Podcasts about Ku Klux Klan

The rich history of the Wolverine State has a serious dark side. In the Detroit area, the Black Legion outdid the Ku Klux Klan in hate but remained secret until one of its leaders was implicated in a murder. John Harvey Kellogg of Battle Creek was equal parts physician and quack. Then there were the state's two self-proclaimed kings--James Jesse Strang, the leader of a Mormon group on Beaver Island, and Albert Molitor, the reputed illegitimate son of German royalty who established his own kingdom on Presque Isle. Michigan author and historian Norma Lewis present a gallery of the state's most despicable criminals, crooks, conmen and more. Author and historian Norma Lewis lives in Grand Haven, Michigan. Michigan Scoundrels is her tenth book for Arcadia Publishing/The History Press. Purchase HERE

La ville de Birmingham en Alabama commémore l'un des évènements les plus tragiques du mouvement pour les droits civiques des Noirs : la mort de quatre fillettes afro-américaines dans l'explosion d'une bombe contre leur église. Il s'agissait d'un attentat du Ku Klux Klan contre les manifestations pacifiques des Afro-américains qui demandaient la fin de la ségrégation. Tout un symbole, soixante après, c'est la première juge afro-américaine de la Cour suprême, Ketanji Brown Jackson (nommée par Joe Biden) qui a célébré vendredi dernier les commémorations dans l'église. de notre envoyé spécial,Les visages souriant des quatre petites filles sont affichés au-dessus de l'hôtel de la Sixteen Baptist Church de Birmingham en Alabama. Ce matin, cette église martyr du mouvement des droits civiques est bondée. Tous sont venus habillés sur leur 31, car c'est un jour solennel ce soixantième anniversaire de la mort de ces quatre petites filles que personne ici n'a oubliées. Denise, Carole, Cynthia et Addie, leurs prénoms résonnent accompagnés d'un coup de cloche pour chacune.Le dimanche 15 septembre 1963, juste avant la messe, ces fillettes noires âgées de 11 à 14 ans sont mortes dans l'explosion d'une bombe posée là par les hommes du Ku Klux Klan. Floyd Escott était présent. Il n'avait que 10 ans mais il s'en souvient comme si c'était hier et le traumatisme se lit encore sur son visage…« J'étais dans l'église quand la bombe a explosé. Toute la ville de Birmingham a entendu l'explosion. Soixante ans après, ce qui s'est passé ce dimanche, ça fait toujours remonter beaucoup de souvenirs. Je me souviens de la haine des blancs contre les noirs, sans aucune raison. Ces fillettes ont fait le sacrifice ultime et sans le savoir, en perdant leur vie, elles ont montré combien la haine était forte ici à Birmingham, Alabama », raconte-t-il.Le Ku Klux Klan a frappé cette église noire parce qu'elle était devenue le QG des protestations contre la ségrégation raciale en Alabama. L'attentat devait terroriser les noirs pour les dissuader de manifester. C'est dans ce climat qu'a grandi Floyd Escott. « Quand on venait dans le centre-ville, on devait entrer par la porte de derrière des magasins. On ne pouvait pas longer certains murs, on ne pouvait pas boire dans des fontaines réservées aux blancs. Je me souviens de tout ça. Les blancs pensaient qu'ils valaient mieux que nous. Il y a eu beaucoup de progrès depuis mais le combat est encore long », dit-il.Et pour symboliser ces progrès, soixante ans après, c'est la première juge afro-américaine de la Cour suprême qui vient commémorer la mort de ces quatre petites filles. Ketanji Brown Jackson note qu'à l'époque cet attentat a tellement sidéré l'opinion qu'il a permis d'accélérer le passage un an un plus tard du Civil Right Acts, la grande loi qui marque la fin de la ségrégation aux États-Unis. « Aujourd'hui nous nous souvenons du tribut payé par les Afro-américains pour leur liberté…  Aujourd'hui nous pleurons ces quatre enfants arrachés à cette terre et à leurs familles de façon insensée et à qui on a volé le futur », explique-t-elle.Et la juge de la Cour suprême rappelle l'importance du devoir de mémoire. « Nous ne pouvons pas oublier parce que pour apprendre des erreurs du passé, encore faut-il savoir qu'elles ont existé ». Un message a peine voilé aux États républicains qui tentent actuellement d'éradiquer des écoles l'enseignement de ce passé raciste aux États-Unis.

History Colorado holds two Ku Klux Klan membership books for the Greater Denver area and beyond. The information inside them, which was collected for administrative purposes around 1924 through 1926, dates from the peak of the Klan's influence in Colorado. Together they have nearly 30,000 entries across more than 1,300 pages that record the names and other personal details, such as home and business addresses, of people affiliated with the KKK in metropolitan Denver and other areas. While the first 69 entries appear to be missing, the ledgers otherwise appear to be completely intact. -History Colorado Sources: https://apnews.com/article/co-state-wire-ku-klux-klan-denver-business-racial-injustice-0b0e68c3a7083ca9f2d1372d5b56d929 https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/ku-klux-klan-colorado https://youtu.be/60AKLGEv5TU?si=xW1lCwbtYTF1_z6J https://www.denverpost.com/2021/06/06/denver-kkk-history/ https://www.rmpbs.org/blogs/rocky-mountain-pbs/ku-klux-klan-ledgers-at-history-colorado/ https://denverite.com/2021/04/21/denver-colorado-kkk-historic-membership-published/ https://www.denverpost.com/2021/06/06/denver-kkk-history/ https://history.denverlibrary.org/news/when-kkk-ruled-colorado-not-so-long-ago https://www.historycolorado.org/kkkledgers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The story of Reconstruction is often told from the perspective of the politicians, generals, and journalists whose accounts claim an outsized place in collective memory. But this pivotal era looked very different to African Americans in the South transitioning from bondage to freedom after 1865. They were besieged by a campaign of white supremacist violence that persisted through the 1880s and beyond. For too long, their lived experiences have been sidelined, impoverishing our understanding of the obstacles post-Civil War Black families faced, their inspiring determination to survive, and the physical and emotional scars they bore because of it.  In I Saw Death Coming: A History of Terror and Survival in the War Against Reconstruction (Bloomsbury, 2023), Kidada E. Williams offers a breakthrough account of the much-debated Reconstruction period, transporting readers into the daily existence of formerly enslaved people building hope-filled new lives. Drawing on overlooked sources and bold new readings of the archives, Williams offers a revelatory and, in some cases, minute-by-minute record of nighttime raids and Ku Klux Klan strikes. And she deploys cutting-edge scholarship on trauma to consider how the effects of these attacks would linger for decades-indeed, generations-to come. For readers of Carol Anderson, Tiya Miles, and Clint Smith, I Saw Death Coming is an indelible and essential book that speaks to some of the most pressing questions of our times. Adam McNeil is a Ph.D. Candidate in History at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/african-american-studies

The story of Reconstruction is often told from the perspective of the politicians, generals, and journalists whose accounts claim an outsized place in collective memory. But this pivotal era looked very different to African Americans in the South transitioning from bondage to freedom after 1865. They were besieged by a campaign of white supremacist violence that persisted through the 1880s and beyond. For too long, their lived experiences have been sidelined, impoverishing our understanding of the obstacles post-Civil War Black families faced, their inspiring determination to survive, and the physical and emotional scars they bore because of it.  In I Saw Death Coming: A History of Terror and Survival in the War Against Reconstruction (Bloomsbury, 2023), Kidada E. Williams offers a breakthrough account of the much-debated Reconstruction period, transporting readers into the daily existence of formerly enslaved people building hope-filled new lives. Drawing on overlooked sources and bold new readings of the archives, Williams offers a revelatory and, in some cases, minute-by-minute record of nighttime raids and Ku Klux Klan strikes. And she deploys cutting-edge scholarship on trauma to consider how the effects of these attacks would linger for decades-indeed, generations-to come. For readers of Carol Anderson, Tiya Miles, and Clint Smith, I Saw Death Coming is an indelible and essential book that speaks to some of the most pressing questions of our times. Adam McNeil is a Ph.D. Candidate in History at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history

The story of Reconstruction is often told from the perspective of the politicians, generals, and journalists whose accounts claim an outsized place in collective memory. But this pivotal era looked very different to African Americans in the South transitioning from bondage to freedom after 1865. They were besieged by a campaign of white supremacist violence that persisted through the 1880s and beyond. For too long, their lived experiences have been sidelined, impoverishing our understanding of the obstacles post-Civil War Black families faced, their inspiring determination to survive, and the physical and emotional scars they bore because of it.  In I Saw Death Coming: A History of Terror and Survival in the War Against Reconstruction (Bloomsbury, 2023), Kidada E. Williams offers a breakthrough account of the much-debated Reconstruction period, transporting readers into the daily existence of formerly enslaved people building hope-filled new lives. Drawing on overlooked sources and bold new readings of the archives, Williams offers a revelatory and, in some cases, minute-by-minute record of nighttime raids and Ku Klux Klan strikes. And she deploys cutting-edge scholarship on trauma to consider how the effects of these attacks would linger for decades-indeed, generations-to come. For readers of Carol Anderson, Tiya Miles, and Clint Smith, I Saw Death Coming is an indelible and essential book that speaks to some of the most pressing questions of our times. Adam McNeil is a Ph.D. Candidate in History at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/american-studies

