Category Archives: Racism

Fighting the gerrymander

Posted on January 29, 2022 by Naomi

Marc Elias, the voting rights warrior who, with his group of litigators, smack immediate lawsuits on any state screwing around with their redistricting maps, sent this item today on his weekly Democracy Docket report on our monumental voting rights battle. … Continue reading →

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“All the other stuff.”

Posted on January 28, 2022 by Naomi

The state is Tennessee, the county is McMinn — the Board of Education of which just voted unanimously to ban Art Spiegelman’s Pulitzer-Prize winning graphic novel Maus from its curriculum. Why? Before I quote from the explanatory minutes of the … Continue reading →

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Child slavery, candies and go-go boots?

Posted on January 27, 2022 by Naomi

From Harper’s Weekly Review: Nestlé, who along with Cargill, Barry Callebaut, Mars, Olam, Hershey, and Mondelēz was sued for child slavery in the Ivory Coast, announced that they intended to “focus on [the candies’] personalities rather than their gender.” “I … Continue reading →

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