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Glory to the Martyrs, from Memphis to Maghazi
Ritual abuse of the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. is such a cherished tradition in America that we have an entire holiday set aside for it. Every year for decades now, public figures and institutions who stand against the living movement that gave us Dr. King—including many who actively opposed him in his own… →
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Why is President Davis quoting James Baldwin?
The President of Furman University has now twice quoted the author in her holiday greetings – what’s her angle? →
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Defend Affirmative Action, Demand A Better World
On Thursday, June 29th, the Supreme Court ruled affirmative action on the basis of race to be unconstitutional.The exact proscriptions of the ruling are narrow, applying mainly to the practice of curving standardized test scores, but the true consequence of SFFA v. Harvard is that it provides favorable terrain for the anti-affirmative action movement to continue… →
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America’s True Revolution
On this day 162 years ago, in this very state, the white slaveowner and state senator Edmund Ruffin fired the first shot of the Civil War against Union troops occupying Fort Sumter. In so doing, he unwittingly ignited one of the greatest revolutionary firestorms in world history, and indeed the only true social revolution in… →