The story of Reconstruction is often told from the perspective of the politicians, generals, and journalists whose accounts claim an outsized place in collective memory. But this pivotal era looked very different to African Americans in the South transitioning from bondage to freedom after 1865. They were besieged by a campaign of white supremacist violence that persisted through the 1880s and beyond. For too long, their lived experiences have been sidelined, impoverishing our understanding of the obstacles post-Civil War Black families faced, their inspiring determination to survive, and the physical and emotional scars they bore because of it.  In I Saw Death Coming: A History of Terror and Survival in the War Against Reconstruction (Bloomsbury, 2023), Kidada E. Williams offers a breakthrough account of the much-debated Reconstruction period, transporting readers into the daily existence of formerly enslaved people building hope-filled new lives. Drawing on overlooked sources and bold new readings of the archives, Williams offers a revelatory and, in some cases, minute-by-minute record of nighttime raids and Ku Klux Klan strikes. And she deploys cutting-edge scholarship on trauma to consider how the effects of these attacks would linger for decades-indeed, generations-to come. For readers of Carol Anderson, Tiya Miles, and Clint Smith, I Saw Death Coming is an indelible and essential book that speaks to some of the most pressing questions of our times. Adam McNeil is a Ph.D. Candidate in History at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Black Panther Hijacks Plane to AlgeriaGuest: Lorenzo Kom' Boa ErvinANARCHISM AND THE BLACK REVOLUTION-Black Panther Party For Self DefenseLorenzo Kom'boa Ervin (born 1947) is an American writer, activist, and black anarchist. He is a former member of the Black Panther Party. He was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and has lived in Memphis, Tennessee, since 2010.When he was 12, Ervin joined the NAACP youth group and participated in the sit-in protests that helped end racial segregation in Chattanooga. He was drafted during the Vietnam War and served in the army for two years, where he became an anti-war activist. In 1967 he joined the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and, a short time later, the Black Panther Party.In February 1969, Ervin hijacked a plane to Cuba to evade prosecution for allegedly trying to kill a Ku Klux Klan leader. While in Cuba and Czechoslovakia, Ervin became disillusioned with state socialism. After several unsuccessful attempts, the American government eventually extradited Ervin and brought him to the U.S. to face trial. Ervin was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment.Ervin first learned about anarchism while in prison in the late 1970s. He read numerous anarchist books, and his case was adopted by the Anarchist Black Cross, a political prisoner support organization. While in prison, Ervin wrote several anarchist pamphlets, including Anarchism and the Black Revolution, which has been reprinted many times and may be his best-known work.Eventually, Ervin's legal challenges and an international campaign led to his release from prison after 15 years.Please SUBSCRIBE!!!!If you like this show you can find more just like it in The Opperman Reporthttps://www.patreon.com/oppermanreportThis show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/1198501/advertisement

Stand Up is a daily podcast that I book,host,edit, post and promote new episodes with brilliant guests every day.   Please subscribe now for as little as 5$ and gain access to a community of over 700 awesome, curious, kind, funny, brilliant, generous souls   Check out StandUpwithPete.com to learn more  Tim Wise, whom scholar and philosopher Cornel West calls, “A vanilla brother in the tradition of (abolitionist) John Brown,” is among the nation's most prominent antiracist essayists and educators. He has spent the past 25 years speaking to audiences in all 50 states, on over 1000 college and high school campuses, at hundreds of professional and academic conferences, and to community groups across the nation. He has also lectured internationally in Canada and Bermuda, and has trained corporate, government, law enforcement and medical industry professionals on methods for dismantling racism in their institutions. Wise's antiracism work traces back to his days as a college activist in the 1980s, fighting for divestment from (and economic sanctions against) apartheid South Africa. After graduation, he threw himself into social justice efforts full-time, as a Youth Coordinator and Associate Director of the Louisiana Coalition Against Racism and Nazism: the largest of the many groups organized in the early 1990s to defeat the political candidacies of white supremacist and former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke. From there, he became a community organizer in New Orleans' public housing, and a policy analyst for a children's advocacy group focused on combatting poverty and economic inequity. He has served as an adjunct professor at the Smith College School of Social Work, in Northampton, MA., and from 1999-2003 was an advisor to the Fisk University Race Relations Institute in Nashville, TN. Wise is the author of seven books, including his highly-acclaimed memoir, White Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son, as well as Dear White America: Letter to a New Minority, and Under the Affluence: Shaming the Poor, Praising the Rich and Sacrificing the Future of America. His forthcoming book, White LIES Matter: Race, Crime and the Politics of Fear in America, will be released in 2018. His essays have appeared on Alternet, Salon, Huffington Post, Counterpunch, Black Commentator, BK Nation, Z Magazine and The Root, which recently named Wise one of the “8 Wokest White People We Know.” Wise has been featured in several documentaries, including “The Great White Hoax: Donald Trump and the Politics of Race and Class in America,” and “White Like Me: Race, Racism and White Privilege in America,” both from the Media Education Foundation. He also appeared alongside legendary scholar and activist, Angela Davis, in the 2011 documentary, “Vocabulary of Change.” In this public dialogue between the two activists, Davis and Wise discussed the connections between issues of race, class, gender, sexuality and militarism, as well as inter-generational movement building and the prospects for social change. Wise is also one of five persons—including President Barack Obama—interviewed for a video exhibition on race relations in America, featured at the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington DC. Additionally, his media presence includes dozens of appearances on CNN, MSNBC and NPR, feature interviews on ABC's 20/20 and CBS's 48 Hours, as well as videos posted on YouTube, Facebook and other social media platforms that have received over 20 million views. His podcast, “Speak Out with Tim Wise,” launched this fall and features weekly interviews with activists, scholars and artists about movement building and strategies for social change. Wise graduated from Tulane University in 1990 and received antiracism training from the People's Institute for Survival and Beyond, in New Orleans. Join us Thursday's at 8EST for our Weekly Happy Hour Hangout! Pete on Tik Tok Pete on YouTube Pete on Twitter Pete On Instagram Pete Personal FB page Stand Up with Pete FB page All things Jon Carroll  Follow and Support Pete Coe

Live from the Heart of America—I'm Steve Gruber— Your Soldier of Truth—the Tip of the Spear against socialists—here ready to fight for you from the Foxhole of Freedom—AND—REMEMBER TO THINK while its still legal—this is the Steve Gruber Show—   Here are 3 big things you need to know right now—   Number One— Florida is prepping for a Hurricane strike on the Gulf Coast side—and it looks like the storm—Idalia will be getting stronger before making landfall sometime midday on Wednesday—   Number Two— 99% of so-called Covid deaths are not caused primarily by the virus—in fact the number is tiny—and that is according to the CDC—BUT the push for vaccines and more is ramping up all over again—   Number Three— I am the problem—at least according to liberal and progressive doctrine—its me—I am to blame for the problems of America—and frankly all the problems the world has ever known can be laid directly at my feet so say the enlightened ones—   Its not because I make too much money or not enough—its not because I take government handouts—not because I am addicted to drugs or have any violent tendencies—its not because I smoke—or anything else—it has only to do with just one thing—   I'm white—and therefore according to Joe Biden and all the other far-left socialists running around in Washington—it is me—and anyone that looks like me that is to blame for everything that has ever gone wrong—and unless my kind are kept in check it will be the end of freedom, Democracy and of course America—   None of that is true of course—BUT that is the next big talking point and we have heard this before lots of times—BUT that doesn't make it anymore true than it was back then—   It is also a clear indication that the left keeps seeing polling numbers for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris—and realize they are in very serious political peril—in fact one might say it looks like the ship is sinking—right along side the feeble presidents failing poll numbers—   So, how desperate are the Democrats—well a shooting in Jacksonville has become just about the only thing they are talking about—they are shrill and screaming about white supremacy and how it is the biggest threat to the nation—and that its far more pervasive and prevalent than anyone actually realizes—   Of course that is all false as well—   Its been over 160 years since Democrats got together to create the Ku Klux Klan—and more than 100 years since the Klan reached its heyday during the administration of President Woodrow Wilson—a Democrat and one of the most openly racist Presidents of all time—in fact he ranks right up there with the openly racist Lyndon Baines Johnson—But it was Wilson that screened the racist film Birth of a Nation in The White House itself—   But make no mistake Democrats don't care much about factual historical accounts of what their party really is—and ALWAYS has been—   They don't want to talk about Democrat Governor George Wallace—another outspoken racist—who ran for President on the idea of segregation now, segregation tomorrow and segregation forever to keep blacks and whites in America separate—and keep the black population in its place—   Of course—the Democrats now claim—falsely of course that at some point the parties switched—does that mean that Ronald Reagan was a Democrat as President? Richard Nixon too? Was JFK actually a Republican? Of course, that premise is ludicrous—because it has always been Republicans that have led the charge to fight for equal rights for blacks and all Americans in this nation—and everyone should know that by now—I mean the party was created to end slavery—which part did you miss in class on that one lefties?   How about a refresher—Democrats wanted to keep black people enslaved so badly they caused a Civil War that cost 600,000 Americans their lives—the north fought to end the practice—and save the country—   President Dwight D Eisenhower was the man that sent the National Guard to Little Rock to enforce the federal law of allowing black students into previously all white schools and Eisenhower was the President who signed the FIRST major Civil Rights bill into law in 1957—and he did so with the backing of Republican Senators in large part NOT Democrats—BUT history doesn't matter and neither do facts in 2023 Democrat politics—   But facts matter to me— How about some more facts—that are more recent—   How about the fact that Martin Luther King Jr. was a Republican by all accounts—and LBJ used language to describe black voters that I cannot repeat here—as his impetus for signing the Civil Rights Act of 1965—it was not to help out blacks but to help Democrats get and keep power—   And of course Joe Biden is the man that attended the funeral of the former Grand Cyclops of the Klan—Senator Robert Byrd of West Virginia—and praised him— he was flanked by the likes of Hillary and Bill Clinton in that praise—   And yes Republicans have had their share of racists too—BUT to hear the Democrats tell the story now—they are as pure as the driven snow—while their GOP counterparts are simply evil and a threat to the nation—   That whole theme was dragged out into the open again on Monday—and Joe Biden—who counted many segregationists among his close friends in Washington—worked to gaslight the world again—However, I can read—and I know who he is—I know that 2 million members of the Klan resided in Indiana in 1920—and they were almost all Democrats—AGAIN—facts that are easy to verify—and another reason I keep World Book Encyclopedias from years gone by—those facts cannot be erased by the Newspeak overlords of today—   BUT Joe just blurts out what he is told to say—   Sadly its not just politicians that are wrapped up in these lies—there are many members of the media that apparently have never read World Book Encyclopedia—or any actual books about American History—in fact they cannot even get recent history right—they just regurgitate the same old trite and false allegations about conservatives and Republicans—   It is truly sad when so much ignorance gets so much exposure in the media—no wonder millions of people in this country are just so ill-informed—   Like Ronald Reagan said—the problem with my liberal friends is that they know so much that just isn't true—   And this all leads to some very problematic numbers and that is why Democrats everywhere are panicked and throwing the race card everywhere—   I mean, lets be honest like we always are here—the Democrats have no policies that actually benefit black Americans or Americans in general—the spending is out of control creating a nightmare scenario in the economy—and mocking people for not understanding that Bidenomics is actually good for everyone is a BIG FAT LOSER too—   The border—the billions to Ukraine while Hawaii is pushed to the back burner to be forgotten again—it really is appalling and that is why—there is a shift in this nation—away from the losing policies and back to a common sense approach—and why people are willing to vote for people they don't like to get the policies they do—   Its time to put America First—and we do that by rejecting the empty identity politics and the politics of race—    

