August 25, 2014
MLK: Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. – Martin Luther King, Jr.
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June 14, 2014
Bias and Discrimination: You Do Know You Are The Problem, Right?
Okay, so this post is going to be in the running for Most Obvious Observation Of The Year Award. Although, the fact that this even needs to be said means it’s not so obvious to the people who are afflicted by ideological fueled hate.
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March 9, 2014
Actually It’s Not Adam, Eve, Or Steve
It’s Adam and Eve, Not Adam and Steve.
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February 25, 2014
Arizona’s SB 1062 Is Not Religious Freedom, It’s State-Sanctioned Discrimination
Here they go again.
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September 12, 2013
Catholic High School Teacher With 18 Years Tenure Fired After Telling Colleagues She Is Gay
At a faculty workshop at Totino-Grace Catholic High School in Fridley, Minnesota, Kristen Ostendorf told her colleagues “I’m gay, I’m in a relationship with a woman, and I’m happy.” She said the “make your mark” theme of the workshop combined with the firing of the school president (also gay) in July prompted her to come out to her co-workers. But the next day the school administration told her she must resign or face termination. She did not want to quit her job and so the school promptly fired her.
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July 28, 2013
Rep. Steve King, Poster Child Of White Conservative Resentment Of The ‘Other’
Part-time congressman, full-time racist, Ohio representative Steve King, is at it again. King is the poster child of white conservative resentment. He is typical of a type of conservative who knows nothing, but is going to teach everybody else life lessons on everything.
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July 21, 2013
07-21-2013 Left Call Radio 02 – President Obama, The Zimmerman Case, And Race Relations In America
Left Call Radio – Episode 02
President Obama, The Zimmerman Case, And Race Relations In America
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July 16, 2013
Post-Racial Pendulum Swing: The Fleecing Of Power From White America, According To White America
Tell me if you’ve heard about or read about something like this recently. — You see an article, or a Facebook post decrying President Obama, Al Sharpton, and anybody else considered by some to be the “other” for making comments in support of Trayvon Martin’s family or his memory. Or worse yet, these prominent figures of darker complexion, hence questionable motives, dare interject race into the conversation.
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June 25, 2013
Supreme Court Strikes Down Voting Rights Act ‘Preclearance’ – Stage Set For Increased Discrimination
With yet another 5-4 decision, the United States Supreme Court struck down a key portion of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. The high court ruled the “preclearance” formula in Section 4 as unconstitutional, stating that the formula, used to determine which states and jurisdictions are subject to federal approval, was outdated.
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June 5, 2013
IRS Scandal – More Like: Paranoid ‘Persecuted’ Conservative Delusion
Washington Representative Jim McDermott (D) was right to call yesterday’s IRS hearing “political theater.”
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