Author: stormbear

Crossposted from Left Toon Lane, Bilerico Project & My Left Wing click to enlargeI watched last night’s “debate” with horror. As you probably know by now, nearly the entire first hour was taken up by...

Crossposted from Left Toon Lane, Bilerico Project & My Left Wing click to enlargeAs the nation expanded west, so did the cultivation of cotton and the institution of slavery. Historian Peter Kolchin wrote, “By breaking...

Crossposted from Left Toon Lane, Bilerico Project & My Left Wing click to enlargeI keep hearing the GOP and their hand-wringers waxing poetic about tax cuts. One of Rush Limbaugh’s fav tricks is asking alleged liberals...

Crossposted from Left Toon Lane, Bilerico Project & My Left Wing click to enlargeThe first Native American group encountered by Christopher Columbus were the Island Arawaks (more properly called the Taino) of Boriquen...

Crossposted from Left Toon Lane, Bilerico Project & My Left Wing click to enlargeThe transformation from indentured servitude to racial slavery happened gradually. There were no laws regarding slavery early in...