In this segment of The Annie Frey Show, Annie and Brad discuss Vivek Ramaswamy's performance at the GOP Debate. They share whether or not they liked him more and understood him more post debate. They then discuss the conflict between Ramaswamy and Representative Ayanna Pressley. Pressley was publicly critical of some of Ramaswamy's comments during the debate. Vivek responded by comparing Pressley to a "Modern Grand Wizard" from the Ku Klux Klan. Annie and Brad break down the situation and play some of the latest comments made from each.

Western Bay of Plenty Local Democracy reporter Alisha Evans is in Tauranga, where a judge has ordered a rottweiler that bit a vet be put down, following a lengthy court battle. And Western Bay of Plenty is getting Maori wards next election, after a 12 year battle. It was a split vote, with three councillors against them. Meanwhile an ex-councillor has been thrown out of a meeting about the proposed Tauranga Stadium for being "disorderly". Murray Guy interrupted from the public gallery. Finally, an apology from a quiz team for dressing in Ku Klux Klan outfits at Kaimai community fundraiser.

Web A quiz team that dressed like members of the murderous white American extremist group the Ku Klux Klan has apologised to event organisers for its poor judgement in perpetuating racism and reinforcing harmful stereotypes. The team dressed in the distinctive KKK-like robes and hoods with cut outs for eyes, turned up at Saturday's event organised by the Kaimai Settlers Committee in the small Bay of Plenty town. The organisers say they deplore the behaviour of the team and regret not asking them to remove their costumes or leave. Since the event the committee says it recieved an apology from the team that says it is " deeply ashamed and embarassed" by its poor judgement and lack of awareness for the gravity of the situation. The apology also refers to the consumption of alcohol and impaired judgement. Buddy Mikaere is a former Director of the Waitangi Tribunal, a Tauranga historian and iwi leader - who was also raised in Kaimai he joins me now. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6334998362112

At the height of its power, the Ku Klux Klan was run by a depraved charlatan named D. C. Stephenson, until a woman's deathbed confession brought him down.

John Andrew Collins grew up in the royal family of the William Branham Message movement. His grandfather was the senior pastor at Branham's Tabernacle. John began to have doubts when he was 37 and started research that has continued for more than a decade. He is a prolific author who has revealed the intimate connection between some Pentecostalists - including Branham - with the Ku Klux Klan from its re-founding in 1915. He found links between Pentecostal Christianity and the Kardashian family; a Branham complex in Chile that smuggled Nazis into Argentina; the connection between Branham and Jim Jones who was responsible for the Jonestown killings; and even a connection to David 'Moses' Berg founder of the despicable child-molesting Children of God. A fascinating tour through one of the most influential groups in today's politicized religious right. Spike's note: most of the pictures in this video were taken from John Collins' excellent website - it is truly amazing in the depth of information there, so check it out!!!! Other Links: Victim of the Flaming Sword serpent seed chart of lineage Kenya Branham splinter starvation And a link to a really nifty music video by John Collins - the guy's got some mad talent; check it out!!!

Jerry Mitchell is an investigative reporter for Mississippi Today and author of "Race Against Time." https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Race-Against-Time/Jerry-Mitchell/9781451645149 Jerry Mitchell's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jmitchellnews/A longtime journalist for The Clarion Ledger, Mitchell was instrumental in reopening multiple murder cases that occurred throughout the civil rights era in Mississippi. Episode Time Stamps(0:00) Intro (2:00) Jerry details audio book recording process(4:20) Is Texas part of the South?(6:00) Racial dynamics in Texas vs Mississippi(9:00) Why the history of racial polarization in Mississippi?(10:00) Where did the influence of the Klan originate?(14:00) The resurgence of the Klan in early 20th century(16:30) The Klan was not strictly a southern organization(18:40) Klan's self-described mission was to "save Democracy" (20:20) Did white people in Mississippi agree with white supremacy?(22:00) Propaganda fueled the flames of the Klan's fire(24:00) Jerry's meeting with Medgar Evers' killer(28:00) Ku Klux Klan had immense political power in Mississippi(30:30) How did the Klan recruit police officers to join?(32:00) Why didn't people stand up to the Klan in Mississippi?(34:00) Did civil rights workers recognize the danger of the Klan?(37:00) Supermajority state government is not good(39:00) Are we re-segregating ourselves in Mississippi?(41:30) Majority black schools perform very poorly(44:00) Education is important for the health of society(47:00) We must hold our elected officials accountable(48:30) How do desolate areas attract quality educators?(50:00) Symptoms of corruption in Mississippi law enforcement(52:00) Rankin County law enforcement abuse and harassment(57:30) It's easy to play the "race card" (58:00) We don't respect teachers or law enforcement (1:00:20) Should all drugs be legalized?(1:01:40) Lee details being caught with marijuana(1:03:30) Government is largely inefficient(1:05:30) Should people be incarcerated for marijuana?(1:09:40) Will the voter initiative process be restored?(1:12:25) Should we rethink how we handle the mentally ill?(1:15:00) How can Jackson, MS be improved? (1:17:00) One Lake Project (1:19:20) Jackson, Mississippi needs new leadership(1:20:50) Is the Ku Klux Klan still active in Mississippi?(1:22:20) White supremacy: Then vs Now(1:25:00) Communism vs Facsism (1:28:00) Influx of German scientists in America(1:30:00) Mississippi Burning Case(1:33:00) Why was Edgar Ray Killen the only person prosecuted?(1:36:30) How were the bodies discovered? (1:39:00) Details of Mississippi Burning murder scene(1:43:50) Did Klansmen have a change of heart upon being pressured?(1:46:00) Was Sam Bowers charismatic?(1:48:00) Was Divine intervention at play to reopen the cases? (1:50:00) The Klan appeared to be amateur criminalsVisit our website: https://www.countylinepodcast.com/Support the show

#ronstallworth #BlacKkKlansman #racismDigo tells us about the greatest black detective of all time, the one and only, Ron Stallworth and his partner Chuck who managed to infiltrate the Ku Klux Klan.TWO COLORFUL GAY DUDESCALEB, a singer & songwriter.DIGO, an author & digital nomad.We'll cover true life, music history and other interesting stories. Join us for some laughs!Caleb Hackerhttps://calebhacker.com/Digo (Author of Mortal Nature)https://www.mortalnature.com/For more information and contact, visit us at ANTSHUMANSSTARS.COM

They say never meet your heroes, but we're so glad we got to meet two of ours, as they gave us the shot of hope at the end of our conversation that we all need, considering everything that's happening around us currently.  To be honest, we had been looking forward to this conversation ever since David Louie (Episode 212, if you want to go back and listen) made this introduction, and it was everything we had hoped it would be. Not only because Doug Jones and Bill Baxley are legal powerhouses, but also because they were just two men, doing what they believed to be right, because perhaps they were the only ones who could have fought this fight.  And that - the power of one, standing in your beliefs and speaking up for those who cannot - is something we should all carry with us from this conversation.   What to listen for:  How two white men growing up in the South came to their belief in and advocacy of equal justice  The role that witnesses - especially the white wives of Klans members - played in the various trials, both in positive and negative ways What these lawyers would say to people who diminish the ongoing impact of systemic racism, and claim that “slavery happened so long ago”... The most powerful way young people can do so that lawmakers hear their voices About Doug Jones:  A celebrated prosecutor who brought long-overdue justice to the victims of the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing, Doug has built his career on fighting impossible battles. In 2017, he shocked the political establishment by winning a special election to fill a U.S. Senate seat in Alabama—the first Democrat to do so in 25 years in the state. On Capitol Hill, he quickly built a reputation as a well-regarded and effective legislator, passing more than two dozen bipartisan bills into law in just three years.  Doug's first job after graduating from Cumberland School of Law at Samford University was as staff counsel to the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary for Sen. Howell Heflin (D-AL). Following his stint in Washington, he served as an assistant U.S. attorney from 1980 to 1984. Doug left government service in 1984 and was in the private practice of law in Birmingham, Alabama, until President Bill Clinton nominated him to the position of U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Alabama. His nomination was confirmed by the Senate in November 1997, and he served as U.S. attorney until June 2001. It was while serving in that position that he successfully prosecuted 2 of the 4 men responsible for the 1963 bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church—finally bringing full justice and closure nearly 40 years after the attack that killed four young girls. Along with taking on the Ku Klux Klan, he indicted domestic terrorist Eric Rudolph and prosecuted other criminals who sought to use fear, hatred, and violence to inhibit the rights of others. Doug is the author of Bending Toward Justice: The Birmingham Church Bombing that Changed the Course of Civil Rights which recounts a key moment in our long national struggle for equality and the successful prosecution of two Ku Klux Klan members 40 years later. In 2022, Doug was selected by President Joe Biden to be the Nomination Advisor for Legislative Affairs to help to guide the selection, nomination, and successful confirmation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court of the United States. In this role, Doug continued to upon the important relationships he had established while in Congress to help gain bipartisan support for the President's nominee.  Today, Doug is of Counsel with ArentFox Schiff, a Senior Distinguish Fellow with the Center for American Progress, and is involved in a variety of different political and civic organizations. Doug resides in Birmingham, AL with his wife, Louise, and dogs, Scout and Dakota. He has three children Courtney (married to Rip Andrews), Carson, and Christopher as well as two grandchildren, Ever and Ollie.  About Bill Baxley:  Bill Baxley was elected Attorney General at age 28. Remarkably, he was already a seasoned prosecutor, having tried dozens of jury trials as District Attorney in Houston and Henry counties. He served as Alabama's Attorney General from 1971 to 1979 and its Lieutenant Governor from 1983 to 1987. As Attorney General, Bill served as lead trial counsel in every major action on the State's behalf, civil and criminal. He aggressively prosecuted them all. He appointed the state's first African-American assistant attorney general, who later became a federal judge. His successful prosecution of Ku Klux Klansman Robert Chambliss for the 1963 bombing of Birmingham's Sixteenth Street Baptist Church is featured in the Spike Lee documentary, 4 Little Girls. His legal accomplishments are also documented in Lay Down with Dogs, Until Justice Rolls Down, and numerous other publications. Throughout his career, Bill Baxley has served in the Alabama Army National Guard, beginning as an enlisted clerk and rising through the ranks to retire as Colonel, JAG Corps. He has successfully represented clients in the United States Supreme Court, the Alabama Supreme Court, and in appellate and trial courts over which they exercise jurisdiction. He primarily represents large business corporations yet continues to represent individuals of modest means. Those efforts have earned him the distinction of being selected as a Fellow in the International Academy of Trial Lawyers as well as being recognized by his peers as a Super Lawyer.   Also: Listen to Episode 31: Birmingham Church Bombings – How Did We Get Here on Dear White Women for a historic look at this tragedy

