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“Eric Adams says NYC need to ‘do better’ in Juneteenth speech” New York City needs to “do better” in preventing black residents from being driven out of their neighborhoods, Mayor Eric Adams said on Sunday, during an address marking the Juneteenth holiday. Speaking in Central Park, Adams compared the modern-day uprooting of people of color…
“Why Juneteenth is as important as the Fourth of July” At a time when there is so much rewriting of American history, Juneteenth proves why history should be kept intact. Officially declared a national holiday by Congress last year in the wake of George Floyd’s 2020 murder, the day marks the emancipation of black slaves…
“The firestorm over the leaked SCOTUS opinion is what Scalia predicted” Justice Antonin Scalia was among the most prescient Supreme Court justices in American history, and the firestorm over the leak of Justice Samuel Alito’s draft opinion overturning Roe is a reminder of it. In Planned Parenthood v. Casey, the 1992 Supreme Court decision upholding…
“Reparations aren’t about justice. They’re an act of revenge” Ten years ago, the idea of “reparations” sat on the political fringes in America. The question of whether or not compensation should once have been paid to former slaves had died out. Not least because by the start of the 21st century, no one in America had actually…
“In a world gone mad, elites keep peddling untruths” Why does the world seem so mad right now? There are two reasons. The first is the injection of implausible claims into our society. The second is the speed and volume at which they come: mainly thanks to social media. The reason why everybody is so…
“Harvard sets up $100M endowment fund for slavery reparations” April 26 – Harvard University is setting aside $100 million for an endowment fund and other measures to close the educational, social and economic gaps that are legacies of slavery and racism, according to an email the university’s president sent to all students, faculty and staff on Tuesday. The email from Harvard President Lawrence Bacow included a…
“America’s culture wars aren’t new and don’t have good endings” People talk about culture war politics as if it were a recent development — a novelty, an exception to a historic rule that American politics is mostly about economics (who gets how much) and only occasionally gets sidetracked into culture (what people should or shouldn’t…
“ABN Amro apologizes for Dutch bank’s role in slavery” ABN Amro apologized on Wednesday for the pain and suffering caused by the involvement of the Dutch bank’s legal predecessors in the slave trade, plantation slavery and the trade in products that originated in slavery. The Dutch were involved in slavery from the 17th century until…
“#Garland’s garbage, Psaki’s omission and more” Diary of disturbing disinformation and dangerous delusions This statement: US Attorney General Merrick GarlandAP “Five [Capitol Police] officers who responded selflessly to the attack on Jan. 6 have since lost their lives.” — Attorney General Merrick Garland, Jan. 5 We say: Huh? One of those officers died of natural…
“#NY Times’ latest bid to double down on rewriting US history” Some people just don’t take correction well. The New York Times Magazine was rebuked two summers ago for the 1619 Project, an essay collection that proposed, as the Times itself announced, “to reframe American history, understanding 1619 as our true founding, and placing the consequences of slavery…