Social Security in Danger

Social Security in Danger

Indeed, the GOP may hold the country hostage if these so-called “entitlements” are cut , by stopping an increase in the national debt. House Republicans have made this one of their priorities! Four Republicans: Smith (MO), Arrington (TX), Carter (GA), and Smucker (PA)...
Reparations and slavery

Reparations and slavery

California’s Reparations Task Force prepares to answer the pivotal question of who should receive reparations for slavery. Questions underscore the complexity of California’s quest to become the first state in the nation to approve statewide reparations for slavery....
Racism and the Supreme Court

Racism and the Supreme Court

Ketanji Brown Jackson is an eminent Judge is President Biden’s pick to replace Justice Stephen G. Breyer. And so, the backlash from the right has emerged, some subtle and not. If confirmed, Jackson would become the first Black woman to be a part of the land’s highest...
Words and Race

Words and Race

Do we say ‘Latinx’ as a term because we respect trans people. Do we know about implicit bias as phrase when, rather than being neutral, we have a preference for (or aversion to) a person or group of people. Thus, we use the term “implicit bias” to describe when we...
Interrupting

Interrupting

Someone begins speaking while another was mid-sentence, and cut them off. What’s that all about? Then there is “Cooperative overlapping” – a particularly active form of  “participatory listenership.” Perhaps listeners must do something to show they haven’t...
Race Relations Poll

Race Relations Poll

U.S. adults’ positive rating of relations between white and Black Americans is at its lowest point in more than 20 years — for the second consecutive year. A new Gallup poll found that 42% of adults in the U.S. surveyed say relations between white and Black...