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Gängslagsmål på gatorna mot irländare och en stark kraft inom Ku Klux Klan i nordöstra USA ja inte alla svenskar som for till Amerika hamnade på prärien som bönder. Storstäderna lockade många, till exempel den etniskt polariserade industristaden Worcester i Massachusetts, där som mest ca 20% av befolkningen hade svensk bakgrund, och många av dem arbetade på samma fabrik. Rivalitet och instabilitet baserat på härkomst och religion gjorde att många där valde att gå med i Ku Klux Klan.Den snabbt växande metropolen Chicago var en tid den stad i världen där näst flest svenskar bodde, och där de hade något av en gräddfil i samhället inte minst tack vare sitt utseende. Ännu mer pengar kunde finnas att tjäna för den som reste vidare västerut till städerna vid USA:s Stillahavskust, som Seattle. Men trots gynnsamma förutsättningar så slutade livet i misär för många svenskättlingar i städerna.Programmet är en repris från 17 april 2023.Medverkande: Patrick Dwyer, vicepresident för S:t Gobain som idag äger företaget Norton; Eric Salomonsson, författare som skrivit om Worcesters svenska historia; Erika Jackson, professor i historia vid Colorado Mesa University i Grand Junction och författare till boken Scandinavians in Chicago; Ola Larsmo, författare.Reporter: Mats Carlsson-LénartProducent: Björn Gunérbjorn.guner@sr.se

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In June 1964, the Ku Klux Klan conspired with law enforcement in Neshoba County, Mississippi to kidnap and murder three young civil rights workers. James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner were murdered in an effort to preserve segregation in the state and deter further civil rights activism. Despite dozens of indictments and a few trials, was justice served? What role did the state of Mississippi play in their murders? Want more Southern Mysteries?  Hear the Southern Mysteries show archive of 60+ episodes along with Patron exclusive podcast, Audacious: Tales of American Crime and more when you become a patron of the show. You can immediately access exclusive content now at patreon.com/southernmysteries   Connect Website: southernmysteries.com Facebook: Southern Mysteries Podcast Twitter: @southernpod_ Instagram: @shannonballard_ Email: southernmysteriespodcast@gmail.com    Episode Sources Mississippi Department of Archives and History. “Sovereignty Commission Online website”. (Viewed on July 29, 2023). Mississippi Encyclopedia. “Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission”. (Viewed on July 29, 2023). African American History. Cozzens, Lisa. "Brown v. Board of Education." (Viewed on July 29, 2023). Wisconsin Historical Society Freedom Summer Digital Collection. “Edward Hollander recordings [sound recording], 1963-1964; Audio 369A; WIHVH2870-A.” (Viewed on July 28, 2023) Jackson Free Press. “FBI Celebrates Civil-Rights Heroes”. (Viewed on July 30,2023)  Famous Trials. “Mississippi Burning Trial Chronology.” (Viewed on August 1, 2023) King Encyclopedia.”Freedom Summer.” (Viewed on August 1, 2023) Jewish Women's Archive. "Rita Schwerner." (Viewed on August 2, 2023) . Neshoba Democrat. “Mt. Zion to hold annual memorial”. (Viewed on July 31, 2023) Pacifica Radio Archives, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. “Memorial service for James Chaney.” 1964-08-28. (Viewed July 28, 2023). . History.com. “Freeom Summer.” (Viewed July 27, 2023). Porter, Dawn. “Spies of Mississippi.” (Viewed July 29, 2023). Episode Music Spirit of Fire by Jesse Gallager. Licensed under Creative Commons; Theme Song “Dark & Troubled” by Pantherburn. Special thanks to Phillip St Ours for permission for use

Ralph welcomes Sherry Turkle, Professor of the Social Studies of Science and Technology at MIT and an expert on culture and therapy, mobile technology, social networking, and sociable robotics to talk about our addictions to screens and how to break out of them. Plus, our resident constitutional scholar, Bruce Fein, opens the program with everything you need to know about the latest Trump indictment.Bruce Fein is a Constitutional scholar and an expert on international law.  Mr. Fein was Associate Deputy Attorney General under Ronald Reagan and he is the author of Constitutional Peril: The Life and Death Struggle for Our Constitution and Democracy, and American Empire: Before the Fall.I think it's important for the audience to recognize that 100% of the incriminating evidence was supplied by Trump appointees or supporters. No Democrat made a cameo appearance. There was no incriminating evidence from any opponent of Donald Trump. It's all his own people. And therefore, when you think about the indictment, the idea that it's a witch hunt by Trump's political enemies is facially lunatic.Bruce FeinThese expressions by Trump were not good-faith belief that there may have been a few blunders someplace or other. And [they demonstrate] that the whole goal was to defraud the American people out of the right to have a peaceful transition of power based upon a free and fair count of the electoral votes.Bruce FeinSherry Turkle is Professor of the Social Studies of Science and Technology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the founding director of the MIT Initiative on Technology and Self. Professor Turkle is a sociologist, a licensed clinical psychologist, and she is an expert on culture and therapy, mobile technology, social networking, and sociable robotics. She is the author of several books, including Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age, Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other, and The Empathy Diaries: A Memoir.That's really what you're fighting— this ethos that says, “When technology makes a problem, technology will solve that problem. In a friction-free manner. It will not involve changing capitalism, changing the structures of power, or saying that science and engineering need to be dethroned as the moral and cultural arbiters for the society we live in.” So, I think that the resistance movement has to come from politics and really has to come from political organization.Sherry Turkle[If I were king in this domain,] you absolutely have legislation that treats generative AI as though it were nuclear energy. In other words, do not say, “Well, there's kind of an analogy. Maybe there's an analogy because it's very powerful.” But to really say, “This is going to disrupt us, it's a national security threat, and it's certainly a threat to our elections…” So, it can wreak havoc— unless you're extremely vigilant and the thing is controlled— with every aspect of our democracy.Sherry TurkleThere's always a big-time gap between the damage of new technology and accountability catching up with it, or public awareness.Ralph NaderHi everybody, Steve Skrovan here. This is halfway between a shameless plug and some useful information. As some of you may know, I have my own Substack page called Bits & Pieces. It's mainly funny stories and essays. I wanted to alert you specifically to the last piece I wrote concerning the Writers' Guild Strike. It's funny but also packed with a lot of information for those of you who are interested. Some of you may think writers and actors striking is not a big deal, but our strike is emblematic of what is going on across many industries where the corporations are trying to turn us all into gig workers. On the RNRH, we have talked a lot about AI for instance, especially on the program you just heard. The writers and the actors have a chance to be the first entities to address regulating AI in a meaningful way. We are on the cutting edge of what people are calling the Hot Labor Summer. So, check it out at steveskrovan.substack.com. That's s-t-e-v-e-s-k-r-o-v-a-n dot substack dot com. We'll link to it on the RNRH page also. Feel free to subscribe. It's free! Thanks.In Case You Haven't Heard with Francesco DeSantis1. Senator Bernie Sanders and Representative Bobby Scott announced that they have introduced a new bill to raise the minimum wage. To account for the rising cost of living, this new bill would raise the wage not to $15 per hour, but $17. Sanders and Scott note that “If the minimum wage had increased with productivity over the last 50 years, it would be $23 an hour today. If it had increased at the same rate that Wall Street…bonuses have increased, it would be more than $42 an hour.”2. USA Today reports that the Houston Independent School District in Texas has decided to “eliminate 28 school libraries,” and use at least some of those spaces as “discipline centers.”  This article further notes that “The Houston Independent School District is the largest district in Texas and serves more than 189,000 students at its 274 campuses…[and that] The once- independent district was recently taken over by the Texas Education Agency.”3. The Intercept reports that, amid the strikes roiling Hollywood, Senator John Fetterman of Pennsylvania has introduced the Food Secure Strikers Act of 2023. This bill would “repeal a restriction on striking workers receiving SNAP benefits, protect food stamp eligibility for public-sector workers fired for striking, and clarify that any income-eligible household can receive SNAP benefits even if a member of that household is on strike.” This bill would provide a crucial lifeline to striking workers, particularly as the Hollywood bosses have made clear that they are willing to see workers lose their homes before coming back to the negotiating table.4. A new report in Reuters alleges that employees at Elon Musk's Tesla Motors “had been instructed to thwart any customers complaining about poor driving range from bringing their vehicles in for service.” The company even went so far as to create a “Diversion Team” with orders to “cancel as many range-related [service] appointments as possible,” in order to stifle consumer complaints that the automobiles range on a single charge was far below advertised. According to the report “some employees celebrated canceling service appointments by putting their phones on mute and striking a metal xylophone, triggering applause from coworkers who sometimes stood on desks.”5. Bloomberg reports that the Abraham Accords –  Trump's middle east peace plan which rested on inducing Arab states to recognize Israel by offering them money, weapons, or whatever else they desired – seem to be coming apart at the seams. The numbers are stark. While the agreements never enjoyed majority support in any Arab state, support has declined considerably – from 47% initially in the UAE, to just 27%, from 45% to 20% in Bahrain, and 40% to 20% in Saudi Arabia. This last drop is most significant, as the underlying purpose of the agreements were to align Israel and Saudi Arabia against Iran. The Saudis now plan to extract further concessions from the United States.6. Listeners may recall a story from North Carolina about Tricia Cotham, a Democratic state legislator from a safe blue seat who switched parties, giving Republicans a super-majority in the state House – and cast the deciding vote to override the Democratic Governor's veto and impose a 12-week abortion ban. Now, a New York Times report sheds light on why she made the switch: “Lacey Williams, a former advocacy director at the Charlotte-based Latin American Coalition who considered Ms. Cotham a friend for years, said Ms. Cotham “felt she did not get the gratitude or spotlight that she felt she deserved,” and added, “she was jealous that other Democrats were getting…adulation from the party.” This report also suggests that she was working hand-in-glove with Republican leadership prior to her election, suggesting that perhaps this was her plan all along.7. In Julian Assange's native Australia, political officials are calling on the U.S. to drop their efforts to extradite the publisher to the United States to stand trial under the espionage act. These officials include Foreign Minister Penny Wong and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. Democracy Now! reports that US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken has rejected this demand, claiming that the WikiLeaks disclosures “risked very serious harm to our national security, to the benefit of our adversaries, and put named human sources at grave risk.” Australian lawmaker Andrew Wilkie,  co-chair of the Bring Julian Assange Home Parliamentary Group, called this “patent nonsense,” and told The Guardian, “Mr. Blinken would be well aware of the inquiries in both the U.S. and Australia which found that the relevant WikiLeaks disclosures did not result in harm to anyone.”8. Finally, former President Donald Trump has been indicted for the third time, this time on four counts related to trying to overturn the 2020 election. Yet, what is most striking about this indictment is that Trump is being charged under the Enforcement Act of 1870, originally intended to prevent Ku Klux Klan terror to deprive Black voters of their 13th, 14th and 15th amendment rights. Section 241 of this law deems criminal any attempt to “conspire to injure, oppress, threaten, or intimidate any person” exercising a right protected by the Constitution or federal law,” per the Washington Post. Charging Trump under the Klan act may seem a bit on the nose, but hey, if the hood fits. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe

