching. Amidst much cntraversary at the time, The "Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act was signed into law on August 22, 1996. Today, it is lauded, applauded and praised. Still questions remain. Ten years after [...]

Robert Reich; Welfare Deform — A Sad Anniversary2016-11-29T17:39:05-05:00
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