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Category Archives: Justice
ACLU Know Your Rights Training
Thanks to Mary Jane F. Friday, September 5, 2025 8:00 PM ET As we speak, President Trump has deployed thousands of National Guard troops, federal agents, and local police forces to the streets of D.C. to target Black and Brown residents, … Continue reading
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The Nineteenth Amendment
As right-wing Christian nationalists supported by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth are calling for an end to women’s right to vote, it seems crucial to remember the history of the drive for women’s suffrage in the United States of America. … Continue reading
Vote of No Confidence in Our Federal Governments
From Robert Reich, (thanks to Pam P.) Here’s a document I’ve [Robert Reich] just signed. You may want to add your name, and share. We, the People of the United States, declare a vote of no confidence in our current … Continue reading
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Sunday thought: Working for the Good
By Robert Reich (thanks to Pam P.) Friends, Over the past several weeks, Trump and his MAGA stooges in Congress have passed legislation to strip health care from 10 million people; cut food stamp benefits for 40 million Americans, half … Continue reading
The Changing Map of Palestinian Recognition
by Ashley Wu in the NYT (thanks to Janet M.) In the past week alone, three new countries have said they are ready to bestow recognition on a Palestinian state. Recognize (green) Pending (yellow) Do not recognize (gray) Most countries … Continue reading
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Check out the Declaration’s list of grievances
It’s time to recapture our freedoms. from The Contrarian – thanks to Mary M. Desperate for some inspiration, I decided to reread the entire Declaration of Independence. We know it as an aspirational document (“We hold these truths…”). We understand it … Continue reading
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I’m Normally a Mild Guy. Here’s What’s Pushed Me Over the Edge.
by David Brooks in the NYT When I was a baby pundit, my mentor, Bill Buckley, told me to write about whatever made me angriest that week. I don’t often do that, mostly because I don’t get angry that much … Continue reading
I Ran U.S.A.I.D. Killing It Is a Win for Autocrats Everywhere.
By Samantha Power in the NYT (Thanks to Diana C.) Ms. Power was the administrator of the United States Agency for International Development in the Biden administration. We are witnessing one of the worst and most costly foreign policy blunders in … Continue reading
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Brazil elects record-high number of Indigenous mayors, vice mayors & councilors
Karla Mendes in Mongabay (thanks to Pam P.) A record-high number of Indigenous people were elected in Brazil’s recent municipal elections, a key move to ensure the fulfillment of Indigenous rights, public services and assistance and should pave the way … Continue reading
Who Was Freed in the Prisoner Swap Between Russia and the West?
Here’s a list of the 24 prisoners who were exchanged on Thursday and their backgrounds. By Ivan NechepurenkoValerie Hopkins and Alina Lobzina in the NYT Twenty-four prisoners were freed on Thursday in a multicountry exchange in Turkey, marking one of the broadest exchanges … Continue reading
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Heather Cox Richardson – Contrasting facts to Trump lies
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‘I Have Your Back’: Doug Emhoff Draws on His Faith After Hamas Attack
Mr. Emhoff, the husband of Kamala Harris, is the first Jewish spouse of a president or vice president. He has focused on providing comfort to people in pain after the Hamas attack. By Katie Rogers in the NYT Doug Emhoff has … Continue reading
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‘I Love You. I Am Sorry’: One Jew, One Muslim and a Friendship Tested by War
A Los Angeles program that connects Muslims and Jews has been strained by the war in Israel. But the group’s leaders found that it has strengthened their bond. By Kurt Streeter in the NYT (Thanks to Marilyn W.) The two women … Continue reading
Juneteenth
by Heather Cox Richardson Tomorrow is the federal holiday honoring Juneteenth, the celebration of the announcement in Texas on June 19th, 1865, that enslaved Americans were free. On April 9, 1865, General Robert E. Lee surrendered his Army of Northern … Continue reading
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Supreme Court rules for nursing home patient’s family, declines to limit civil rights lawsuits
BY JESSICA GRESKO, ASSOCIATED PRESS – 06/08/23 3:08 PM ET from The Hill Thanks to Sylvia P. WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled for the family of a nursing home resident with dementia that had sued over … Continue reading
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Joe Biden and the Struggle for America’s Soul
by David Brooks in the NYT Joe Biden built his 2020 presidential campaign around the idea that “we’re in a battle for the soul of America.” I thought it was a marvelous slogan because it captured the idea that we’re … Continue reading
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DOCTRINE OF DISCOVERY RENOUNCED
From Ed Marcuse – April 4, 2023 Last week,3 under history’s first Latin American pontiff, the Vatican development and education offices renounced the Doctrine of Discovery1. This papal doctrine was used to justify colonization in the name of Christianity and came to be part of … Continue reading
When do the privileged feel like victims? When others seek equality
Thanks to Marilyn W. By Naomi Ishisaka Seattle Times columnist It seems whenever I write about structural power and privilege, people who benefit most from those systems respond that they are now victims of an unfairly stacked deck. A few weeks … Continue reading
Notes from historian Heather Cox Richardson – 12/12/22
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Thanks to civics teacher’s efforts, last convicted witch in Massachusetts is exonerated
From the ABA Journal. Thanks to Bob P. An eighth grade civics teacher, working with her students, helped win the exoneration of the last convicted witch in Massachusetts. Teacher Carrie LaPierre of the North Andover Middle School in Massachusetts used … Continue reading
Dutch House Approves to Make Work From Home a Legal Right
Thanks to Pam P. By Diederik Baazil and Pablo Fernandez Cras in Bloomberg News The Dutch parliament approved legislation to establish work-from-home as a legal right, making the Netherlands one of the first countries to grant remote working flexibility by … Continue reading
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The new Alito-Cavanaugh-Barrett Line
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Netflix – “Loving” – a tribute to Juneteenth
It’s ironic that both father’s day and Juneteenth are both today. Until 1967, an African American was not allowed to marry a person of another race in the state of Virginia (including all southern states and many others). Their children … Continue reading
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THE SISTERS: A CONCERT TO BENEFIT UKRAINE – Saturday, June 11 at 8:00 PM
Thanks to Mary R. THE SISTERS: A CONCERT TO BENEFIT UKRAINE – Saturday, June 11 at 8:00pm, The Esoterics presents THE SISTERS, featuring the sacred choral music of Ukrainian composer Bohdana Frolyak and her late sister Hanna Havrylets. Both are … Continue reading