Racism
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Fitchburg Man’s Story Echoes Fear About Ice in 2026
In the Sunday edition of the Wisconsin State Journal, a story about what to know if you’re approached by ICE caught my attention. This weekend, when placing a couple of books into a Little Library station in our neighborhood, I saw brochures with the same information being provided to passersby. While I very much agree Continue reading
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Light in The Darkness: Judge Fred Biery Gives Free Civics Lesson To Trump Administration
I use this blog post tonight to present a short and profoundly powerful court ruling handed down on Saturday. My best friend sent this to me this afternoon, and upon first reading it, I had tears in my eyes. For all the right reasons. What follows is something you can read quickly, but I suspect Continue reading
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Let This Be Our Path For 2026
There is a story I would like to retell as we start the New Year. The story resonates given what our nation witnessed in 2025. The growing revulsion with the overly broad, callous, and demeaning manner in which the Trump Administration has harmed untold numbers of Brown people and severely disrupted communities nationwide needs a Continue reading
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Moral Courage In Face Of Trump’s Autocracy
Speaking with a longtime friend this afternoon, I again heard what many have told me over the past months. “I go two or three days without listening to the news, as it is so upsetting, as it makes me depressed.” While I respect that perspective, our home is tied much closer to the daily events Continue reading
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When Latino Kids Have Halloween Upended, What Does That Say About The Rest Of Us?
There are times when I feel embarrassed to sit down and watch the news. That was the outcome this weekend when I saw the WGN TV report on a simple and much-anticipated Halloween parade for children in a Chicago neighborhood. You know the kind of excitement when kids dress up as ghosts and goblins and Continue reading
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Rampant Racism In Trump Administration: Look Who Is Elevated Or Fired
There is no way to consume this news without severe indigestion. In recent days we have read and heard about Donald Trump’s decision to nominate Paul Ingrassia to serve as special counsel of the United States, a role charged in part with safeguarding federal whistleblowers from retaliation. We also know that as Trump elevates confirmed Continue reading
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Plans For Conservative Alternative Super Bowl Halftime Show Is Simply Un-American. Full Stop.
The primitive side of politics that Charlie Kirk participated with in life continues after his death. News this week of counterprogramming during the Super Bowl half-time show is yet another sign of the dread and fear that a segment of the white population has with the changing racial demographics in our population. Add in disdain Continue reading
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MAGA Racism: Bad Bunny, NFL Super Bowl Show Becomes Latest Culture War
Longtime readers know that if sports is mentioned on Caffeinated Politics something truly important has happened that warrants the column. News that Puerto Rican superstar Bad Bunny will be the star of the Super Bowl halftime show has confirmed that the most racist element in our nation simply does not know how foolish and disgusting Continue reading
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