As Black Lives Matter protesters try to navigate peacefully in the streets of Portland, the rules for doing so are constantly shifting based on the whims of the system they seek to reform.
Blue Crime Matters
The Portland Police are guilty of numerous crimes and they act as if the law does not apply to them, they need to be held to account. F.I. Goldhaber examines their actions.
Black Lives Matter: The Battle of Lownsdale Square (Portland, Oregon)
There’s the picture painted by right-wing media about protests in Portland, Oregon, and then there’s what is actually going on. Veteran Sean Davis experiences it firsthand.
America and Australia Are Allies in Willful Delusion
PM Scott Morrison recently declared, “How good is Australia!” And then it was July 4th, when America drinks itself silly on self-love. But, upon further examination, neither country is what they think it is.
Holding Your Breath Until You Turn Orange
Arguments today cite YouTube videos, memes, and tweets, and we’re badly divided. We need to return to healthy debate that doesn’t just engage our emotions.
There Comes a Time When Silence Is a Betrayal
Reflecting on current events, racism in America and the protests in the streets, Sean Davis thinks about his own path; breaking silence and the ongoing call to action.
Don’t Blame “Bunker Boy”—This Has Been America for the Last 400 Years
Many are blaming Donald Trump for the escalation of racial violence, but America’s white history reveals that today is merely a repeat of yesterday.
America Burns
As racial violence splits America, I’m reminded of the riots of the sixties, the inflammatory language used, and a grim pattern, doomed to repeat.
Song of Grief
Dian Greenwood was a young girl in the 1950s when her family took up residence in a South Dakota courthouse, her bedroom just opposite the county’s jail.
When Halloween Became America’s Most Dangerous Holiday
To many Americans, Halloween is the spookiest day of the year. This was authored in the 1970s, when fake headlines gave way to real fear.