Southern politicians and racism, Alabama edition
Senator Tommy Tuberville has used some non-coded racist language in response to Zohran Mamdani's primary victory in NYC.
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Tim Truxell
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UPDATE: University of Virginia President Resigns Under Pressure From Trump Administration
After a much publicized feud with Harvard University, The New York Times reported on June 26, 2025, that Trump has no turned his attention to the University of Virginia.
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The war on DEI
Starting in 2021, conservative activists formed a network across at least a dozen states to systematically target DEI programs.
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Corporations and Juneteenth
Many companies have withdrawn sponsorship from Juneteenth events, with some citing budget cuts related to DEI program reductions.
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Trump and black history
Trump has consistently tried to reframe the country’s past involving racism and discrimination by de-emphasizing it or denying that it happened.
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Renaming and dog whistles
On June 10, the Army announced that seven Army bases whose names were changed in 2023 because they honored Confederate leaders would revert back to their original names
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On Juneteenth
Brief thoughts on a holiday that the racist rump of this country hates even more than MLK Day.
A bit of history
A brief explanation of why I'm doing this and why it's a matter of the University's history.
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So, yeah we start again
Once more unto the breach. The world today demands action on every front.
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