The Racism of ‘The Least Racist Person’ in Trump’s Speech to Congress
Trump’s speech to Congress contained a level of racial exploitation and manipulation unprecedented in recent presidential history. It started with his very first words.
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Organizing and Persistence Pays Off in N.J. for Hurricane Sandy Victims
Gov. Chris Christie’s signing of a foreclosure relief bill that he had vetoed a version of last year was the culmination of work done by the People’s Action affiliate New Jersey Organizing Project.
The Push to Get Disney CEO Bob Iger Off Trump’s Economic Council
People’s Action is collecting signatures on a petition, to be delivered to Disney’s headquarters on Tuesday, designed to persuade Iger to follow the lead of Uber’s CEO and leave the economic advisory council.
The Catastrophic Oil Spill in Trump’s Cabinet
With the nomination of Exxon-Mobil’s CEO and an Energy Transfer Partners board member to Cabinet posts, Donald Trump has added to the swamp he pledged to clean two corporate alligators who will put the planet in peril.
AIDS Activists to Paul Ryan: “Your Budget Dreams Are Our Nightmare”
Eleven AIDS activists were arrested Thursday afternoon while staging a sit-in at the office of Speaker of the House Paul Ryan. They were opposing plans to dismantle the health care programs that people living with HIV depend upon.
On the Ground In Working-Class Pennsylvania, Signs That Voters Get It
A racially-mixed neighborhood in Lancaster, Pa., contains many residents anxious to vote and in particular to record their rejection of the policies that Donald Trump would promote if he became president.
Fighting Racism to Build Solidarity With the White Working Class
Here’s one example of how progressives in states like Maine are working to heal the divisions of wedge politics practiced by Donald Trump and by far-right politicians across the nation.
Amid “Men Yelling Indistinctly” During VP Debate, Shards Of Substance
Tuesday’s vice-presidential debate offered moments of real contrast between the America that works for all promised by Democrat Hillary Clinton and the alt-right and tea-party policies of a Donald Trump administration.
Flip the Trump Script: Endorse The Movement For Black Lives Platform
A script prepared for Donald Trump for an interview about race with a Detroit pastor reveals his antipathy for even acknowledging the existence of systemic racism. The Movement for Black Lives agenda offers a contrast.
Donald Trump’s Most Racist Speech Ever
Here’s how to play race politics to win white conservative votes: Feign sympathy for black people while vowing to keep them in their place and shut down their talk of systems of institutional racism.