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Yick Wo v. Hopkins (1886) is the 26th landmark Supreme Court case, the fourth case in the Politics, Society, Freedom, and Equality module, featured in the KTB Prep American Government and Civics Series designed to acquaint users with the origins, concepts, organizations, and policies of the United States government and...
Petula Dvorak hits the nail on the head when she discusses the death of a 22 year old black male student from Bowie State. This occured in the hands of a 23 year old white student at the University of Maryland College Park. The excuse makers are nothing but white...
44 of our 45 Presidents have been white males. Congress is 80% male, 80% white, and 92% Christian. The Supreme Court is 75% white and 57% male. The President’s cabinet is 87% white and 87% male. This is the racial composition of our three branches of government. Diversity within all...
Lower and middle class whites are dying off in droves due to drugs, poverty, and depression. Ironically, it’s also the group that has the most white supremacists. I’ve never understood that. Alliance Along Class Lines Their conditions, both social and economic, are more or less the same as inner...
Police in Texas arrested 14-year-old Ahmed Mohamed of Irving for building a clock. Ahmed has a keen interest in robotics and engineering, and put the device together on Sunday. He took it to school the next day, was pulled out of class, interviewed by police officers, and taken in handcuffs...
I am a progressive. I generally support programs to alleviate inequality and poverty that I view as natural off shoots of capitalism and favor state action to do this. Additionally, I am a liberal, so I support the government, where necessary, securing these personal freedoms such as voting and...
I found a sort of morbid comfort in the fact that Jon Stewart had the same problem that I did yesterday after the news broke about the attack in Charleston. No jokes. No mirth, no whimsy, no quips. No happiness. Just a head full of questions, and a heart that will...
In July 2013, roughly 8.9 million disabled workers received an average of $1,130 each month from the Social Security Trust Fund. That is up from roughly 455,000 in 1960 and 4.4 million in 1996. As Joe Califano points out, yet another long lasting benefit Great Society programs. The...
iHEART RADIO MUSIC AWARDS 2015 The iHeartRadio Music Awards got off to a shaky start on Sunday evening, with an awkward performance from “Best New Artist” nominee Iggy Azalea. No surprise that Taylor Swift took home (earned) 3 awards for “Artist of the Year,” “Song of the Year – Shake...
18 year old Zendaya Coleman wowed viewers and critics when she stepped onto the Oscars Red Carpet rocking dreadlocks paired with her elegant gown. According to Hollywood Life, Zendaya’s intentions were inspired by Lisa Bonnet’s character on The Cosby Show. Beautiful as ever, Zendaya floated her way down the...