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Why Do Some Voters Support Donald Trump?
The Limits of Identity Politics: The Lies Trump’s Black Surrogates Tell

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ISSUES TO CONNECT TODAY
September 2016

Hillary Clinton’s Emails and the Commander-in-Chief Forum

The Party Conventions

ISSUES TO CONNECT TODAY
August 2016

Realignment Book Corner

We are living in tumultuous political times. Join us in analyzing and perhaps understanding our political destiny.

Speaker Paul Ryan’s Dubious Morality

ISSUES TO CONNECT TODAY
July 2016

July 25, 2016

July 17, 2016

Main Stream Media Still Does Not Know What to Make of Bernie and Trump
France and Terrorism
Turkey: The Political Implications of a Failed Coup
Why Are Lone Wolf Killers So Deadly?

July 12, 2016

July 5, 2016

Want to Make America Great? Fund Zika Prevention!

Why Hillary Clinton Should Choose
Elizabeth Warren as Her Running Mate

Black Lives Matter vs Blue Lives Matter

Independence Day
July 4, 2016

The Wrestling Match with Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton
July 4, 2016

Dark Money - By Jane Mayer
June 26, 2016

How Hillary Can Press the Attack on Trump
June 8, 2016

Eye in the Sky - Movie Review
May 29, 2016

Did the DNC Undermine Bernie?

Trump, Bernie, and the Erosion of Voters’ Agency
May 19, 2016

Main Stream Media Doesn’t Get Bernie Sanders’ Inequality Message
May 2, 2016

Are Multivitamins Good or Bad?
April 29, 2016

Bernie Sander’s Debate Performance Raises Questions about
His Preparation to Defeat Hillary Clinton
April 19, 2016

How to Avoid Falling for the Main Stream Media Hype
about the Election
April 13, 2016

Why the Right Went Wrong
By E.J. Dionne
Critical Book Review
March 11, 2016

Assessing the Candidates: Bernie’s Revolution vs. Hillary’s Reformation

The Ninth Republican Debate: The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down

February 15, 2016

Bernie's Troubles with Black Voters: Do You Feel Me?.

How Trump Speaks May Be More Important than What He Says

The Iowa Caucuses: Misreading the Results for Trump and Cruz
February 7, 2016

The GOP Establishment vs. Donald Trump
January 14, 2016

Donald Trump. Scott Olson/Getty

Climate Change and Emerging Pandemics:
The Homeland at Risk
January 24, 2016

Wayne LaPierre: The NRA’a Cost for Good Guys Shooting Bad Guys
January 10, 2016

Wayne La Pierre - Getty Images

Mass Shootings Without Gun Control
December 23, 2015

Umqua Community College - http://q13fox.com/

Republican Debaters - Obsessed with Obama
December 17, 2015

Spotlight and Truth
A Critical Review of Investigative Journalism in Movies
December 20, 2015

Young Man Dies in Police Custody - Washington DC
December 14, 2015

Chipotle, the Government and You
December 10, 2015

Spotlight - A Movie Review
December 1, 2015

What Political Parties Teach Voters
November 24, 2015

Donald Trump and Fascism
December 2, 2015

Donald Trump Relies on the Assistance of the
Mainstream Media
November 30, 2015

Doctor Ben Carson: Fact Checking His Life

November 17, 2015

Truth and False Realities at the Fourth
Republican Debate

Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders -
Authenticity and Contempt for Big-Money
October 27, 2015

Donald Trump and the GOP Fear Mongering over ISIS
December 15, 2015

Is It Boots on the Ground
vs. Terrorist Attacks?
November 20, 2015

The GOP Loses Its Mind
November 10, 2015

Classroom Police Violence Targets Black Teen
November 6, 2015

Donald Trump Can Teach the Dems Some Lessons

November 3, 2015

Black Lives Matter: Proposals for Reducing
Excessive Force by Police against Blacks
October 20, 2015

Why Hillary’s Emails Don’t Matter
October 16, 2015

The Schmooze Factor - Obama, Boehner, and McCarthy
October 14, 2015

By Charles Dharapak, AP

Fracture: Barack Obama, the Clintons, and the Racial Divide:
A Critical Book Review
October 7, 2015

The First Democratic Debate:
Some Key Take-aways the Morning After
October 14, 2015

MSNBC Leans Backward - Why?
September 29, 2015

A Better Strategy Is Needed to Defend Democrats from Right Wing Attacks
September 17, 2015

Dog Whistle Politics-By Ian Lopez Haney-A Critical Review
September 8, 2015

MSNBC Goes Fox: Morning Joe’s Fair and Balanced Reporting on Hillary
September 21, 2015

Morning Joe’s Email Attack on Hillary Doesn’t Add Up
September 11, 2015

Here's Looking at Us - Kid!
Hollywood's Creepy Belief in the Enduring Sex Appeal of Men-
September 1, 2015

A Stabilized Bid for the Democratic Presidential Nomination
August 25, 2015

Amrel Emrick/AP

How Chuck Schumer Hurts the Progressive Movement
August 18, 2015

How Long Will Blacks Reject Progressives
August 11, 2015

Are Democrats Crazy to Bash Trump
August 11, 2015

Can Donald Trump Play the Main Room?
August 7, 2015

Policing and Police Killings - More Complex Than We Wish
August 1, 2015

Then They Came for Planned Parenthood

August 2, 2015

Email, Hillary, and the Media
July 28, 2015

Being against Buying Elections Is Not Populism
July 28, 2015

Sandra Bland: Another Victim of the Drug Wars?
July 24, 2015

Underlying Influences of Police Use of Excessive Force
July 17, 2015

Democracy Now

Netanyahu’s Objections to An Iranian Arms Deal
Relies on Drug Dealing Analogies
July 21, 2015

NASCAR Points the
Direction for Blacks
July 7, 2015

Al Sharpton’s Broadcasting Career Is at Odds with Being Civil Rights Leader
June 30, 2015

Why Police Shoot Unarmed Blacks
June 30, 2015

A Symbol of Hatred
June 25, 2015

Who Knows the Difference Between a Gun and a Taser?
May 19, 2015

How Quickly They Forgot: What We Learned about Prosecuting Cops from Ferguson
May 1, 2015

Baltimore is Burning Again
April 29, 2015

Profile Cops Who Kill
April 15, 2015

Netanyahu Attacks Iran Deal
April 3, 2015

Jeb Bush and
the Culture of Life
March 31, 2015

Loretta Lynch: Shot Down by a Republican Senate
March 28, 2015

Eugene Robinson's Confusing Take on Frat Boys and Racism
March 19, 2015

Conversation About Race - Over Coffee?
March 24, 2015

March 20, 2015

The Media Play the Blame Game But Come Up Empty
March 19, 2015

March 4, 2015

McCain Supports Obama?
March 2, 2015

February 1, 2015

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Lessons in Terrorism from Sony: We Want the Government Off Our Backs
1/11/15

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