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In Defending Dennis Hastert, Washington Forgets Sex Abuse Victims
Jun 4, 2015 Members of the American political elite feel they are protecting the establishment by giving the former House speaker the benefit of the doubt, just as the Vatican has done for accused priests for decades.
Truthdigger of the Week: Leonard Beerman: Activist, Pacifist, Rebel and Rabbi
Dec 28, 2014 In a remembrance published earlier this week, the Rev. Madison Shockley recalled Rabbi Leonard Beerman, who will be buried today, as a great light for justice and peace.
Ferguson: Baffling Decisions Continue to Provoke a Traumatized Community
Nov 26, 2014 There is no question that the Michael Brown case has been mishandled from the very beginning. With the news conference Monday by St. Louis County prosecuting attorney Robert McCulloch, we now know that it was mishandled to the very end.
A Travel Ban Is No Barrier to Ebola — and Borders on Racism
Oct 31, 2014 U.S. right-wingers are fanning a hysteria that could damage the fight against the disease and discriminate against both Africans and African-Americans.
Ferguson’s Next Rally: Justice for Michael Brown
Aug 25, 2014 The real pressure point now moves to the grand jury of St. Louis County. The focus should now be justice for Michael Brown.
The Sterling Interview Trumps the Tape
May 20, 2014 Donald Sterling's interview with CNN's Anderson Cooper served only to confirm the vile racism and vicious personal attacks heard in his private remarks.
China’s One-Child Policy and America’s No-More-Child Policy
Mar 29, 2014 What both the Chinese government’s one-child policy and the U.S.’ no-more-child policy have in common is that both totally disregard the intelligence, the moral agency, and the bodily integrity of women.
If We Can’t Ban Guns, We Need to Love One Another
Mar 4, 2014 The last several months have offered the casual observer tragic evidence of the absurdity, cruelty and insanity of America’s gun culture.
‘Duck Dynasty’: Putting the Racist Back in Redneck
Dec 24, 2013 The monarch of the "Duck Dynasty" reality show on A&E, Phil Robertson, has gone off the plantation.
Black People Are Not ‘Immigrants’
Feb 27, 2013 Now that an African-American president of the United States is the point person on the national debate about immigration, it’s time that the black perspective on the matter be examined.Now that an African-American president is the point person on the national debate about immigration, it’s time that the black perspective on the matter be examined.
