Her white neighbor thought she was breaking into her own home. Nineteen cops...
Faye Wells, a 5-foot-7, 125-pound black woman, graduate of Duke with an MBA from Dartmouth and vice president of strategy at a multinational corporation discovered this past September what it feels...
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During the Nazi occupation of Denmark, the Nazis required Jews to wear yellow stars of David. The non-Jewish Danes — including the King of Denmark — donned yellow stars of David.I was raised as a...
View ArticleTop Democrat calls rejection of Jewish refugees a 'moral stain,' then votes...
On Wednesday, Democratic Rep. Jim Himes of Connecticut spoke out on the House floor against the hatred and xenophobia that’s been running rampant in this country since the horrific Paris terrorist...
View ArticleWalmart Employee Fired for Cleaning up $5.10 of Cans
How hard is it to gain ground in America if you’re a homeless, African-American ex-con? Some might call Thomas Smith a model employee: he went above and beyond what was required of him for his job,...
View ArticleOh my—George Takei's perfect response to a Virginia mayor's statement on...
Roanoke Mayor David A. Bowers released a public statement yesterday saying that he was calling for an end to any assistance for Syrian refugees and calling it "imprudent" to help relocate any refugees...
View ArticleWeekly polling update: Carson definitely headed south; (mostly) stable in Dem...
REPUBLICANSThe big question these past two weeks was whether Ben Carson’s very excellent Friday Flameout on November would punish him with Republican primary voters. And now, we know the answer. Yes....
View ArticlePope Francis: 'Christmas is a charade' because war rages around the world
Pope Francis pulled no punches and appears to be leading his very own war on Christmas. In a sermon this week, he called the decadent holiday a "charade":"Christmas is approaching: there will be...
View ArticleBNR - 'Sanders Delivers A Defining Speech On Democratic Socialism' & 'Bernie...
Bernie Explains Democratic Socialism In attempt to widen the appeal of his brand of democratic socialism, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders on Thursday tied himself to the legacy of Franklin Roosevelt and...
View Article7-year-old does something amazing after Texas Islamic center is disgustingly...
A lot of fear is emerging since November’s ISIS massacres in Paris, Beirut, and on a Russian airplane. Fear is to be expected. It’s a natural reaction. Anger is also an expected and a natural reaction....
View ArticleClinton Sheds Progressive Façade with Bold Rightward Lurch
Source article on Common Dreams by Sarah Lazare. www.commondreams.org/… FTA — “From her call for a major air and ground war against ISIS to her attack on single-payer, Clinton appears to be sprinting...
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Those of you who already either know me or know of me know that I am a massive pootie person. I grew up with both cats & dogs and I love both. I do not discriminate against any animal & love...
View ArticleCanadian couple calls off wedding during Syrian refugee debates—and their...
In a beautiful act of kindness, Samantha Jackson and Farzin Yuseflan decided they wanted to do something to help Syrian refugees. The couple planned a wedding in Toronto for next spring and intended to...
View ArticleDon't vote for the problem, vote for the solution
The economic inequality that's run rampant in this country has run its course. We can no longer tolerate its harmful effects: enforced poverty, homelessness, the destruction of our environment, blatant...
View ArticleBernie Sanders Reaches New High In Support In NBC Poll
NBC News is reporting that Bernie Sanders has reached his highest level of support in their NBC News poll to date. It’s been a steady climb for Sanders and although there was only a small increase of...
View ArticleIT’S NOT SOME GODDAMNED OPINION. IT’S LIFE OR DEATH!
I may have lost a friend today. Sure, a FB friend. But also someone I have known for 11 years, who was once a mentor of sorts to me at my day job.She had the audacity to post something cheering on the...
View ArticleA bigot who imposes his views on others
They hate it when you call them “Daesh” because Daesh means bigotThe term “Daesh” is strategically a better choice because it is still accurate in that it spells out the acronym of the group’s full...
View ArticleTime to pull out again: The 14 Points of Fascism
Remember when Sarah Palin came into the political arena in 2008 and turned the right-wing rhetoric up to 10? Well, the leading GOP candidate for president in 2016, Donald Trump, is cranking it up to...
View ArticleDonald Trump Has Gone Full Nazi - And If The GOP Doesn't Repudiate It They...
If the Republican Party is ever going to wake up and shut down this misanthropic racist it had better be now. Donald Trump's latest hateful howling has crossed a line of indecency that is impossible to...
View ArticleTop Comments: Islamophobia, Texas Edition
Top Comments recognizes the previous day's Top Mojo and strives to promote each day's outstanding comments through nominations made by Kossacks like you. Please send comments (before 9:30pm ET) by...
View ArticleHow Bernie Sanders is Waking us to Our Own Power
Friends and Frenemies,What I am about to write is going to resonate with some of us and others of us will scoff and resist at some of the concepts contained within. Life has given me a lot to think...
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