This piece is being posted on Juneteenth 2026. It is important not only to reiterate the history of the holiday but also to remind us of the involvement of our psychopathic President, Donald Trump, in the day – since, as usual, Trump’s involvement is contradictory, disingenuous, and racist. Here we will also examine some of […]
Emancipation Proclamation
The Legacy of Slavery, Part II: The “Lost Cause” Narrative and Confederate Symbols and Monuments
In our previous post, we examined some of the current discussion around reparations for slavery. Many factors are coming together in our society that make it apparent that our “original sin” of slavery still has serious ramifications more than 150 years after the Civil War, ramifications that need addressing sooner rather than later because of […]