Dispatches From the Culture Wars - October 23, 2018
- PAC Won’t Pull Ad Predicting ‘Lynching’ if Democrats Win
- ‘Transgender’ Could Be Defined Out of Existence Under Trump Administration
- Reflections on Debating The Right
- Proud Boys Founder Gavin McInnes: ‘We Need More Violence from the Trump People’
- The Return of American Socialism
- Kemp Purged Over 300,000 Voters From Georgia Rolls
- Neither Voter Suppression Nor Being Called 'Coon' and the N-Word Will Stop Black Georgia From Voting
PAC Won’t Pull Ad Predicting ‘Lynching’ if Democrats Win
By Andrew DeMillo
October 19, 2018
Associated Press
A widely condemned radio ad that suggests white Democrats will lynch African-Americans if they win in midterm elections in Arkansas next month.
‘Transgender’ Could Be Defined Out of Existence Under Trump Administration
By Erica L. Green, Katie Benner and Robert Pear
October 21, 2018
New York Times
The Department of Health and Human Services is spearheading an effort to establish a legal definition of gender under Title IX, that would essentially eradicate federal recognition of the estimated 1.4 million Americans who have opted to recognize themselves — surgically or otherwise — as a gender other than the one they were born into.
Reflections on Debating The Right
By Nathan J. Robinson
October 11, 2018
Current Affairs
It can and should be done. But we’ve got to win.
Proud Boys Founder Gavin McInnes: ‘We Need More Violence from the Trump People’
The Return of American Socialism
By Harold Meyerson
October 11, 2018
The American Prospect
A largely millennial movement, with a surprisingly broad base of support, has staked its claim on the nation’s political discourse and direction.
Kemp Purged Over 300,000 Voters From Georgia Rolls
October 19, 2018
Salon
Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp is accused of seeking to suppress the black vote ahead of his big election.
Neither Voter Suppression Nor Being Called 'Coon' and the N-Word Will Stop Black Georgia From Voting
By Terrell Jermaine Starr
October 18, 2018
The Root
Remaining steadfast in the face of intimidation will likely decide a close race.