A new statue of the late Congressman John Lewis now stands outside DeKalb County’s historic courthouse, right off the downtown Decatur square.
It’s a fitting tribute to a civil rights hero who represented the area and loved its people.
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In this post, I summarize the powerful messages and commitments from Kamala Harris’s speech at the Democratic National Convention. I also emphasize that she is one of the leaders of The New Democrats who promise unity, justice for all, an opportunity economy, reproductive freedom, border security with a path to citizenship, and collaborative international relations.
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Explore the final chapter of Trump’s political saga and the rise of Kamala Harris. Trump’s end came when he supported the insurrection on January 6, 2021. His record as president was dismal, and my book The Trump Files: An Account of the Trump Administration’s Effect on American Democracy, Human Rights, Science, and Public Health describes it in detail.
One reviewer said that The Trump Files’ accounting is wide-ranging, sharp-elbowed, and deeply committed to democracy and equality. With sharp, clear-eyed prose he takes on racial injustice, the Trumpist worldview (in a discussion inspired by the work of George Lakoff), how “the United States drifted toward authoritarian and autocratic rule,” and most thoroughly how “science in the Trump era was diminished at the peril of the health and well-being for not only people and other living things, but Earth itself.”
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As the 2024 presidential election looms, the echoes of the past grow louder. Trump and Trumpism have stirred a storm that threatens to repeat itself.
Trump’s dangerousness and continued authoritarian language echo present and past strongmen such as Berlusconi, Putin, and Hitler.
The storm raging is Trumpism, and it must be blown out to sea.
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In an age where misinformation spreads like wildfire, the role of the press in a democracy is more crucial than ever. This post delves into the media’s shortcomings in presenting the truth and the dangers of false equivalence.
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