The Bernard Whitehurst Murder: How Much Does A Black Life Matter?
Just two months old when it happened, Bernard Whitehurst III was nine when he learned the truth about his father’s murder. “When you go into school,” he explains, “the first thing…
Syrian Man Cheated SSDI, Sold Stolen Guns, Drugs In FL Driveway
Oh, wait — my bad, Andres Zamora is Cuban. (Prosecutors) said he was ordered deported from the U.S. after he was convicted and sentenced to serve five years in state prison for…
‘What’s The Matter With Campus?’ (Culture Wars, Of Course)
The protests unfolding on college campuses across the country this week did not happen in a vacuum, nor did they emerge mysteriously and whole-formed like Venus born from a shell. What you are seeing…
Boll Weevil: How An Insect Affected The First World War
This is another cross-post from the Great War Blog, a daily update of your modern world being born in blood and fire a century ago. Near Thomasville, Georgia today, a…
Breitbart News Pounces On VA Shooter To Feed ‘Race War’ Narrative
Vester Lee Flanagan, an African American man who shot three people during a live newscast this morning and then died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound after a police chase, told…
Grandfather Clause: The Supreme Court v White Supremacy In 1915
This is another cross-post from the Great War Blog, a daily diary of your modern world being born in blood and fire a century ago. Today’s installment is about a…
GOP Still Protecting White Supremacist Group From The IRS
For so many reasons, you absolutely must read this Washington Spectator article recounting how the conservative movement lined up to prevent the Internal Revenue Service from regulating political dark money groups. No,…
South Carolina Not Even Flying The Actual Confederate Flag
Responding to public outcry, Governor Nikki Haley of South Carolina is reportedly planning to remove the confederate battle flag posted in front of the state house. The decision, which comes less than a week…
Yes, Race Is Mutable: The Rachel Dolezal Burn Notice
In the espionage trade, a ‘burn notice’ is an official denunciation of a human intelligence source known to spread lies and fabrications. Famous recipients of burn notices include Manucher Ghorbanifar, whose manipulations…
POLL: Should Chuck C. Johnson Be Allowed On Twitter Again?
Conservative blogger Charles C. Johnson, notoriously the world’s worst web journalist, is also one if the most infamous figures on Twitter. Widely despised for cyberstalking, abuse and harassment, outing rape…