Progressive Politics from Memphis
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What is More Important than Who
Yesterday Talking Points Memo published a piece that quoted Senator Bernie Sanders decrying Identity politics.
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Making a Difference
In the wake of the election, thousands…nay, hundreds of thousands of people took out their pens and started writing checks to Planned Parenthood and to a lesser degree the ACLU. The idea being, with a storm on the horizon, time to start helping these organizations get ready to fight for rights many folks didn’t think…
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Movements and Moonshots
As I noted in my last post the blamestorm made it to Category 5 in record time this year. I think its fair to say that this will continue for a while. That’s not what this post is. See, I’ve written my fair share of denunciations of Democratic Party establishments, from the now defunct SCDP…
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Grief and Blamestorming
We’re in the second day of post-Presidential election America. I’m not sure how you dealt with day 1, but after a day of hearing triumphant Trump supporters in close proximity, I was emotionally and physically drained. We ate pizza we shouldn’t have (for a multitude of reasons) and turned in about 2 hours earlier than…
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Kudos
It was a rough night nationally for Democrats Tuesday. While I’m sure thousands of gallons of digital and real ink will be spilled talking/pontificating about just what happened and why, I’m not going there today. Today I want to thank some folks who went above and beyond right here in Memphis. Memphis for Hillary Shelby…
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Redlining Memphis
Last week, NPR aired a report about the way one Mid-South Bank has been using discriminatory lending practices against African American borrowers. The finding against Bancorp South by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) was published on June 29th of this year. The fact that this news slipped by is unsettling. The only local news…