At the Malmo port in southern Sweden, a cargo ship looms over row after row of shiny new cars — Volkswagens, Volvos, Mercedes. Notably missing are Teslas. That’s because dockworkers are refusing to unload...
Beth Kwiatek & Henry-Louis Taylor September 11, 2023 How should we remember 9/11? It is a day for remembering and honoring. It is a day for learning lessons from the past. It...
A number of conservative leaders argue diversity programs are working to “indoctrinate” young people. Bianca Quilantan May 17, 2023 Read the full article here Politico
By Beth Kwiatek The UB President, Satish K. Tripathi and the Editorial Board of the Buffalo News were wrong to defend the presence of Michael Knowles, the “intellectually bankrupt bombast” who speaks “noxious content”...
Mayor Byron Brown shouldn’t waste money on a study by NYU’s Wagner School to study the city’s response to the Blizzard of 2022. He only needs to talk to the residents. Beth Kwiatek January...
By Beth Kwiatek
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Byron Brown’s write-in campaign and the Democratic Party’s lack of support and protection for India Walton reflect a dangerous and growing trend within our nation: the subversion of democratic rule. Alarmingly, they have disguised those actions, including Brown’s behavior before and after the primary, as political strategies.
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CRT and whiteness studies argue that racism is not the consequence of the actions of individual racists, but that racism is embedded in the systems of our nation: legal, economic, education, religious and political. These systems all purport the myth of equality, but operate in a way that has always benefited whites and continues to do so.