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I, Too, Am America: The Poetry of Langston Hughes
By Elaine Magliaro Back in August of 2013, I put together a post about the poetry of Langston Hughes for Res Ipsa Loquitor. My reason for doing so was because we had had some interesting—and at times contentious—discussions about race, racism, … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Poetry
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Does Senator Tom Harkin Want To Take Money From College Students “To Pay Reviled Loan Contractors?”
By Elaine Magliaro This just in… Shahien Nasiripour (Huffington Post) reported this morning that outgoing Democratic Senator Tom Harkin from Iowa “wants to take federal money from low-income college students to pay student loan contractors, whose tactics toward borrowers have … Continue reading
Posted in Government, Politics, Society, United States
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Should Public Employees Know the Details of the Investments Being Made with Their Retirement Savings?
By Elaine Magliaro In an article published earlier this week in In These Times, journalist/author David Sirota wrote that Kentucky has a message for public school teachers in the state: “You have no right to know the details of the investments being … Continue reading
Posted in Government, United States
Tagged Gina Raimodo, Illinois, Kentucky, Public Pensions, Rhode Island, Wall Street
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Ian Millhiser Explains How the Supreme Court May Have Helped Make It Possible for Police to Kill By Chokehold
By Elaine Magliaro Ian Millhiser has an interesting article over at ThinkProgress titled How The Supreme Court Helped Make It Possible For Police To Kill By Chokehold. His article tells the story of an African-American man named Adolph Lyons who “was choked out by … Continue reading
Posted in United States
Tagged Chokeholds, City of Los Angeles v. Lyons, Eric Garner, Law Enforcement, police, Racism, Supreme Court
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Another Post in My Scenes from “Post Racial” America Series: Five Montgomery County Deputies in Ohio Accused of Sending Racist Text Messages While on Duty
By Elaine Magliaro David Edwards (Raw Story) has reported that the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Department “revealed this week that five deputies were under investigation for allegedly sending racist text messages while on duty.” In a statement that was released on … Continue reading
Posted in Society, United States
Tagged Law Enforcement, Montgomery County (OH), Racism, Scenes from "Post Racial" America
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Another Post in My Scenes from “Post Racial” America Series: NAACP Journey for Justice Marchers Encounter Hostile Counter-Protest in Missouri
By Elaine Magliaro According to Hannah Baldwin of the Columbian Missourian, about fifty Journey for Justice activists who were marching from Ferguson to Jefferson City “encountered a hostile counter-protest Wednesday in Rosebud.” The 135-mile march from Ferguson to the Governor’s … Continue reading
Posted in Society, United States
Tagged Darren Wilson, Ferguson (MO), Journey for Justice, justice, Michael Brown, Missouri, NAACP, Racism, Scenes from "Post Racial" America
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Rep. Peter King of New York Thinks That Eric Garner Was Responsible for His Own Death (VIDEO)
By Elaine Magliaro On Wednesday, the announcement was made that a Staten Island grand jury had declined to indict Daniel Pantaleo, the NYPD officer who placed Eric Garner in a fatal chokehold. According to reports, the city’s medical examiner ruled Garner’s death … Continue reading
In the Case of Tamir Rice, the Twelve-Year-Old Boy Killed by a Policeman in Cleveland: The Officer Who Shot Him Was Found Unfit for Duty in 2012
By Elaine Magliaro The Shooting of Tamir Rice by a Cleveland Police Officer Taylor Berman (Gawker) reported this afternoon that Tim Loehmann, the Cleveland police officer who shot and killed 12-year-old Tamir Rice last month, had resigned from a smaller … Continue reading
Posted in Society, United States
Tagged Law Enforcement, Officer Involved Shootings, police, Tamir Rice
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UPDATE: Judge Allows Libel Suit Against Glenn Beck to Proceed
By Elaine Magliaro Last April, I wrote a post about Glenn Beck being sued by a 20-year-old Saudi Arabian student named Abdulrahman Alharbi. After the Boston Marathon bombing in 2013, Boston Magazine reported that Alharbi “became the focus of public speculation for … Continue reading
Posted in Propaganda, Society, United States
Tagged Abdulrahman Alharbi, Boston Marathon Bombing, Glenn Beck
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One More Scene from “Post Racial” America: Texas School Board Member Apologizes for KKK ‘White Christmas’ Facebook Post
By Elaine Magliaro Yesterday, KTAL TV reported that Chris Harris, a board member for the Hooks Independent School District, apologized after he posted an image of a Ku Klux Klan member with a caption reading “I’m dreaming of a white Christmas” to his … Continue reading
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