ive from the Heart of America—I'm Steve Gruber— Your Soldier of Truth—the Tip of the Spear against socialists—here ready to fight for you from the Foxhole of Freedom—AND—giving you better analysis than anyone else while defending this great nation—this is the Steve Gruber Show—   Here are 3 big things you need to know right now—   Number One— John Kerry and his fellow globalist cult members are continuing to attack farming—the latest target of the so called green new deal—strange that they want to plow farms under—   Number Two— Barack Obama apparently met with Joe Biden in June and told him clearly that Donald Trump—no matter what they throw at him should not be under estimated—and could certainly win in 2024—   Number Three— I never thought I would see the day that my nation—my beloved America—founded on the greatest governing documents ever conceived would be charging politicians with crimes for giving political speeches—   It is truly a heartbreaking point in history—and one that must be put down like a rapid dog—this attack on the First Amendment by way of Donald Trump cannot stand—   It should not matter whether you are a Republican or Democrat or Libertarian—if you are not appalled by the attacks on free speech being carried out by the same guy that had convictions against the former Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell thrown out by a unanimous 9-0 vote of the United States Supreme Court—then you are not paying attention—AT ALL!   Jack Smith has wandered so far afield that he is using a post Civil War statue designed to rein in the Ku Klux Klan to try to pin something on the former President—BUT the latest charges are the weakest of all—   After being arraigned in DC—President Trump spoke to a few reporters for a few moments—   Not far away—one of the Presidents attorneys laid out the strange relationship between the spreading scandals involving both Hunter Biden and now the implications that his father was taking in millions of dollars too—with the timing of charges aimed at Donald Trump—   And all of that is suspect—BUT what is really going on here?   Its time we peel away the whitewash and get to the facts of the matter—and the fact is—Jack Smith—is a political operative trying to take out Joe Bidens number one opponent in the upcoming Presidential Election—by almost making up charges out of thin air—and that comes from a long time, well respected Constitutional attorney—who is also a Democrat—    And if the First Amendment no longer covers the free discussion of ideas from politicians—that could create a whole new playing field huh?   And the man that broke the trail that made it possible for me to sit here along with others—and give our take on what is happening here and around the world—he saw this coming years ago—and this will come as no surprise—   Rush knew then—man we could use him today—and Andrew Breitbart—and maybe even Tim Russert—voices that would have a lot to say about the unprecedented attacks on a former President and leading candidate—   Boy that would be nice huh?   Getting back now to the revelations that came out this week from long-time friend of Hunter and his business partner—or is that his Partner in crime? Either way—what Democrat Dan Goldman said following the closed door hearing—well it turns out—most of it was not true at all—and the one MSM Network following the story—laid it on the line—   And the other talking point that Democrats tried to push just doesn't pass the stink test—in fact we now know that Joe Biden sat down at dinner with one of the key players from the Ukrainian energy company Burisma—   But the Media wants you to think it was just Pops checking in and doting on his kid—   Yeah, good old Super Dad—the amazing father Joe Biden—who, when he is not groping and sniffing minors—is working alongside his addict son—to coerce foreign stakeholders to pay up with giant amounts of money—to have him fix their problems in Washington—   And yet—all the attacks on Trump seem to pale in comparison to the misdeeds of the Biden Clan—at least that's what voters are apparently deciding—  

