Month: August 2015
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Donald Trump, Archie Bunker in a suit
It’s easy for Trump and other politicians to play into our fears, to resurrect a demagoguery that blames immigrants, the other party, homosexuals, atheists. They would have us believe that their toughness can turn back the calendar, rid the country of threats to our sense of well being.
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Voting laws and racism, or what you can learn doing genealogical research
New laws to curb black voting are nothing new. In 1900 North Carolina passed an amendment to the state constitution with the explicit intent of suppressing “Negro” voting.
Nancy Werking Poling 