On the Executions of Troy Davis and Lawrence Russell Brewer‏

by Shaker checarina [Trigger warning for racism, violence, murder, state-sanctioned execution.] Like many of you, last night I was glued to...

Quote of the Day

[Trigger warning for racism, sexism, ablism.] "I can't really tell for sure, but a number of people are abuzz about this video of ...

"Dangerous White Stereotypes"

This is a very good article about The Help which makes some excellent points (without explicitly making them) about black women not being ...

Quote of the Day

[Trigger warning for racism.] "He needs to get out of politics and make room for an American." —Tea Partier Darrel Clark of Farmi...

Breaking DSK News

[Trigger warning for rape culture.] Prosecutors trust* rich white man's account of totes not raping slutty brown foreign lady. -- *Note...

Um.

With another presidential election comes a bunch of Republican candidates who say thinly-veiled racist things against Obama and then pretend...

Number of the Day

Ten Thousand: The number of hours I spent laughing at Senator Jim DeMint's contention that the Obama administration is "the most ...

On the UK Riots

First, a quick news round-up... The Guardian has a gallery of images here . Their live daily coverage here . The front page of full cover...

Congratulations, Wall Street Journal

You have published one of the most ridiculous op-eds I have ever read, which is really saying something, because I read David Brooks. Bret S...

This is racism.

[Trigger warning for racism, violence, torture, eliminationism, white supremacy.] For the past three hours, I've been trying to figure o...