By Bud White on Oct 6, 2008 in African Americans, Bobby Kennedy, Civil Rights, Democratic Party, Health Care, Indiana, Racism, Sexism, Thurston Clark, Voting Rights Act of 1965, White Working Class, women | 48 Comments
Like many Democrats, I fell hard for Bobby Kennedy. Although I wasn’t born when he was killed, his memory is woven into the fabric of the Democratic Party. You couldn’t be a Democrat through the conservative revolution of the 1980s and 1990s without yearning for his voice of outrage.
By Truthteller on May 22, 2008 in Barack Obama, Florida, Hillary Clinton, Misogyny, Obamedia, Sexism, Talking Points Memo, Voter Enfranchisement, Voting Rights Act of 1965 | 83 Comments
One is immediately stumped when searching for words that aptly describe the bilge sinking the increasingly cumbersome and tedious vessels that comprise the patently venal fleet of Obamablogs. According to one writer who has a predilection for reinscribing misogynistic tropes in almost every essay he pens, Hillary Clinton is “[t]oxic,” for she has the [...]
By NoQuarter on Jan 20, 2008 in Civil Rights, Civil Rights Act of 1964, Clinton, Martin Luther King, Voting Rights Act of 1965 | 18 Comments
I implore you to watch this very brief and riveting video of the Bill Moyers Essay on January 18, 2008, with special thanks to Josh Marshall for posting the full video of Moyers’ marvelous, historically rich essay. One brief comment: I wish every American too young to have experienced this tumultuous, violent, frightening and [...]
