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The Killings of Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, and John Crawford III: It’s Not about Race…It’s Never about Race!
By Elaine Magliaro Back in March of 2012, Charles Pierce wrote a post for his Esquire Politics Blog about the death of Trayvon Martin and the people who came out in support of his killer, George Zimmerman. In his piece … Continue reading
Posted in Conservatives, Equal Rights, Justice, Law Enforcement, Local Government, Politics, Propaganda, Racism, Society, United States
Tagged Beavercreek, John Crawford III, Michael Brown, News Media, Ohio, police, Trayvon Martin
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New York Times Comes under Fire for Declaring Michael Brown to Be “No Angel” in Its Profile Article of the Dead Teenager
By Elaine Magliaro The New York Times has come under fire for an article that it published yesterday about the life of Michael Brown—the unarmed teenager who was killed by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, recently. Jack Mirkinson (Huffington … Continue reading
Posted in Media, Racism, Society, United States
Tagged Michael Brown, New York Times, News Media
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Billie Holiday, Abe Meeropol, and “Strange Fruit”—the Famous Song about Lynching Black People in America
By Elaine Magliaro Eleanora Fagan, better known as Billie Holiday, was a famous American jazz singer and song writer. One of her “most iconic” songs is Strange Fruit, which was first recorded in 1939. Elizabeth Blair (NPR) called the song … Continue reading
Ferguson (MO) Circa 2014, California Circa 1967, the Death of Denzil Dowell, the Black Panther Party, and Open Carry Laws
By Elaine Magliaro Nearly fifty years ago, Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale established the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense. According to Steve Wasserman of The Nation, the two “brash upstarts” from Oakland, California “quickly garnered a reputation for their … Continue reading
Posted in American History, Courts, Crime, Equal Rights, History, Justice, Law Enforcement, Local Government, Murder, Politics, Propaganda, Racism, States, United States
Tagged Black Panther Party, Bobby Seale, California, Denzil Dowell, Ferguson (MO), Huey Newton, Mulford Act, NRA, Open Carry, Ronald Reagan
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A Sunday Morning Video: Mark Fiore’s “Rick Perry’s Operation Strong Candidate”
Submitted by Elaine Magliaro
Posted in Immigrants, Law Enforcement, Mexico, Politics, Society, United States
Tagged Immigrants, Mark Fiore, National Guard, Rick Perry, Texas
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“SCROTUS”: A Song by Roy Zimmerman
Submitted by Elaine Magliaro I want to thank OroLee for posting the following Roy Zimmerman video in the comments on my column titled Pro-Life Nurse-Midwife Sues Tampa Family Health Centers for Not Hiring Her after She Said She Wouldn’t Prescribe … Continue reading
US Spy Agency Tipped Off the Associated Press to Another Media Outlet’s News Scoop
By Elaine Magliaro Here’s an interesting story for you: Yesterday, Ryan Gimm of The Huffington Post reported that the Associated Press “dropped a significant scoop on Tuesday afternoon, reporting that in the last several years the U.S. government’s terrorism watch … Continue reading
Are Religious Discrimination Lawsuits the Religious Right’s “New Front” in the Birth Control War?
By Elaine Magliaro Earlier this week, I published a post about Sara Hellwege, the pro-life nurse-midwife who is suing Tampa Family Health Centers (TFHC). TFHC refused to hire Hellwege because she said that she would not prescribe hormonal contraceptives to … Continue reading
Pro-Life Nurse-Midwife Sues Tampa Family Health Centers for Not Hiring Her after She Said She Wouldn’t Prescribe “Hormonal” Contraception
By Elaine Magliaro In an article that she wrote for Slate titled Pro-Life Nurse-Midwife Who Won’t Prescribe the Pill Sues Family Planning Center for Not Hiring Her, Andrea Marcotte poses the following question: Is “religious freedom” about being free to … Continue reading
Posted in Conservatives, Courts, Health Care, Pharmaceuticals, Politics, Religion, Reproductive Rights, SCOTUS, United States
Tagged Birth Control, Contraception, Hobby Lobby
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The Devil Is in the Details: Satanists, Religion, and the Hobby Lobby Ruling
By Elaine Magliaro In her “blistering” dissent in the Hobby Lobby ruling, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg wrote, “The court, I fear, has ventured into a minefield.” In addition to venturing into a minefield, SCOTUS may have also cracked open the … Continue reading
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