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It centralizes programs across 17 state departments and agencies to develop and implement a comprehensive plan to combat homelessness. At a bill-signing ceremony at Featherfist, a homeless services organization in Chicago, Pritzker said the goal of the initiative is to bring homelessness in Illinois to “functional zero.”Pritzker said “For those who don't know and who may be listening, it's a measurable metric of success that reduces homelessness to something that's brief and rare and nonrecurring.”The Chicago Coalition for the Homeless estimates that more than 100,000 people in Illinois experienced homelessness for all or part of 2020. Christine Haley, the state's current chief homelessness officer and chair of the interagency task force, said Black people and other people of color are disproportionately affected by homelessness.She said “We stand here in one of the few Black-led homeless services organizations in our state. And as we stand here, we know that this housing crisis before us is rooted in housing injustice, is rooted in segregation, is rooted in racism. We know this because in our city of Chicago, where now less than a third of its residents are Black, 73 percent of individuals and 90 percent of children and their parents who are experiencing homelessness are Black.”State Rep. Lindsey LaPointe, D-Chicago, who was the lead sponsor of the bill in the House, said that on any given night, an estimated 4,500 people in Illinois are without shelter and the average wait time for someone to receive housing services is 802 days. She also noted that in Fiscal Year 2022, 9,800 people were turned away from emergency shelters.She said “Ending homelessness and ensuring every neighbor has access to shelter and supportive services has long been possible in Illinois and across the nation, but we haven't had the collective political, economic – and I say this with love – the bureaucratic will to make it happen until now.”In his State of the State address in February, Pritzker highlighted the state's “Home Illinois” plan, which calls for increased spending for homelessness prevention, crisis response, housing units, and staffing.On Wednesday, he noted that the budget lawmakers passed this year includes more than $350 million for homeless services, an increase of $85.3 million over last year.That includes $50 million in rapid rehousing services for 2,000 households; $40 million to develop more than 90 Permanent Supportive Housing units that provide long-term rental assistance and case management; and $37 million in Emergency Shelter capital funds to create more than 460 non-congregate shelter units.Governor Pritzker said “No stone will be left unturned in this endeavor,”  Capitol News Illinois is a nonprofit, nonpartisan news service covering state government. It is distributed to hundreds of newspapers, radio and TV stations statewide. It is funded primarily by the Illinois Press Foundation and the Robert R. McCormick Foundation, along with major contributions from the Illinois Broadcasters Foundation and Southern Illinois Editorial Association.TENNESSEE LOOKOUT:Evolution of the Christian right in TennesseeMiddle Tennessee, and Williamson County, in particular, as the buckle of Christian nationalismBY: DEVON HEINEN - 6:00 AM     Part of the far right in the U.S. is the Christian far right. According to Philip Gorski, chair of Yale University's sociology department — political sociology and social movements, as well as religion, are areas of interest for him — the Christian far right in the U.S. has evolved over hundreds of years. Its basic principles, though, date back to the country's birth, as do its two main groups: “God and country” and “God over country.”“'God and country' people believe that America was founded as a Christian nation and that the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence are inspired by the Christian Bible,” Gorski explains. “They believe that America is especially blessed by God, and America has a special mission in history. And they worry that all these blessings and all that power will be taken away if it doesn't remain a Christian nation. And, for most of these people, the term ‘Christian' also kind of implies ‘white.'”“Even further to their right is what I would call the ‘God over country' people,” Gorski adds. “And these are people who don't believe that America is a Christian nation or that it ever was, but they're determined to make sure that it becomes one, and that usually involves destroying the American government and replacing it with some form of Christian government and Christian law.”Gorski says the U.S. Christian far right has grown over the last 15 or 20 years. One reason, he says, is that there's been an erosion of authority from older Christian leaders.“I think there are a lot of conservative white Christians out there who've learned a lot more of their ‘theology' quote-unquote from Rush Limbaugh” — a former Republican media personality who Trump awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom before dying in 2021 at 70 years old — “and Tucker Carlson, than from Jerry Falwell or Billy Graham.”The U.S. Christian far right has grown a lot since the start of Obama's presidency, Gorski says, both in terms of numbers and power, but especially in power. When it comes to sheer size, a conservative guess by Gorski puts the percentage of current U.S. Republican voters who are either “God and country” or “God over country” Christian far right at 25 or 30 percent. In terms of power, he says the U.S. Christian far right has grown so much that it's among the loudest voices in the GOP.Why has the Christian far right grown in the country? Gorski credits social media for being, probably, the biggest reason: social media has let once-small fringe groups interact with each other as well as work on influencing mainstream opinion.The U.S. Christian far right is also becoming authoritarian. He says it wasn't like that 10 or 20 years ago.When it comes to Middle Tennessee, Rev. Kevin Riggs runs down a list of examples showing the region's power in Christianity. It's home to several denominational headquarters. Williamson County houses the majority of the Christian music industry. There are a number of Christian publishing houses in the Middle Tennessee area. And a lot of the executives who work in Christian publishing live in Williamson County.Riggs is 57 years old. For the past 33, he has been a pastor at Franklin Community Church. He's currently a senior pastor there. When RIggs talks, you hear a Southern drawl. Originally from Nashville, the fourth-generation ordained minister has lived in Franklin for more than three decades.“Almost anything that gets put out in the quote ‘Christian world' and ‘Christian culture' is going to come through Middle Tennessee before it goes out to the world, and a lot of that is going to come through Williamson County,” Riggs says.There's more on his list. Middle Tennessee has so-called Christian celebrities. And it has organizations that have large preaching circuits. Plus, it has Christian institutions of higher education.And Middle Tennessee's power doesn't end there. The Hartford Institute for Religion Research tracks the number of megachurches in the U.S. - megachurches being those with average weekly attendance of at least 2,000 people. With 67 megachurches, Tennessee is 5th in the U.S. But on a per-capita basis, Tennessee had the most.One thing Riggs wants to make clear: Not every Christian is far-right. But he says the Christian far right is definitely present.He said “You hear the South oftentimes referred to as the ‘buckle of the Bible Belt' — sometimes that's Tennessee, sometimes that's Arkansas — but I'm convinced that Middle Tennessee, and Williamson County, in particular, is the buckle of Christian nationalism.” Riggs doesn't know if the non-violent end of the far-right spectrum makes up the majority or the minority in Williamson County's Christian community. It's too close to tell.Extremism hits close to home for Riggs. He used to have Christian far-right views.He said “I know what I'm talking about. I know how Evangelicals think. I know how that far right thinks,” Riggs says. He lets out a chuckle. “You know, I don't need to read it in a survey. I mean, I know.”If Trump wins the presidency in 2024, Riggs thinks the situation in Williamson County will get worse. There will be more divisiveness. The Christian far right will be even bolder.Elizabeth Madeira decided to run for local office in the 2020 election cycle. Before eventually losing her bid for the Tennessee House of Representatives' 63rd district, Madeira encountered the far right numerous times. The most memorable experience came about six to eight weeks prior to election day. That's when she got a phone call. The caller had a question: Was Madeira running as a Democrat? Yes, she answered.Then the caller “went on a long ramble about how Democrats support killing babies, pedophilia, support killing police officers — it was a long, very angry tirade, in which she disparaged the college that I attended- ” which is a Christian college. “And then she said that her daughter attends that college, and, now, she thinks she might have to take that daughter out of college because she was gonna turn into a Democrat like me.”A little later in the conversation about that phone call, Madeira adds: “It was basically a litany of QAnon conspiracy theories for at least five minutes, and then she hung up on me.”There were 733 far-right hate groups in the U.S. in 2021, according to the human-rights non-profit Southern Poverty Law Center. In Tennessee, the SPLC tracked 28 hate groups.These consisted of two anti-LGBTQ groups, three white-nationalist, four neo-Nazi, nine general hate groups, one antisemitic, four Ku Klux Klan, two anti-Muslim, one Christian identity, one neo-Confederate and one racist skinhead group. Eleven of Tennessee's 28 far-right hate groups in 2021 were statewide organizations. Of the remaining 17, six were in Middle Tennessee.MISSOURI INDEPENDENT:Over one million Missourians on Medicaid will have their eligibility checked between now and next May. Many have never undergone the process beforeBY: CLARA BATES - AUGUST 3, 2023 5:55 AMIn June, 72% of Medicaid dis-enrollments in Missouri were due to "procedural" reasons, meaning the state could not determine eligibility — generally because of paperwork issues (Annelise Hanshaw/Missouri Independent).Missouri has begun checking the eligibility of everyone on its Medicaid rolls — a review process that was paused for three years because of pandemic-era federal protections. Advocates hope that continuing to get the word out about how to navigate what is, for many, an unfamiliar process, will help those who are eligible retain coverage.About one-quarter of the state's population was enrolled in Medicaid - called MO HealthNet in Missouri - in June of this year.The state has 1.5 million Medicaid enrollees on the books, up from around 900,000 in March 2020 — in part because Missouri implemented voter-approved Medicaid expansion for low-income adults in late 2021 and in part because of the federal rules providing continuous coverage. Now, hundreds of thousands of Missourians are projected to lose coverage. Nationally, more than 3.7 million enrollees already have been disenrolled from Medicaid coverage.Brandi Linder, community health coordinator at Missouri Ozarks Community Health, a federally-qualified health center that assists with Medicaid renewals said “A lot of people got Medicaid during the public health emergency during COVID that had never had it before, so they've never had to go through the annual renewal process,”Linder said the focus has been ensuring that those who are new to the renewal process understand the stakes: “That if they don't do it, they could possibly lose their coverage.”Here are some of the things advocates and state officials want participants to know.1. Renewal month is typically the anniversary month of your first enrollment.Missouri's process of evaluating the eligibility of each person on its caseload will unfold over the next year— the state began in June and will end with those due in May 2024. Participants can view their renewal date on the Department of Social Services' new online portal, but need a smartphone and an active email address to sign up for the required multi-factor authentication.2. Participants should update their contact information with the state, especially mailing addresses.The social services department “strongly encourages” all participants to keep their address up to date — notifying the state if they've moved in the last three years;check the mail regularly;and/or verify your renewal date in the Family Support Division Benefit Portal.Participants can update their contact info online, in-person, or by phone.3. The participant will likely need to return paperwork to the state.If the state doesn't have sufficient data to renew a participant's coverage, the participant will need to provide additional information.That paperwork will be sent to the participant by mail and will be a yellow form.The participant should receive the form 55 days before their annual renewal is due.The state sends forms already partially completed with information it has about the participant. The participant should, in addition to filling out any blanks in the form, be sure to Review the pre-populated information the state filled out;Cross out anything that is not accurate and correct it;And be sure to sign the document before submitting it.5. If there are paperwork issues, eligible participants could lose coverage.The state can end coverage for two reasons. If the participant is found to be ineligible — because their income exceeds the allowed maximum, for instance, they will be deemed ineligible and lose coverage.A participant can also lose coverage for what are called “procedural” reasons, meaning the state couldn't determine the participant's eligibility, generally due to paperwork issues. For instance, a participant could be procedurally disenrolled if they did not return the required paperwork, or did not receive the paperwork — perhaps because of a change in address or lack of a stable address. In June, the first month of reviews, more than 32,000 Missourians – half of them children – lost Medicaid coverage with 72% of terminations were due to procedural reasons. That means around 23,000 Missourians disenrolled were not directly found ineligible but their eligibility couldn't be determined. Enrollees have 90 days after the termination to submit required paperwork for reconsideration  — rather than filling out an entirely new application for Medicaid. If they're found eligible, they can get coverage reinstated.So if you're in this situation, it's “very important to turn that paperwork in as soon as possible,” Oliver said. “It's not too late.” 8. Those who lose coverage may be eligible for plans through the Affordable Care Act.There is a special enrollment period for those who lose Medicaid from now until July 31, 2024. If you're a Missourian interested in speaking to a reporter about your experience with the Medicaid renewal process, please contact cbates@missouriindependent.com.And finally, the bad joke nobody asked for: Did I ever tell you about my grandfather? He has the heart of a lion. And, a lifetime ban from the zoo.Welp, that's it for me. From Denver I'm Sean Diller, original reporting for the stories in todays show comes from the Missouri Independent, Capitol News Illinois, and the Tennessee Lookout. Thanks for listening, see you next time.

