Category: Race and Politics, Page 31
Did the Supreme Court Strike a Blow for Freedom?
American Renaissance - Jun 16th 2023 10:53am EDT
NYC Considers Reparations for Black Residents, Removal of ‘Racist’ Public Art
American Renaissance - Jun 13th 2023 6:03pm EDTThe City Council is mulling a package of controversial bills that include weighing whether black New Yorkers deserve reparations for slavery, and another resurrecting a woke push to remove artwork they consider “racist” from public property. Councilwoman Farah Louis (D-Brooklyn) introduced her reparations bill on Thursday – the same day the state Legislature in Albany approved a comparable […]
Texas Crown Act Formally Signed by Abbott in Ceremony
American Renaissance - Jun 13th 2023 11:00am EDTOn Monday morning, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed the Crown Act into law in a formal signing ceremony at the Texas Capitol. The law bans discrimination against someone for wearing Black natural hairstyles like braids, locks and twists. The CROWN Act is an acronym for Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural hair, and it prohibits school […]
New York Lawmakers OK Bill to Consider Reparations for Slavery
American Renaissance - Jun 12th 2023 9:08pm EDTNew York would create a commission to consider reparations to address the lingering, negative effects of slavery under a bill passed by the state Legislature on Thursday. “We want to make sure we are looking at slavery and its legacies,” said state Assemblywoman Michaelle Solages before the floor debate. “This is about beginning the process […]
1AfD Party Should Be Banned, Argues German Human Rights Group Funded by German Government
American Renaissance - Jun 9th 2023 6:20pm EDTThe conservative Alternative for Germany (AfD) is soaring to record highs in the polls, which has left Germany’s political and media establishment not only scrambling to explain the rise, but also putting forward fresh arguments to ban the party. The latest broadside comes from the German Institute for Human Rights (DIMR), which has labeled the […]
Biden Calls for More Censorship Ahead of the 2024 Election
American Renaissance - Jun 9th 2023 1:42pm EDTPresident Joe Biden wants to dictate censorship policies to social media companies because he and the Democratic Party still can’t quit their desire to censor speech they don’t like as “disinformation.” The latest instance of this comes regarding YouTube, which said that it would stop removing videos that contain “content that advances false claims that widespread fraud, errors, or glitches occurred […]
Dream of Reparations Hits Political Reality in California
American Renaissance - Jun 7th 2023 7:00pm EDTCalifornia Democrats three years ago set out to confront more than a century of discrimination toward Black residents with a push for reparations. Now, those ambitions have faded, and frustration is mounting in their own ranks. Despite its reputation as a liberal bastion, the Democratic supermajority that controls California’s legislature has recently quashed the kinds […]
Florida Confirms Arranging Migrant Flights to California
American Renaissance - Jun 7th 2023 10:56am EDTAfter days of silence, officials in Florida confirmed on Tuesday that the administration of Gov. Ron DeSantis had orchestrated two recent charter flights that carried groups of migrants from New Mexico to Sacramento. The flights had generated an immediate outcry from leaders in California, who promised to initiate criminal and civil investigations, saying that the […]
Adams Floats Idea of New Yorkers Housing Migrants in ‘Private Residences’
American Renaissance - Jun 6th 2023 5:36pm EDT{snip} Mayor Eric Adams now wants to start paying every day New Yorkers to shelter migrants in their own homes – as the Big Apple struggles to find beds for the thousands of asylum seekers still flooding into the city. In his latest attempt to battle the ongoing migrant crisis, Adams on Monday floated a half […]
What State Harassment and Institutional Terror in Woke America Looks Like
American Renaissance - Jun 5th 2023 1:36pm EDTA federal court ruling likely to drop this month should provide a good indication as to whether America still has a fully functioning First World justice system. The case, involving an investigation from New York Attorney General Letitia James into the supposed mismanagement of controversial news outlet VDare.com, has received zero media coverage so far, […]
Trump Pledges to End Birthright Citizenship on First Day in Office
American Renaissance - Jun 1st 2023 1:22pm EDTFormer President Trump is returning to his calls to remove birthright citizenship, with his 2024 White House campaign announcing Tuesday he would seek to end it via executive order on his first day in office. Trump announced his plan on the 125th anniversary of United States v. Wong Kim Ark, the Supreme Court case that established the constitutional […]
How Did Hundreds of Noncitizens End Up on Chicago’s Voter Rolls?
