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Jan 15, 2025

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Affirm
Ray Katz
Fools Are Sleeping Through the Wakeup CallThe Los Angeles fires, the shooting of a CEO—do the elites not realize they are catastrophic failures and they are destroying themselves…
Jan 13
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Jan 13
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AfroSapiophile
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Dr. Allison Wiltz
Why The Free Speech Movement in America Has a Race ProblemWhen selectively applied, this principle loses its vibrancy.
Jan 14
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Jan 14
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Navigating Loss and Grief: Perspectives from the LGBTQ+ Community
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Dr. Robin Yap
The Ring that Unbound it AllFor 32 years, a simple gold band rested on my finger — a silent but powerful symbol of a partnership that stood the test of time. It…
Jan 6
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Philip A. Loring
The opposite of diversity is oppressionThe arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice. 
— Martin Luther King Jr.
Dec 17, 2024
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Dec 17, 2024
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Eco News
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John Pearce 🌻
Diversity MattersPick Of The Day — 25th June 2024 — On diversifying, Grammarly, habits, “isms”, publications, synesthesia, baby steps, annoying phrases…
Jun 25, 2024
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Jun 25, 2024
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ILLUMINATION
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Jeffrey Kass
Professional BigotryUnderstanding racism in the workplace
Dec 10, 2024
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Laura M. Quainoo
White People, Do I Make You Uncomfortable?This isn’t an apology
Dec 11, 2024
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Dec 11, 2024
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Fourth Wave
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Hope Lion
How Beauty, Assault, and Racism Reverberate Through My LifeThe first time a man touched me I was in sixth grade
Dec 3, 2024
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Sherri Banks, Retired Fire Lieutenant
My Black Community Survival Guide : Part 1I survived Reaganism and we can survive 45/47 too!
Nov 30, 2024
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Nov 30, 2024
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Cory Doctorow
The far right grows through “disaster fantasies”Armageddon tired of this bullshit.
Nov 25, 2024
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Nov 25, 2024
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The Virago
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Suzanna Quintana
Why Can’t Women Celebrate Divorce Like They Do Marriage?For some of us, it’s a day worth celebrating
Nov 25, 2024
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Nov 25, 2024
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Dr. Allison Wiltz
Why Anti-Black Racism is The Worst Type of Identity Politics in AmericaSome groups can’t turn the page on identity politics
Nov 23, 2024
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ElizaBeth
‘Anti-Trans Violence is a Myth’Another ‘fact check’ from the National Review….
Nov 17, 2024
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Nov 17, 2024
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An Injustice!
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Citizen Reader
The Dirty Little Secret of Who the Middle Class SupportsHint: It’s not the lower classes
Nov 11, 2024
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Nov 11, 2024
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Lit Life
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Janice Harayda
Don’t Tell Me Trump’s Tactics Were ‘Unprecedented’I live in Alabama, where people remember George Wallace — but Shomari Figures’ victory offers hope
Nov 7, 2024
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Nov 7, 2024
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The Belladonna Comedy
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Caroline Horwitz
Why Does Everyone Assume I’m a Republican Just Because I Have an Enormous Eagle Painted on the Hood…I find your blind reliance on cultural stereotypes insulting
Nov 4, 2024
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Nov 4, 2024
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Cory Doctorow
The housing crisis considered as an income crisis“The wage is too damned low” vs “The rent is too damned high.”
Oct 24, 2024
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Oct 24, 2024
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Danny Cherry
Commanding the Room: The Spread of Christian Nationalism in Louisiana Politics“Abolish the public schools, and Christians will take over the country and the world that much faster”
Aug 12, 2024
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Aug 12, 2024
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The Quantastic Journal
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Peter McClard
Race Is Imaginary But Racism Is RealThe great irony exposed by modern science is hard for folks to accept.
May 18, 2024
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May 18, 2024
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AfroSapiophile
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Antonelli Jean-Guillaume II
Confederate Memorial Day: The Most Racist Holiday You’ve Probably Never Heard ofWhat is Confederate Memorial Day, and why do some states still celebrate it?
May 18, 2024
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May 18, 2024
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Affirm

Fools Are Sleeping Through the Wakeup Call

The Los Angeles fires, the shooting of a CEO—do the elites not realize they are catastrophic failures and they are destroying themselves…

Why The Free Speech Movement in America Has a Race Problem

When selectively applied, this principle loses its vibrancy.

The Ring that Unbound it All

For 32 years, a simple gold band rested on my finger — a silent but powerful symbol of a partnership that stood the test of time. It…

The opposite of diversity is oppression

The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice. — Martin Luther King Jr.

Diversity Matters

Pick Of The Day — 25th June 2024 — On diversifying, Grammarly, habits, “isms”, publications, synesthesia, baby steps, annoying phrases…

Professional Bigotry

Understanding racism in the workplace

White People, Do I Make You Uncomfortable?

This isn’t an apology

How Beauty, Assault, and Racism Reverberate Through My Life

The first time a man touched me I was in sixth grade

My Black Community Survival Guide : Part 1

I survived Reaganism and we can survive 45/47 too!

The far right grows through “disaster fantasies”

Armageddon tired of this bullshit.

Why Can’t Women Celebrate Divorce Like They Do Marriage?

For some of us, it’s a day worth celebrating

Why Anti-Black Racism is The Worst Type of Identity Politics in America

Some groups can’t turn the page on identity politics

‘Anti-Trans Violence is a Myth’

Another ‘fact check’ from the National Review….

The Dirty Little Secret of Who the Middle Class Supports

Hint: It’s not the lower classes

Don’t Tell Me Trump’s Tactics Were ‘Unprecedented’

I live in Alabama, where people remember George Wallace — but Shomari Figures’ victory offers hope

Why Does Everyone Assume I’m a Republican Just Because I Have an Enormous Eagle Painted on the Hood…

I find your blind reliance on cultural stereotypes insulting

The housing crisis considered as an income crisis

“The wage is too damned low” vs “The rent is too damned high.”

Commanding the Room: The Spread of Christian Nationalism in Louisiana Politics

“Abolish the public schools, and Christians will take over the country and the world that much faster”

Race Is Imaginary But Racism Is Real

The great irony exposed by modern science is hard for folks to accept.

Confederate Memorial Day: The Most Racist Holiday You’ve Probably Never Heard of

What is Confederate Memorial Day, and why do some states still celebrate it?

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