If your site is like a video game health regenerator for the Ku Klux Klan, that might be a sign your site needs a facelift. Yet Stone Mountain, Ga., continues to exist as the the largest Confederate monument in the world. Strange Country cohosts Beth and Kelly discuss this paean to traitors and how the United Daughters of the Confederacy united to f*** up history so that we're still discussing whether we should keep up Confederate monuments. Theme music: Big White Lie by A Cast of Thousands Cite your sources: Galloway, Jim. “The Georgia law that protects Stone Mountain, other Confederate monuments.” The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 17 August 2017, https://www.ajc.com/blog/politics/the-georgia-law-that-protects-stone-mountain-other-confederate-monuments/IIyMj6919d5JFo40QMS4RJ/. Accessed 20 July 2023. Moffatt, Emil, and Abraham Mosley. “Confederate Imagery On Stone Mountain Is Changing, But Not Fast Enough For Some.” NPR, 21 June 2021, https://www.npr.org/2021/06/21/1007924006/confederate-imagery-on-stone-mountain-is-changing-but-not-fast-enough-for-some. Accessed 19 July 2023. “Monument: The Untold Story of Stone Mountain.” Atlanta History Center, https://www.atlantahistorycenter.com/monument/. Accessed 19 July 2023. “Native Americans and Mount Rushmore | American Experience.” PBS, 2023, https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/rushmore-sioux/. Accessed 19 July 2023. Rozsa, Lori. “Florida approves Black history standards decried as 'step backward.'” Washington Post, 19 July 2023, https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/07/19/florida-black-history-standards/. Accessed 20 July 2023. Stephens, Alexander H. “Cornerstone Speech.” American Battlefield Trust, https://www.battlefields.org/learn/primary-sources/cornerstone-speech. Accessed 19 July 2023. SUPERVILLE, DARLENE. “Trump says 'learn from history' instead of removing statues.” AP News, 23 June 2020, https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-race-and-ethnicity-ap-top-news-politics-fa842fd5bcf509bdc6d199c31e134f53. Accessed 19 July 2023. Thompson, Erin L. Smashing Statues: The Rise and Fall of America's Public Monuments. WW Norton, 2022. Treisman, Rachel. “Nearly 100 Confederate Monuments Removed In 2020, Report Says; More Than 700 Remain.” NPR, 23 February 2021, https://www.npr.org/2021/02/23/970610428/nearly-100-confederate-monuments-removed-in-2020-report-says-more-than-700-remai. Accessed 19 July 2023.

Trump’s first two indictments could land him in prison, but his latest could change the presidency. The Miami Herald explains how. The Washington Post details how one of the new charges is being made under an 1870 civil-rights law used to prosecute Ku Klux Klan violence. And Reuters reports on what we know about Trump’s six alleged coconspirators. The Federal Reserve and markets are expecting a soft landing for the U.S. economy as it emerges from the pandemic. Barron’s explains how coming days will test that optimism. An 18-year-old soccer player who survived cancer is now the World Cup’s rising star. NPR profiles Colombia’s Linda Caicedo.

In this episode, Dinesh examines the new Trump indictment and argues that it reveals a nation that has lost its moorings and is drifting dangerously into uncharted waters. Dinesh reveals that far from selling an “illusion,” Hunter Biden and the Biden brothers were selling political access to Joe Biden, with Joe Biden's full knowledge and cooperation. Sloan Rachmuth, president of Education First Alliance, joins Dinesh to reveal the malfeasance of North Carolina hospitals. Dinesh resolves the issue of whether the Democratic Party started the Ku Klux Klan. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Let's start with a Trigger Warning:  Not only am I going to tell you about this book, and about its impact on American society.  I am also going to read excerpts to you.  You will not find these passages easy to hear.  This is about Reconstruction in South Carolina where the author (Thomas Dixon Jr.) lived.  He was a prominent minister, actor, author, and local hero.  He was also a racist. But he was not unique.   He had a lot of fans.  His book sold 100,000 copies and the play he wrote on the story in the book was seen by perhaps a million people.  The film Birth of a Nation dramatized the story, and President Wilson showed it in the White House. There was resistance to this story, but there is no doubt the book was far more popular.  And its ideas persist:  the need to stifle the black vote, for example. Well, enough introduction.  Spend 30 minutes with this podcast and you will understand some things you had not understood before. 

Stand Up is a daily podcast. I book,host,edit, post and promote new episodes with brilliant guests every day. Please subscribe now for as little as 5$ and gain access to a community of over 700 awesome, curious, kind, funny, brilliant, generous souls Check out StandUpwithPete.com to learn more Join Tim and lots of other brilliant voices at CRT Summer School.    Tim Wise, whom scholar and philosopher Cornel West calls, “A vanilla brother in the tradition of (abolitionist) John Brown,” is among the nation's most prominent antiracist essayists and educators. He has spent the past 25 years speaking to audiences in all 50 states, on over 1000 college and high school campuses, at hundreds of professional and academic conferences, and to community groups across the nation. He has also lectured internationally in Canada and Bermuda, and has trained corporate, government, law enforcement and medical industry professionals on methods for dismantling racism in their institutions. Wise's antiracism work traces back to his days as a college activist in the 1980s, fighting for divestment from (and economic sanctions against) apartheid South Africa. After graduation, he threw himself into social justice efforts full-time, as a Youth Coordinator and Associate Director of the Louisiana Coalition Against Racism and Nazism: the largest of the many groups organized in the early 1990s to defeat the political candidacies of white supremacist and former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke. From there, he became a community organizer in New Orleans' public housing, and a policy analyst for a children's advocacy group focused on combatting poverty and economic inequity. He has served as an adjunct professor at the Smith College School of Social Work, in Northampton, MA., and from 1999-2003 was an advisor to the Fisk University Race Relations Institute in Nashville, TN. Wise is the author of seven books, including his highly-acclaimed memoir, White Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son, as well as Dear White America: Letter to a New Minority, and Under the Affluence: Shaming the Poor, Praising the Rich and Sacrificing the Future of America. His forthcoming book, White LIES Matter: Race, Crime and the Politics of Fear in America, will be released in 2018. His essays have appeared on Alternet, Salon, Huffington Post, Counterpunch, Black Commentator, BK Nation, Z Magazine and The Root, which recently named Wise one of the “8 Wokest White People We Know.” Wise has been featured in several documentaries, including “The Great White Hoax: Donald Trump and the Politics of Race and Class in America,” and “White Like Me: Race, Racism and White Privilege in America,” both from the Media Education Foundation. He also appeared alongside legendary scholar and activist, Angela Davis, in the 2011 documentary, “Vocabulary of Change.” In this public dialogue between the two activists, Davis and Wise discussed the connections between issues of race, class, gender, sexuality and militarism, as well as inter-generational movement building and the prospects for social change. Wise is also one of five persons—including President Barack Obama—interviewed for a video exhibition on race relations in America, featured at the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington DC. Additionally, his media presence includes dozens of appearances on CNN, MSNBC and NPR, feature interviews on ABC's 20/20 and CBS's 48 Hours, as well as videos posted on YouTube, Facebook and other social media platforms that have received over 20 million views. His podcast, “Speak Out with Tim Wise,” launched this fall and features weekly interviews with activists, scholars and artists about movement building and strategies for social change. Wise graduated from Tulane University in 1990 and received antiracism training from the People's Institute for Survival and Beyond, in New Orleans. Join us Thursday's at 8EST for our Weekly Happy Hour Hangout! Pete on Tik Tok Pete on YouTube Pete on Twitter Pete On Instagram Pete Personal FB page Stand Up with Pete FB page All things Jon Carroll  Follow and Support Pete Coe

Daryl Davis is a world-renowned musician and well-known for befriending several Ku Klux Klan members. Listen to his powerful story about how God is using him.  _____________________________Podcast Subscription LinksApple Podcast: coloredcommentary.com/appleSpotify: coloredcommentary.com/spotifyGoogle Podcasts: coloredcommentary.com/googleStitcher: coloredcommentary.com/stitcherIHeart Radio: coloredcommentary.com/iheartradio

EPISODE 251: COUNTDOWN WITH KEITH OLBERMANN A-Block (1:42) SPECIAL COMMENT: The same-day reporting on what was in Jack Smith's 2nd Target Letter to Trump was incomplete (possibly because Trump was the direct or indirect source and he only skimmed the letter and saw only the Statute Heading not the statute itself). If the Letter is any guide, The Special Counsel's centerpiece to the January 6th prosecution of Donald Trump is US Code 18 Section 241 - originally a Reconstruction-era law designed to prosecute Ku Klux Klan members for terrorizing freed slaves and keeping them from voting. It later morphed into the preferred tool for voting fraud and was affirmed in a Supreme Court ruling written by Thurgood Marshall in 1974, per The New York Times. It would fit all the "Fake Electors" schemes, but it would match what Trump tried to do ("I just want to find 11,780 votes") perfectly. It is the denial of the most fundamental constitutional right. Bottom line: Smith wants to prosecute Trump for trying to have a RIGGED THE ELECTION. For ELECTION INTERFERENCE. For FIXING THE VOTE. It would be an irony that would ring through the ages. I'll assess its meaning and how and why we missed it (John Barron? John Miller?) on Tuesday night, plus Trump's disastrous legal day. PLUS: Trump may not have had the WORST day. Ask Marjorie Groomer Greene, who spent the day showing America her porn collection: giant blown-up photos of Hunter Biden having sex. It was so bad, and the Republicans so beclowned themselves, that Congressman Jared Moskowitz quipped "Maybe now we need to call HUNTER Biden 'The Big Guy.'" B-BLOCK (21:43) POSTSCRIPTS TO THE NEWS: Stanford's student-run campus newspaper wins all the awards: its investigation of the University president's academic research work just led to him quitting. This flashed me back to how MY university president's academic qualifications (Dean of Engineering; co-discoverer of Element Number 85) saved the two of us from getting on a damaged Allegheny Airlines plane they were trying to repair with paper towels (29:12) THE WORST PERSONS IN THE WORLD: If they're gonna make up Biden Million-Dollar Bribes, go big. And who better to believe anything than Maria Bartiromo. There's also the Maryland Congressional candidate who didn't know he was one, and the self-martyring saga of Twitter clown Catturd. C-BLOCK (35:20) EVERY DOG HAS ITS DAY: The sad tale of Fizz in the NYC pound (36:25) THINGS I PROMISED NOT TO TELL: My producer had to explain to me that no, Rachel Maddow wasn't going to be on our MSNBC primary night coverage because my boss actually had LIED when he said he'd signed her to a contract, and we were about to lose her to CNN because Larry King offered her $250 to work there that night. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How do we build bridges with our fiercest adversaries—those that it would seem impossible for us to sit down and have a conversation with—change their hearts and minds, and turn them into lifelong friends? What causes some people to develop radically racist beliefs, behaviors and attitudes, and how can we, in our current capacities, seek to inspire and transform them? What kind of discipline do we need to build to successfully lead sustained, positive reform in our communities? Find out from renowned activist and race relations expert, Daryl Davis, in conversation with Dr. Hitendra Wadhwa on Intersections Podcast. Daryl Davis is an award-winning musician, a renowned activist and race relations expert, actor, lecturer and author. He is the leader of The Daryl Davis Band and has played with many acclaimed musicians including Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis and B. B. King. Often called The Rock'n'Roll Race Reconciliator, for the past 40 years, Daryl has spent time befriending members of the Ku Klux Klan, has convinced many of them to deradicalize, and have been directly or indirectly responsible for over 200 members leaving the Klan. He is the first Black author to write a book on the Ku Klux Klan, Klan-Destine Relationships, by conducting in-person interviews with them. Daryl has received numerous awards including the Elliott-Black Award, the Bridge Builder Award and the MLK Award; has acted on stage, film and television, including HBO's television series The Wire, and is the subject of the award-winning documentary Accidental Courtesy detailing his real life encounters with the Ku Klux Klan.In this episode, Daryl reveals:- Five core human values that can help us foster harmony in all situations- What causes some people to develop radically racist beliefs, behaviors and attitudes, and how to inspire and transform them- The art and science of building bridges, even with our strongest adversaries, and how to turn them into lifelong friends

