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Is Judaism a Race or a Religion? Federal Judge Weighs In

July 18th, 2018

After a college football coach was turned down for a job because he has “Jewish blood,” he filed suit against the school. A federal judge has since ruled that Jews are indeed a racial group, and are thus protected by the Civil Rights Act of 1964. But not everyone thinks this is a good thing.

LGBTQ & Human Rights 53 Comments

Lost in Their Own Skin: Transracial in America

November 17th, 2017

A majority of people now accept the notion that someone's gender at birth doesn't necessarily match their real gender. Now, similar arguments are being made about race. Is transracialism real?

Political & Religious Controversy 48 Comments

Wave of Violence: Police Brutality and Racial Conflict in America

July 19th, 2016

America is a country divided in many ways. Politically, we are more polarized than at any time in recent memory. Economically, much of the country’s wealth is concentrated in the hands of an elite few. But most glaring is this: despite years of progress on

Political & Religious Controversy 128 Comments

Do Black Lives Matter at the University of Missouri?

November 18th, 2015

The University of Missouri, often called Mizzou for short, has been in the news recently after some racial unrest has been taking place at the school, largely via the Black Lives Matter movement.

Political & Religious Controversy 54 Comments

Killer Cop of Cincinnati

August 3rd, 2015

On July 19th, University of Cincinnati Police Department officer Ray Tensing stopped Samuel DuBose for driving without a front-end license plate - and the routine stop shockingly ended in a horrible fatality.

Political & Religious Controversy 78 Comments

Rachel Dolezal: Black or White?

June 29th, 2015

Rachel Dolezal was thrust into the national spotlight when her white parents spoke to the press and identified their daughter as a white woman who, for years, had been posing as Bblack in Spokane.

Political & Religious Controversy 78 Comments

Grave Concerns

April 23rd, 2015

Is Heaven segregated? Is there one section reserved for blacks and perhaps a separate, but equal section for whites? If not, then why are so many historical cemeteries still segregated?

Political & Religious Controversy 7 Comments

Hate is Still Hate

February 25th, 2015

Some time ago, we posted a blog that said, “hate is hate." As we now see many defending flying the Confederate battle flag over state capitols, we think it appropriate to reiterate - hate is still hate.

Political & Religious Controversy 86 Comments

A Ballot or a Bullet?

September 8th, 2014

America continues to quiver in the aftermath of the police shooting death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri earlier in August, sparking a reckoning on America's history of racism and racial inequality.

Political & Religious Controversy 48 Comments

Sex, Race, and the Biology Excuse

October 20th, 2011

The emerging New Traditionalist movement has been pining for a return to a bygone era characterized by old-fashioned racial and sexual roles, but a new host of critics are raising their voices in dissent.

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