In 1963, Martin Luther King delivered his “I Had a Dream” speech. At the time, racist barriers substantially impacted the life chances of blacks, the parents and grandparents of today’s black youths. Structural racism in American society was clearly evidenced…
Scott McKay and Melissa Mackenzie discuss the success of Bidenomics, Trump stomping the field and Biden, and finally, the rise of White Identitarianism and racism and what that means for America. Preorder Scott’s book Racism, Revenge and Ruin: It’s All Obama here….
In 2022, the country’s two preeminent kidney associations, the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) and the American Society of Nephrologists (ASN), made changes to the definition of chronic kidney disease (CKD) that will likely revoke diagnoses in an estimated 5.51 million…
I wrote about Bates College’s first two major leaguers, the first man to score a touchdown on historic Garcelon Field, and the first to blast a home run on that field (the ball rolled into a ditch). But all four…
Recent polls that showed Donald Trump leading Joe Biden in battleground states has caused a panic among those committed to a Democratic victory in 2024. Rather than reflecting on why the public, particularly an increasing share of working-class black, Latino,…
In the dynamic landscape of American politics, a transformative moment is unfolding, offering Republicans a unique opportunity to broaden their support base, notably among black voters traditionally aligned with the Democrat Party. This seismic shift is underscored by a growing…
