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Memphis itself had been legally blocked from removing the statues of Confederate general and Ku Klux Klan leader Nathan Bedford Forrest and Confederate president Jefferson Davis from two public parks, according to The Commercial Appeal. But in December, the city council voted unanimously to sell the parks to a local nonprofit, for a reported $1,000 each. That evening, the nonprofit took down the monuments.   … [Read more...] about Tennessee Republicans Punish Memphis For Removing Confederate Statues

In one experiment, the researchers presented two groups of participants with different sets of information. One group saw a graph showing white Americans losing majority status by 2050, while the other group’s graph showed whites remaining the majority through 2020. The two groups were then asked to allocate a certain amount of spending cuts to a variety of federal programs. The group shown the long-term demographic trend proposed harsher cuts to welfare and also had more negative views on racial minorities. … [Read more...] about Republicans Swear Food Stamp Debate Has No Racial Connotations

Had Hillary Clinton secured 78,000 more votes in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Michigan on November 8, 2016, she would be president today. When the margin of defeat is that narrow, every factor can reasonably be considered decisive ― people who want to blame James Comey, Robby Mook, de-unionization or the historical legacy of slavery all have a case. But it mattered that Trump won traditionally Democratic states that had all been economically gutted by the collapse of the U.S. manufacturing industry. … [Read more...] about Donald Trump’s Takeover Of The Republican Party Is Now Complete

Unions would have been required to bear the cost of the recertification elections. And in order to avoid decertification, they would have had to secure a majority of votes from the entire bargaining unit, as opposed to just a majority of those who voted. That means any workers who didn’t cast a ballot would essentially count as a vote against the union. … [Read more...] about Michigan Unions Dodge Republican Attack In Lame-Duck Session

“Public opinion often acts as a thermostat, swinging first one way and then another in response to the prevailing political currents,” The Washington Post’s Christopher Ingraham noted last week. “The recent polling suggests that’s exactly what’s happening right now on taxes: Americans’ growing comfort with raising taxes on the wealthy may in part be a backlash to Republicans’ success in passing the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.”  … [Read more...] about Elizabeth Warren’s Tax Proposal Is Popular Even With Republicans