Mississippi with its distinction as the state where the tide of progress is blocked and pushed back, is in the news. It is in an abortion case before the Supreme Court. But first, some history. During Reconstruction, Mississippi became a Black power center in this country. There were not only more Black people than white […]

The march of gun violence continues as Kyle Rittenhouse was acquitted of all charges after testifying he acted in self-defense in the deadly Kenosha shootings that became a flashpoint in the debate over guns, vigilantism and racial injustice in the U.S. The verdict in the politically combustible case was met with anger and disappointment from […]

Charles Blow at the New York Times intrigued me by talking about this subject. That is the shift of the country from mostly white to mostly nonwhite. Many hold hope for this effect in the fight against white supremacy and oppression. The most recent United States Census officially recognized five racial categories (White, Black or […]

Dave Chappelle’s latest Netflix special, “The Closer” has caused an uproar on Social Media and the press. He defended he used the acronym TERF which means trans-exclusionary radical feminist, and in this special, Chappelle defended Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling, who has been accused of being transphobic. He said: “Gender is a fact. Every human […]

Republicans in the Texas Legislature proposed a new congressional map that would preserve the party’s advantage in the state’s delegation to Washington amid booming population growth spurred by communities of color. The new map was designed to protect Republicans hold on the 23 of the state’s 36 congressional seats. Texas was the only state in […]

A review of the 2020 election in Arizona’s Maricopa County, financed by Republicans, has failed to show that former President Trump was cheated of victory. At the NABWMT we have been keeping an eagle eye on voting rights and suppression. The draft report from Cyber Ninjas tallied 99 additional votes for President Biden and 261 […]

Redistricting influences our voting capabilities. Small changes in district lines can solidify a majority of voters for a particular party or split its opponents among multiple districts to dilute their influence. Republicans need to net just five seats to regain the U.S. House in the 2022 elections, which could determine the fate of President Biden’s […]

California Governor Gavin Newsom and former Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker have one thing in common, they both fought recalls. Republican Walker is the only governor in American history to successfully beat back a recall. He did so in 2012 by pivoting from playing defense on his record, namely a highly polarizing measure to clamp down […]

The Anti Gay People Some straight men should stop obsessing about gay people. Why do they care about a thing that has nothing to do with them occupies so much of their time and energy? Maybe they should interrogate their own prurient interests in other people’s love, get at the root and figure out why […]

Here I am in a deep blue state California but the minority Republican voters can upset me by using the a provision of our state Constitution. Two very important things happened in the California recall election in recent weeks. First, the polls have moved closer to even, suggesting that Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom  is suddenly […]