As the race for 2012 heats up, and as showcase “debates” proliferate to select the Republican challenger to President Obama, countless questions on race linger unspoken by media interlocutors and pundits. Here are a few for consideration. To Mitt Romney: … Continued
A block-long tent city of pickets and placards lines a main thoroughfare on the south side of Minneapolis, just off the property of a huge Cub Food supermarket. Hunger strikers supporting low-wage contract food system workers underscore the irony of … Continued
It happened again several weeks ago. He asked permission to go to the bathroom. His supervisor told him to wait till a replacement was found for his position on the line. The supervisor didn’t come back. He could wait no … Continued
With money and media masters at their side one would think that the big-name nativists featured in a recent New York Times article would have handled the story of their kinship with John Tanton, the “anti-immigrant crusader” who birthed them, … Continued
When high-grade ore in Minnesota’s Iron Range began running low some years back, mining companies turned to extracting taconite, an iron-bearing hard rock once discarded as uneconimcal in the mining process. Taconite. Tantonite. As the aging John Tanton, patriarch of … Continued
It may be 780 miles from the halls of Congress to Gainesville, Florida, but the distance between anti-Muslim bigots in both locales is but an arm’s length. Put Muslim-bashing Congressman Peter King and the heretical, Qur’an-burning Terry Jones in a … Continued
In just a few weeks Arizona’s stalwart bigot, state senator Russell Pearce and NumbersUSA’s Roy Beck will journey to springtime Iowa to lend their support for Steve King’s ever-rising anti-immigrant credentials. King, Iowa’s Fifth District Congressman, is hosting his “Conservative … Continued
One really has to wonder where the good people of Iowa are when it comes to U.S. Representative Steve King, who regularly spouts and touts some of the most extreme and extraordinary positions taken by anyone in Congress. The sound … Continued
Leaders of the new House Majority did not slack off during the Christmas break. In the giving spirit of the season, they generously provided new names to several key Committees. The Education and Labor Committee was re-christened the Education and … Continued
In a restaurant in a small Midwest town last week three workers got fired for standing up for a new employee promised one salary and given significantly less after his first week on the job. They took the injustice to … Continued