This is the grave of Mordecai Johnson. Born in 1890 in Paris, Tennessee, Johnson grew up reasonably well of for his time and place and race, which still wasn't much. His father was a minister but you couldn't make much of a living in a small-town...
Congratulations again to all the marginal voters who put Trump in office because prices were too high: President Donald Trump said Saturday that he wants a global tariff of 15%, up from.
Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles's 2019 film Bacurau is an absolutely brilliant horror-western that is a very lightly disguised allegory for life under Bolsonaro. Set in the "very near.
First it was big strong men with tears in their eyes. Now, a equally believable tale about a factory owner whose business was saved by tariffs. Trump: "'President, I'd love to kiss you' -- this is a very powerful man. I don't want to be kissed...
Before he got Donald Trump to threaten to close down the pending competition, the owner of the Ambassador Bridge made sure to pay him his emolument: Less than one month.
Back in the 90s, it was a favorite unionbusting tactic of meatpacking companies to hire all the undocumented immigrants they could, then when they went out on strike, they'd call.
If you remember back to ye olde days of a decade ago, Kristi Noem was a regular Republican politician. Sure, her positions were evil. But she just looked like a woman from South Dakota in her 40s. She liked guns and baby Jesus and seemed like...
This is the week we lost Jesse Jackson. I loved hearing him speak. Here’s his speech at the 1988 Democratic Convention. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RCARIpVDLU None of our current politicians speak this way..
Incompetence and malevolence make for a classic fascistic combination. This story from the Guardian needs to be read in full to be truly appreciated. The dream holiday ended abruptly on.
The administration and its online lackeys are binging on cope, but let there be no doubt that the Supreme Court decision is a big deal for Trump's foreign policy: The administration has explored alternative authorities without tipping its hand regarding the outcome of this case. But there are...
While we can't assume that people involved in the tourist industry voted for Trump at higher rates than the rest of the population, we can definition use the context of.
How many ICE deaths are we going to discover? I just assume that every ICE agent is trained to kill and given permission to do so. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS).