Category: Race and Politics, Page 26
Border-Ukraine Pairing Threatens to Tear Democrats Apart
American Renaissance - Dec 5th 2023 11:25am ESTImmigration advocates are nearing their wits’ end as Senate negotiators barrel toward a deal that would permanently change immigration law in exchange for another round of Ukraine funding. The four Latino Democrats in the chamber — who are not part of the talks — have made clear that the fundamental precept being negotiated is unacceptable […]
Nelson Mandela’s Legacy
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House Passes Bill to Shut Down N.Y. Migrant Camp on National Park Land
American Renaissance - Dec 4th 2023 6:00pm ESTThe House voted Thursday to shut down President Biden’s use of National Park Service land in New York to house illegal immigrants in a first test vote of how communities are responding to the unprecedented surge of migrants. Republicans’ bill would block the administration from using any federal land agencies to house migrants. It also would cancel […]
Social Security Overpays Billions Under Leadership of Racial Equity Activist
American Renaissance - Dec 3rd 2023 11:05am ESTUnder the leadership of a noted racial equity activist the Social Security Administration (SSA) has mistakenly overpaid beneficiaries tens of billions of dollars, including a 65% spike in overpayments in one year. In 2023 the agency with a stated mission of ensuring equity and accessibility by addressing systemic barriers to participation and a commitment to […]
Trump, Who’s Railed Against Black Lives Matter for Years, Now Says He’d Be ‘Very Honored’ To Have Its Support
American Renaissance - Dec 1st 2023 4:22pm ESTFormer President Donald Trump on Wednesday welcomed the idea that he’d be supported by the Black Lives Matter movement, a group that he’s treated as a public enemy for years. He was responding to an interview that Maryland activist Mark Fisher gave to “Fox & Friends” on Tuesday, during which Fisher expressed support for Trump and condemned […]
Mayorkas: There Are ’12 Million People’ in U.S. Illegally Who Contribute ‘So Fundamentally to Our Country’s Well-Being’
American Renaissance - Nov 28th 2023 1:58pm ESTDuring an interview with Bloomberg TV on Monday, DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas responded to a question on how to handle people who are in the country illegally by stating that there are “12 million people who are here in the United States who have been contributing so fundamentally to our country’s well-being.” {snip} Mayorkas responded, […]
North Carolina Justice Loses Bid to Block Diversity Critique Ethics Probe
American Renaissance - Nov 27th 2023 8:18am ESTA federal judge has rejected North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Anita Earls’ bid to block a state judicial ethics commission from investigating her over comments she made about the lack of diversity in the state’s courts. U.S. District Judge William Osteen in Greensboro on Tuesday rejected Earls’ request for a preliminary injunction that she said […]
Dublin Riots: Varadkar Vows to Punish Racists Responsible as Immigrants Fear More Attacks
American Renaissance - Nov 27th 2023 8:18am ESTPrime Minister Leo Varadkar vowed Friday to crack down on racist extremists who fought street battles with riot police — a “Rubicon moment” for a state ill-equipped to combat rising working-class animosity to immigrants. Thursday night’s unprecedented anti-immigration riots were triggered by the stabbing of three young children and an adult carer outside their school […]
Senate ‘Gang of Six’ Negotiates Republican Giveaway on Migration
American Renaissance - Nov 24th 2023 6:31pm ESTRoughly 30 Republican senators are backing the House’s H.R.2 migration stabilization bill — but a gang of six senators, including three Republicans, are drafting a giveaway “compromise” bill. “H.R.2 should be the focus,” said a policy analyst who favors pro-American migration laws, adding: There’s no reason to preemptively surrender good border security legislation before we’re […]
A Major Immigrant Rights Group Posted About Gaza. Its Backers Revolted.
American Renaissance - Nov 24th 2023 6:31pm ESTGustavo Torres had just left a pro-Palestinian rally at Freedom Plaza in D.C. when he reached for the words to express his solidarity with a people who are suffering. Nearly a month had passed since Israel began attacks in Gaza after the killing and kidnapping of Israelis by Hamas militants, and Torres, the longtime executive […]
Gov. Kathy Hochul Signs ‘Clean Slate Act,’ Sealing Criminal Records for Employment, Housing Applications
American Renaissance - Nov 21st 2023 6:50pm ESTSome convicted criminals in New York will now have their records sealed when applying for jobs and filling out housing applications, after Gov. Kathy Hochul signed the controversial new “Clean Slate Act” in a ceremony Thursday. The governor hailed the progressive legislation as a way to get more ex-cons in the work force — despite […]
Eric Adams Slashes Budgets for Police, Libraries and Schools
American Renaissance - Nov 20th 2023 6:16pm ESTMayor Eric Adams announced painful budget cuts to New York City services on Thursday that would freeze police hiring and close libraries on Sunday and warned that more cuts would be necessary without additional federal funding to manage the migrant crisis. The budget cuts would bring the number of Police Department officers below 30,000 for […]
Surely Liberals Should Support White Nationalism?
