To understand why it is so important that the schools teach about the longstanding and continuing effects of enslavement, take a ride through Mississippi. Mississippi is what institutional racism looks like. It should come as no surprise but the so-called “Hospitality State” is anything but hospitable when it comes to poor…

In the warped world of Rep. Clay Higgins, R-La., “Captain Underpants” and “Harry Potter” would be exiled and public libraries would be replaced by “church owned” libraries. It’s no surprise that Higgins, a born again Christian, disgraced former law enforcement officer and honorary “Kentucky Colonel,” is joining the drumbeat spreading in…

Five hundred years ago, a 26-year-old Italian artist took a six-ton block of marble and after two years converted the slab into one of the most famous statues ever created, a testament to the Biblical battle between David and the giant, Goliath. The classic Renaissance creation is ruffling “woke” feathers in…

I don’t think that all Republicans are stupid and corrupt but I do believe that many of the Republicans in Congress are about as dumb as a doorknob and have the ethics of a slug, and I apologize for denigrating doorknobs and slugs. Of course, it goes without saying but…

African Americans and other non-whites; gays, lesbians and the rest of the LGBTQ community, especially transgender people; Democrats, women in need of an abortion and now, little girls, better be careful if you come to Florida, the Sunshine State where the sun never shines. Let’s start with the matter of little…

The symbolism should not be lost on anybody. Trump will stage his first rally for the 2024 presidential race in Waco, Texas, the site of a bloody, 1993 siege of a radical religious cult by federal and state law enforcement. The Waco siege has become a rallying cry of the anti-government…

If I have to choose between a president trump or a president DeSantis and a killer fungus that has caused the worst wildlife disease in history, a 5,000-mile wide blob of seaweed that is headed for Florida and an asteroid the size of an Olympic swimming pool striking the earth…

Is it introspection and evolution or is it flip-flop and pandering, only the candidate knows for sure. The first cited flip-flopper was President Grover Cleveland. It started in 1888 when a New York Tribune writer called out the president for his “Fisheries flip-flop.” The writer apparently was referring to Cleveland’s…

Consumers around the country are being asked to stop shopping at Walgreens stores after the mega-drug retailer buckled under right wing political pressure and agreed to stop selling Mifepristone, the most common abortion medication in the U.S. After the Supreme Court ruling on abortions, right wing extremists have continued efforts to…