Year: 2016

A Keystone View of Election Night

I have a few things of local note to discuss. The top of the list is the upset victory by my longtime acquaintance and fellow progressive Philly blogging compatriot Chris Rabb, who is now the Democratic nominee to represent...

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TN Juror exposes worst white privilege

In Nashville, Tennessee, it took a white male juror to expose the most insidious form of white privilege that continues to exist – the privilege that in many jurisdictions black defendants are still judged more often than...

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An Abrupt End to a Promising Career

One is a man, the other is a woman. One is white, the other is black. They’re both 57 years old; they’re both Democrats, and they’re both running in the Maryland primary today to be the replacement for liberal...

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An Interesting Pro-Hillary Super PAC

I don’t care if you’re a Tea Partying supporter of Ted Cruz or Democratic Socialist supporter of Bernie Sanders or someone in-between, the term ‘Super PAC’ probably has very negative connotations for you...

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