Hour 3 -  Happy Wednesday! Here's what Nick Reed covers this hour: Death threats and political attacks against the parental rights group Moms for Liberty have ramped up after the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) put them on its “hate map” alongside the likes of the Ku Klux Klan. Used electric vehicles are seeing an unprecedented drop in value this year, with one EV model plunging by as much as 40%, while internal combustion engine cars have become more valuable. President Biden's green agenda for the auto industry is set to shift billions in wealth away from American workers to multinational corporations, a new report from the United Auto Workers details.

This is the seventh installment in Eric's epic summer series covering the contentious and war-torn season of American history from 1914 to 1974. In this episode he does a deeper dive into The Uncomfortable by analyzing the rise, the motivations, and the machinations of the infamous Ku Klux Klan. With membership rising into the multi-millions in the late 1920s, the Klan is a mere shadow today of its former glory back in that day. But, even though today's membership roles are low (a mere 5,000), we should be aware that the wicked spirit that inspired and covertly operated that movement over this past century is still actively plotting today under different guises. ------------For more information about Daily Thunder and the ministry of Ellerslie Mission Society, please visit: https://ellerslie.com/. If you have been blessed by Ellerslie, consider partnering with the ministry by donating at: https://ellerslie.com/donate/

We are taking a break from the Major Spoilers Podcast next week due to Independence Day holiday in the US, but we don't want to leave everyone hanging, so by request from Saxman605, here is an encore episode of the Major Spoilers Podcast, with a bunch of bonus material for you! Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at http://patreon.com/MajorSpoilers. It will help ensure the Major Spoilers Podcast continues far into the future! Join our Discord server and chat with fellow Spoilerites! (https://discord.gg/jWF9BbF) DISCUSSION SUPERMAN SMASHES THE KLAN Writer: Gene Luen Yang Artist: Gurihiru Publisher: DC Comics Cover Price: $16.99 The year is 1946, and the Lee family has moved from Chinatown to Downtown Metropolis. While Dr. Lee is eager to begin his new position at the Metropolis Health Department, his two kids, Roberta and Tommy, are more excited about being closer to the famous superhero Superman! Tommy adjusts quickly to the fast pace of their new neighborhood, befriending Jimmy Olsen and joining the baseball team, while his younger sister Roberta feels out of place when she fails to fit in with the neighborhood kids. She's awkward, quiet, and self-conscious of how she looks different from the kids around her, so she sticks to watching people instead of talking to them. While the Lees try to adjust to their new lives, an evil is stirring in Metropolis: the Ku Klux Klan. The Klan targets the Lee family, beginning a string of terrorist attacks. They kidnap Tommy, attack the Daily Planet, and even threaten the local YMCA. But with the help of Roberta's keen skills of observation, Superman is able to fight the Klan's terror, while exposing those in power who support them-and Roberta and Superman learn to embrace their own unique features that set them apart. Multi-award-winning and New York Times bestselling author Gene Luen Yang and artist Gurihiru tell a bold new story based on a classic Superman radio serial! Collects Superman Smashes the Klan #1-3.

We are taking a break from the Major Spoilers Podcast next week due to Independence Day holiday in the US, but we don't want to leave everyone hanging, so by request from Saxman605, here is an encore episode of the Major Spoilers Podcast, with a bunch of bonus material for you! Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at http://patreon.com/MajorSpoilers. It will help ensure the Major Spoilers Podcast continues far into the future! Join our Discord server and chat with fellow Spoilerites! (https://discord.gg/jWF9BbF) DISCUSSION SUPERMAN SMASHES THE KLAN Writer: Gene Luen Yang Artist: Gurihiru Publisher: DC Comics Cover Price: $16.99 The year is 1946, and the Lee family has moved from Chinatown to Downtown Metropolis. While Dr. Lee is eager to begin his new position at the Metropolis Health Department, his two kids, Roberta and Tommy, are more excited about being closer to the famous superhero Superman! Tommy adjusts quickly to the fast pace of their new neighborhood, befriending Jimmy Olsen and joining the baseball team, while his younger sister Roberta feels out of place when she fails to fit in with the neighborhood kids. She's awkward, quiet, and self-conscious of how she looks different from the kids around her, so she sticks to watching people instead of talking to them. While the Lees try to adjust to their new lives, an evil is stirring in Metropolis: the Ku Klux Klan. The Klan targets the Lee family, beginning a string of terrorist attacks. They kidnap Tommy, attack the Daily Planet, and even threaten the local YMCA. But with the help of Roberta's keen skills of observation, Superman is able to fight the Klan's terror, while exposing those in power who support them-and Roberta and Superman learn to embrace their own unique features that set them apart. Multi-award-winning and New York Times bestselling author Gene Luen Yang and artist Gurihiru tell a bold new story based on a classic Superman radio serial! Collects Superman Smashes the Klan #1-3.

Stand Up is a daily podcast. I book,host,edit, post and promote new episodes with brilliant guests every day. Please subscribe now for as little as 5$ and gain access to a community of over 740 awesome, curious, kind, funny, brilliant, generous souls Check out StandUpwithPete.com to learn more   Tim Wise, whom scholar and philosopher Cornel West calls, “A vanilla brother in the tradition of (abolitionist) John Brown,” is among the nation's most prominent antiracist essayists and educators. He has spent the past 25 years speaking to audiences in all 50 states, on over 1000 college and high school campuses, at hundreds of professional and academic conferences, and to community groups across the nation. He has also lectured internationally in Canada and Bermuda, and has trained corporate, government, law enforcement and medical industry professionals on methods for dismantling racism in their institutions. Wise's antiracism work traces back to his days as a college activist in the 1980s, fighting for divestment from (and economic sanctions against) apartheid South Africa. After graduation, he threw himself into social justice efforts full-time, as a Youth Coordinator and Associate Director of the Louisiana Coalition Against Racism and Nazism: the largest of the many groups organized in the early 1990s to defeat the political candidacies of white supremacist and former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke. From there, he became a community organizer in New Orleans' public housing, and a policy analyst for a children's advocacy group focused on combatting poverty and economic inequity. He has served as an adjunct professor at the Smith College School of Social Work, in Northampton, MA., and from 1999-2003 was an advisor to the Fisk University Race Relations Institute in Nashville, TN. Wise is the author of seven books, including his highly-acclaimed memoir, White Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son, as well as Dear White America: Letter to a New Minority, and Under the Affluence: Shaming the Poor, Praising the Rich and Sacrificing the Future of America. His forthcoming book, White LIES Matter: Race, Crime and the Politics of Fear in America, will be released in 2018. His essays have appeared on Alternet, Salon, Huffington Post, Counterpunch, Black Commentator, BK Nation, Z Magazine and The Root, which recently named Wise one of the “8 Wokest White People We Know.” Wise has been featured in several documentaries, including “The Great White Hoax: Donald Trump and the Politics of Race and Class in America,” and “White Like Me: Race, Racism and White Privilege in America,” both from the Media Education Foundation. He also appeared alongside legendary scholar and activist, Angela Davis, in the 2011 documentary, “Vocabulary of Change.” In this public dialogue between the two activists, Davis and Wise discussed the connections between issues of race, class, gender, sexuality and militarism, as well as inter-generational movement building and the prospects for social change. Wise is also one of five persons—including President Barack Obama—interviewed for a video exhibition on race relations in America, featured at the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington DC. Additionally, his media presence includes dozens of appearances on CNN, MSNBC and NPR, feature interviews on ABC's 20/20 and CBS's 48 Hours, as well as videos posted on YouTube, Facebook and other social media platforms that have received over 20 million views. His podcast, “Speak Out with Tim Wise,” launched this fall and features weekly interviews with activists, scholars and artists about movement building and strategies for social change. Wise graduated from Tulane University in 1990 and received antiracism training from the People's Institute for Survival and Beyond, in New Orleans. Be sure to visit https://www.patreon.com/PeteDominick/membership and scroll down where you should see a "Connect to Discord" button. You can also look at https://support.patreon.com/hc/en-us/articles/212052266-How-do-I-get-my-Discord-Rewards- for more info. Join us Thursday's at 8EST for our Weekly Happy Hour Hangout! Pete on Tik Tok Pete on YouTube Pete on Twitter Pete On Instagram Pete Personal FB page Stand Up with Pete FB page All things Jon Carroll  Follow and Support Pete Coe