Monthly Archives: April 2026

Black representation in Congress at risk after court ruling : NPR

Posted on April 30, 2026 by Daniel Little

What explicit racist backsliding … the Supreme Court will long be shamed by this horrible and unjustified gutting of the Voting Rights Act. Do black voters no longer count in this country? Does this ruling by the majority of the … Continue reading →

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Defying His State’s Restrictions, a Retired Professor Teaches About Racism: ‘History Has to Be Felt’

Posted on April 25, 2026 by Daniel Little

Facing the hard truths about the history of racist violence in Florida … Marvin Dunn, a Florida International University professor emeritus continues a courageous struggle to help young people confront the history of lynching and massacre of African-American people in … Continue reading →

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Elon Musk’s near-daily online posts about race are turning off some fans

Posted on April 24, 2026 by Daniel Little

The world’s richest man uses his ownership of X to promote vile conspiracies and racist fears supporting a White supremacist ideology — to over 200 million followers. This is a nauseating assault on our multiracial and multi-religious democracy. Are we … Continue reading →

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The Washington Post DOJ charges Southern Poverty Law Center over paid informants

Posted on April 21, 2026 by Daniel Little

Not content to pardon white supremacists for their role in January 6 insurrection, the aggressive Trump DOJ goes after the Southern Poverty Law Center, the nation’s premier hate group monitoring organization. As a longtime supporter of SPLC I applaud their … Continue reading →

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He spreads hate online — and fans pay him hundreds of thousands of dollars

Posted on April 20, 2026 by Daniel Little

So here’s how hate spreads … the Fuentes money machine and the racist extremism it creates. He spreads hate online — and fans pay him hundreds of thousands of dollars https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/04/20/nick-fuentes-stream-donors-funding/

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The Film That Explains Contemporary America – The Atlantic

Posted on April 18, 2026 by Daniel Little

A lot of lessons for us from the willing collaboration of much of French society with the Nazi and Vichy regimes… The Film That Explains Contemporary America – The Atlantic https://share.google/QfYirFMygmxYa4NhY

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Generational apathy and No Kings …

Posted on April 14, 2026 by Daniel Little

An alarming analysis of generational apathy in face of Trump’s outrageous damage to our democracy and world peace… [free version] https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/14/opinion/trump-protest-ai-phones-social-media.html?unlocked_article_code=1.bFA.L7VJ.MX7VcwdU-HaX&smid=url-share

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Time to “Orban” Trump (Gary Krenz)

Posted on April 14, 2026 by gdkrenz

There has been much good commentary on Magyar’s decisive victory over Orban in Hungary. It will take some time to sort out various lessons, but as Anne Applebaum suggests in this piece, “Illiberalism is not Inevitable,” in The Atlantic, perhaps … Continue reading →

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Dems, Please Meet the Moment! (Barb Krenz)

Posted on April 11, 2026 by barbkrenz

In this abhorrent moment in our nation’s history, we are reminded that a crazy man can accomplish great evil…but only if he is aided and abetted by people who are malleable enough to let their own morality slip away in … Continue reading →

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Let’s change how we talk about taxes (Gary Krenz)

Posted on April 10, 2026 by gdkrenz

The Nation has an excellent article by Zephyr Teachout on US energy prices and policy and the need for reform. My immediate reason for posting about it, however, is not energy, it’s about the framing that the article utilizes for … Continue reading →

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