What’s your race?
Most of the discussion around the revelation that Rachel Dolezal, who resigned this week under pressure as head of the Spokane, Wash., NAACP, isn’t black, as she had claimed, and grew up as a blonde-haired, blue...
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24 June 2015
The way our electoral process now stands, electronic voting machines guarantee a Republican victory in 2016.
No matter what she does, Hillary Clinton—-or any other Democratic nominee—- cannot be elected without a fundamental...
19 June 2015
I’m shocked – shocked! – that our City Council President and leading mayoral candidate Andy Ginther is accused of taking bribes. His name is attached to the scandal involving former CEO of Redflex Karen L. Finley – provider of much-...
09 June 2015
What does it say about America when women or men who are sexually abused or raped are then re-victimized by the public and media? Well, and I know this personally, it says to the victim, “Welcome to the second worst nightmare of your...
04 June 2015
One may wonder what there is new to say about the civil rights movement. In the immediate aftermath of Barack Obama’s first election it seemed to some as though the entire movement completed its mission and could be summed...
30 May 2015
Book Review: A Chosen Exile: A History of Racial Passing in American Life By Allyson Hobbs
Reading A Chosen Exile reminded me of an incident I experienced as a young lady. When I was growing up-I’m a Baby Boomer...
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