Educators struggle to teach their students about the nuances of slavery, its crucial role in shaping U.S. history, and its lasting impact on African Americans, according to a new study conducted by the Southern Poverty Law Center. The organization surveyed 1,000 high school seniors across the U.S. Only 8 percent of students could identify slavery […]
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Sheltering Muslim Domestic Violence Survivors
With Islamophobia at historic levels, a Muslim social services provider finds that women who flee to shelters often confront new abuses from non-Muslim survivors and staff members.
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The Staying Power of Black History Month
For decades, critics disputed whether African American history merited recognition. Yet in an era of fake news and alternative facts, Black History Month encourages Americans to face up to hard truths.
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Tipping Has Long Reinforced Inequality—and Trump’s DOL Wants to Make It Worse
A proposed Department of Labor rule would allow employers to pocket their employees’ tips. The proposed rule in no way requires that these pocketed tips are distributed among employees—employers could simply take them (a fact the DOL tried hard to cover up). The Economic Policy Institute estimates that the rule would cause workers to lose […]
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The Democrats’ False Choice
This article originally appeared at The Huffington Post. Subscribe here. Should Democrats go all out to energize a “rising electorate” of women, blacks, Latinos, Asians, immigrants, LGBTQ people, and on-the-march young voters? Or should the Democrats go all out to rebuild their shattered reputation as the Party of Roosevelt that cares about the white working […]
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Movement in the Fight for Voting Rights Restoration
On January 23, Floridians for a Fair Democracy announced that the Second Chance Voting Restoration Amendment has qualified for the November 2018 ballot, with over 1.1 million petition signatures submitted and over 760,000 certified. The amendment will be Question 4 on the ballot. The measure would allow people convicted of most felonies who have completed […]
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Setting the Record Straight on Trump’s Black Unemployment Boast
A Q&A with economist Steven Pitts on why Trump can’t take credit for the low figures
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Sexual Harassment and Sexual Behavior
Are women invariably the victims or do women bear any responsibility?
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America in the Age of Shitholiness
We’ve entered a new era—and it’s not just our language that has changed.
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Trump’s Anti-Immigrant Racism Has a Long, Ugly History
The president would fit in well with the KKK-infused far-right of the 1920s.
