Offering asides, recommended links, blogworthy quotations, and more, In Brief is the Northwest Progressive Institute's microblog of world, national, and local politics.
Breaking from The New York Times: “The National Collegiate Athletic Association said on Monday that it would relocate all seven previously awarded championship events from North Carolina during the 2016-17 academic year because of concerns over laws passed by the state that it said violated the civil rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.”
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Racism is racial prejudice plus power. Racism is the intentional or unintentional use of power to isolate, separate and exploit others. This use of power
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I saw a young man, shot, helpless — shot for no apparent reason. I saw my nephew shot by a man, clinging to his life
LaunchTwo reporters for The Advocate of Baton Rouge explain what is known so far about the killing of Alton Sterling, a thirty-seven year old black man who was killed by police in Baton Rouge without justification.
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Many of the gun shot wounds were fairly severe… Many trunk, abdomen and extreme gun shot wounds. Our operating room has been quite busy all
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The fight over HB 2 North Carolina’s discriminatory new law targeting transgender individuals, has escalated after Republican Governor Pat McCrory and his legislative cohorts filed a lawsuit against the federal government seeking a determination that HB 2 does not violate the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The Department of Justice promptly responded with its own lawsuit asserting that HB 2 *does* violate the Civil Rights Act. Justice is asking for an injunction to block HB 2 from being enforced.
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“White supremacists, nationalists and antigovernment conspiracists feverishly embrace the Republican candidate as their Great White Hope, not to mention a ‘Patriot sleeper cell’,” David Neiwert reports.
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“Nationalism, condescension towards human rights, use of scapegoats for a unifying cause, sexism, threats to free journalism, subordinating all other concerns for national security, fetish for police power, are some of the common traits of fascism. Trump check marks on all of them, albeit in a modern American context,” writes University of North Florida President Parvez Ahmed.
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“Intentionally or not, Donald Trump’s remarks are resonating with — and mobilizing — white supremacists, many of whom have traditionally refrained from participating in the political process. He has their support, whether he wants it or not,” writes Jonathan Mahler.
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A person who thinks only about building walls, wherever they may be, and not building bridges, is not Christian… I say only that this man
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The Baltimore Sun reports: “President Barack Obama, speaking in Baltimore County during his first visit to a U.S. mosque, urged voters to reject the ‘inexcusable political rhetoric’ he said is emanating from the presidential campaign trail as he called on Americans to embrace a common humanity.”
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On Wednesday, February 3rd, President Barack Obama delivered a landmark speech on religious freedom and tolerance to the Islamic Society of Baltimore.
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Now is not the time to shun our fellow citizens. America also needs its Muslim citizens to serve in the military. As with African-Americans in
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Right wing podcast pulled after host laughs at state Democratic communications director’s surname The Seattle Times’ Jim Brunner reports on the latest disgusting display of
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Former Capitol Hill staffer Murshed Zaheed praises Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid for defending America’s legacy of opening its doors to refugees while lamenting Congresswoman Louise Slaughter’s vote for a Republican-backed bill to slam those doors shut.
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Jay Inslee: Why Washington won’t close its doors to Syrian refugees “The American character is being tested. Will we hew to our long tradition of
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I think that our nation is tested from time to time. And I think this is one of those times to really dig deep and
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For instance, if there’s a rabid dog running around in your neighborhood, you’re probably not going to assume something good about that dog, and you’re
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A Syrian refugee family’s first hours in Seattle KUOW’s Liz Jones tells the story of a Syrian refugee family’s arrival in Seattle, after a long
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“The administrators created a world in which universities revolve socially, politically, and economically around the exploited labor of football. Now let them reap what they sow,” writes The Nation’s Dave Zirin.
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IT’S GONE! Confederate battle flag, pole removed from South Carolina statehouse It is a historic day in South Carolina, where a contingent of troopers from
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