KKK, ZIMMERMAN AND OUR FUTURE

This is a blog post I meant to write prior to the Trayvon Martin murder case verdict, but the post’s message hasn’t changed. A few days before George Zimmerman was found innocent of murdering Trayvon Martin, a Ku Klux Klan umbrella organization called the United Klans of America distributed flyers in Milford, Connecticut telling the […]

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PAULA DEEN CAN’T HELP IT!

  Before we group-hug Paula Deen and say “We understand” how her admittedly bigoted behavior (link – pay special attention to pages 124-129) is the result of her unfortunate status as a relic of a different time in America—and how her racial framework is lost in the social dynamics of 2013&mfash;let’s consider how Deen has been capable of […]

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ECONOMIC SURREALISM AND THE IMF

  A strange twist of economic news occurred a few days ago—the International Monetary Fund, an organization that earned the unofficial title of global austerity spokesperson given its track record, more or less called the United States’ current budget austerity sequestration policies a dumb idea! From IMF Managing Director, Christine Lagarde: “The $85 billion in […]

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