Category: Heather Richardson
Our acceptance of gun violence: Americans used to own firearm without engaging in daily massacres
America today is caught in a plague of gun violence. It wasn’t always this way. Americans used to...
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A small measure of Justice: The Derek Chauvin verdict brings a moment of relief to people of color
A jury in Minneapolis, Minnesota, convicted former police officer Derek Chauvin on April 20 of all...
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Elite Rule: The idea of allowing only “better” people to vote was first proposed by wealthy slaveholders
Commentator Kevin Williamson published a piece in National Review on April 7 justifying voter...
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A “White America” First Caucus: When the party of Abraham Lincoln becomes the party of Jefferson Davis
News broke on April 16 that a number of pro-Trump House Republicans, including Representatives...
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Seeking racial justice in court: On trial is also our fundamental principle of equality before the law
At about 2:00 in the afternoon on April 11, a white police officer in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota,...
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When lawmakers fall weirdly out of step with their party’s history and the will of the country
I spent much of April 5 thinking about the Republican Party. Its roots lie in the immediate...
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