The whitening of social media

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The U.S. Supreme Court isn’t the only place we have lately been seeing insidious forces working on an aggressive “Take Back America Plan” that puts white supremacy and other oppressive systems back in the driver’s seat. Most obviously right now, we have the court doing away with affirmative action in higher education, legalizing discrimination against …

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Rolling us back: Beyond the outrage

The front façade of the Supreme Court of the United States in Washington, DC, showing just an upper corner, with the portion slight in shadow as it is illuminated gently by the sun

It is no longer hyperbole to say that the United States Supreme Court is marching us closer to the return of yesteryear. A time that many of us have only heard about from older relatives or read about—definitely not the “good old days” for most people. Last year around this time, the court reversed Roe …

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