American Renaissance - Nov 20th 2023 6:16pm ESTSince Donald Trump was elected President in 2016, American liberals have become obsessed with the threat of white nationalism. {snip} All this is despite the fact that white nationalists comprise a tiny percentage of the US population. In a 2018 poll for the Washington Post, only 1% of white Democrats and only 3% of white Republicans said they […]
Border Crisis Costs American Taxpayers $451 Billion Annually, House GOP Report Claims
American Renaissance - Nov 15th 2023 1:48pm ESTThe southern border crisis costs American taxpayers around $451 billion per year for services provided to a record number of illegal aliens under the Biden administration, according to one estimate a Republican-led investigation cites. In a 49-page report released Monday, the House Committee on Homeland Security found that nearly half a trillion dollars is being lost […]
Ted Cruz Asks Government Watchdog to Investigate DEI Hiring’s Role in FAA ‘Near-Misses’
American Renaissance - Nov 12th 2023 9:00am ESTSen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) suspects woke hiring practices might be behind recent airline near catastrophes and has asked the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) to investigate. Cruz wrote to the GAO Thursday in advance of a Senate Commerce Committee hearing on “addressing close calls to improve aviation safety” to request an investigation into the extent to […]
Texas House GOP Lawmakers Put Squeeze on Senate Republicans’ Border Security Plan
American Renaissance - Nov 10th 2023 1:40pm ESTHouse Republicans from Texas’ congressional delegation are urging their Senate counterparts to push for stricter border security measures, implying they don’t believe the Senate GOP’s recent proposal to stem illegal immigration at the U.S.-Mexico border goes far enough. The lawmakers sent a letter addressed to their Senate Republican colleagues on Thursday along with a 13-page “Texas Border Plan” put […]
Sen. Schmitt Introduces Bill to Abolish DEI Offices in Dozens of Federal Government Agencies
American Renaissance - Nov 8th 2023 6:49pm ESTMissouri Republican Sen. Eric Schmitt introduced legislation Wednesday that would abolish Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) offices in at least 40 government entities. The Daily Caller first obtained a copy of the legislation, which is titled the Abolish Government DEI Act. The bill would specifically put an end to DEI initiatives in government entities, paid […]
Democrats Circulate Plan to ‘Open the Floodgates for Palestinians’
American Renaissance - Nov 8th 2023 6:49pm ESTHouse and Senate Democrats are reportedly circulating a plan to fellow Democrats that would “open the floodgates for Palestinians” {snip} Henry Rodgers of the Daily Caller reports that Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL), Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), and Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) are lobbying fellow Democrats to sign onto a letter to urge President Joe Biden to provide […]
Joe Biden’s Open Borders Are Putting Us at Risk for Another 9/11
American Renaissance - Nov 7th 2023 3:15pm ESTIt seems just a matter of time now before America suffers another 9/11-scale blow (or worse!), given that Team Biden has waved in thousands of immigrants from terror-hotbed nations, likely with little or no vetting. Indeed, reports from the Center for Immigration Studies’ Todd Bensman have so alarmed Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) that the powerful lawmaker last week gave […]
Judge Says Georgia’s Congressional and Legislative Districts Are Discriminatory and Must Be Redrawn
American Renaissance - Nov 6th 2023 6:23pm ESTA federal judge ruled Thursday that some of Georgia’s congressional, state Senate and state House districts were drawn in a racially discriminatory manner, ordering the state to draw an additional Black-majority congressional district. U.S. District Judge Steve Jones, in a 516-page order, also ordered the state to draw two new Black-majority districts in Georgia’s 56-member […]
Federal Judges Uphold Black Representation on State Supreme Court
American Renaissance - Nov 6th 2023 6:23pm ESTCivil rights activists in New Orleans, who have been fighting for decades to ensure Black representation on the state’s highest court, scored a major victory last week when a federal appeals court rejected a lawsuit filed by Attorney General Jeff Landry seeking to toss out and redraw the first and only Black-majority Louisiana Supreme Court […]
As Asheville Pursues Reparations, North Carolina Seeks Silence
American Renaissance - Nov 6th 2023 4:48pm ESTRoughly 200 people gathered at the University of North Carolina at Asheville recently to discuss the city’s commitment to local reparations. It was the first summit of its kind and an important step in Asheville’s plan to compensate Black residents for decades of structural racism. As the city ramps up its reparations effort, the state […]
In Wake of Hamas Attack, Western Protests, Republicans Increase Focus on Legal Immigration Limits
American Renaissance - Nov 3rd 2023 1:31pm EDTIn the wake of the Hamas terror attack against Israel, and anti-Israel protests erupting across the country, some Republicans are shifting their attention on immigration away from the border and onto stopping foreign nationals who express anti-Israel or pro-Hamas views from getting into the U.S. legally as well. {snip} 2024 presidential candidates and GOP lawmakers have called […]
White House Announces National Strategy to Combat Islamophobia
American Renaissance - Nov 3rd 2023 1:31pm EDTThe White House announced Wednesday the administration will develop a National Strategy to Counter Islamophobia in the United States. “President Biden ran for office to restore the soul of our nation. He is unequivocal: There is no place for hate in America against anyone. Period,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in statement. The […]
1Biden Weighs Border Deal — Altering Asylum Law for Ukraine Aid
American Renaissance - Nov 3rd 2023 1:31pm EDTTop Biden officials are preparing Democratic lawmakers and immigration policy advocates for the likelihood the administration will have to swallow compromises on asylum law in order for the president’s national security funding request to pass. In calls with those lawmakers and advocates in recent weeks, officials from the White House and Department of Homeland Security […]
