Armed Protests And The Dangers of Another U.S. Civil War
Koehler: "Several hundred mostly Black, mostly armed men and women marched through the iconic Confederate “theme park” that features an enormous carving of Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson…
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The Reckoning: Why Governor Andrew Cuomo Must Tear Down Columbus’ Statue
Columbus' statue--Hail to an enslaver. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is wrong by insisting that Christopher Columbus' statue remain on 59th street in Manhattan and…
Celebrating Indigenous Peoples’ Day and Repudiating Columbus the Genocidier
Sitting Bull. What if there had been more Indigenous People's victories like the Battle of Little Big Horn? Who would be celebrating Columbus today? Photo: Orlando Scott Goff…
The Myth of White Supremacy from Columbus to Charlottesville
James Baldwin in The Fire Next Time summed it best: “Time catches up with kingdoms and crushes them, gets it teeth into doctrines and rends them; time reveals…
Sharpton’s NAN Links Charlottesville Violence to Trump Rhetoric — Legal Group, NY Attorney General, Also Denounce Bigotry
Donald Trump. Photo: Gage Skidmore--Flickr The nation's leading lawyers' civil rights organization, New York's State Attorney General and the National Action Network (NAN) have denounced the violence caused…