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That's how Guardian reporter Gary Younge describes the foundation of the rise of right wing populism in the west. Here he focused on Donald Trump, ten months before the real estate developer closed a deal on adding four more seasons --at least-- to his reality TV show by becoming US President-elect. So much to process today. And tomorrow. Brief and…

About 59 million Americans voted to give the most powerful office on the planet to a self-proclaimed billionaire endorsed by members of the Ku Klu Klan.

That is, if saying that a Trump victory as "a means of disrupting the American center-left consensus" is your "desperate, very desperate" hope from this year's…

Facebook reminded me this morning that I shared this insightful piece by John Metta from Medium "I, Racist," a year ago today; I decided to share it again there…

For the "Lies, Half Truths and Electioneering Deceptions that Become true if Repeated Often Enough" file, because I know we all keep such lists

Another excellent podcast from Longform, this time in conversation with Nikole Hannah-Jones who covers civil rights for The New York Times Magazine. If you've come across her work, you'll know she's one of the clearest voices reporting on ongoing school segregation in U.S. public schools. On the interplay of race in U.S. culture: “I don’t think…

Food for thought from a former CAI officer who last week spoke publicly for the first time about her undercover work as a counterterrorism and intelligence…

Before everyone's attention returns to cat pictures on Facebook, some rambling thoughts on Sunday morning’s slaughter in Orlando.

A monument to Lincoln in Cleveland funded by children's pennies and nickels.

The start of my List of Things to do After the New Year.

A year has passed since the 12-year-old was shot and killed by a police officer in Cleveland, Ohio. The case has yet to be resolved.

More of the crazy that's the new normal in Texas.

A day that requires its own bookmark before it gets swept away by the noise and irrelevance that these days too swiftly sweeps most things away.

Accused of stealing a backpack, Browder spent more than 1000 days awaiting a trial which never came, nearly 800 of those in solitary confinement.

In latest capital punishment challenge, US high court will decide if Oklahoma's use of the common surgical sedative midazolam violates the Eighth Amendment's…