American Renaissance - Jun 1st 2023 1:21pm EDTHundreds of noncitizens have been kicked off Chicago’s voter rolls after admitting they were never supposed to have been registered in the first place, according to a new study {snip} {snip} The chief cause of the illegal registrations is Motor Voter, the nickname for 1993’s National Voter Registration Act. The idea was simple: Get more […]
Black Chicago Residents Slam City Officials Over Funding for Migrants
American Renaissance - Jun 1st 2023 1:21pm EDTBlack Chicago residents criticized city officials for funding migrants over their community, they said during a city council meeting Wednesday. The statements from angry residents came before the city council voted to allocate $51 million to support migrants in Chicago, according to a livestream of the meeting. The residents shamed the city council for considering the funding […]
No Evidence Veterans Support Extremist Groups More Than American Public: Study
American Renaissance - May 27th 2023 7:48am EDTVeterans do not support far-left or far-right extremist groups any more than the average American population, according to a study released this week from the nonprofit RAND Corporation. About 5.5 percent of veterans supported the far-left extremist group Antifa, compared to 10 percent of the American public, according to the study, while only 0.7 percent of veterans […]
Here’s What’s Changed Since George Floyd’s Murder Three Years Ago
American Renaissance - May 26th 2023 5:50pm EDTThree years after George Floyd was murdered by police in Minneapolis at the age of 46, Black Americans are still more than twice as likely to be killed by police as white Americans. Much has changed since Floyd’s killing, but that startling statistic from the database Mapping Police Violence underscores how much hasn’t changed all the same. {snip} Here’s […]
University Program Linking Christians, Republicans to Nazis Granted DHS Funds Under ‘Anti-Terror’ Initiative
American Renaissance - May 25th 2023 10:00pm EDTThe Biden administration is doling out taxpayer money through an anti-terrorism grant initiative to a university program that has explicitly lumped the Republican Party, as well as Christian and conservative groups, into the same category as Nazis, according to documents shared exclusively with Fox News Digital. The Media Research Center, a conservative watchdog group, obtained documents through […]
New York City Banking Commission Votes to Freeze NYC’s Deposits at Capital One and KeyBank
American Renaissance - May 25th 2023 10:00pm EDTFollowing the first-ever public hearing held by the New York City Banking Commission today, all three members voted to freeze deposits at Capital One and KeyBank after the banks failed to submit required plans demonstrating their efforts to root out discrimination. New York City Comptroller Brad Lander, one of three members of the Commission, also […]
Florida’s New Immigration Law Prompts Some to Leave the State
American Renaissance - May 25th 2023 1:34pm EDTAn undocumented 22-year-old woman sat on her bed in Tampa last week and called her mother, listening to the ringing tone, hoping for another option. When her mother answered, the sound of her soft voice reminded the woman there weren’t any. “We have to leave Florida,” the woman said. What’s happening: A new law that Gov. Ron […]
Black Conservatives Want Tim Scott to Ditch ‘Colorblind’ Messaging With 2024 Bid
American Renaissance - May 23rd 2023 8:11pm EDTSen. Tim Scott’s (R-S.C.) decision to jump into the 2024 presidential field on Friday has put questions of how he will navigate his identity as a Black Republican front and center. Scott, the only Black member of his party in the Senate, has spent much of his career skirting around his identity. Although he has […]
NAACP Issues Travel Advisory for Florida
American Renaissance - May 22nd 2023 2:38pm EDTThe NAACP issued a formal travel advisory for Florida on Saturday in response to what the organization described as Gov. Ron DeSantis’ “aggressive attempts to erase Black history and to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion programs in Florida schools.” {snip} “Under the leadership of Governor DeSantis, the state of Florida has become hostile to Black Americans and […]
Adams Claims Nearly Half of All NYC Hotel Rooms Now Filled by Migrants, but Numbers Don’t Quite Add Up
American Renaissance - May 19th 2023 3:11pm EDTIn an effort to illustrate the severity of the migrant crisis in the city, Mayor Adams claimed Wednesday that nearly half of all hotel rooms in New York are now occupied by migrants seeking asylum — an assertion that was immediately pounced on as being inaccurate. Adams has come under fire on several fronts in […]
People of Color and Women Are Underrepresented on State Supreme Court Benches, Report Finds
American Renaissance - May 19th 2023 3:11pm EDTState supreme court justices are disproportionately White and don’t reflect the diverse populations they serve, a new report has found. According to statistics released by the Brennan Center for Justice at the New York University School of Law, only 20% of justices are people of color despite Black, Latino, Asian American, Native American and multiracial […]
Squad Demands $14 Trillion in Federal Reparations for Descendants of Slaves
American Renaissance - May 18th 2023 11:06pm EDTA number of House Democrats led by Rep. Cori Bush introduced a resolution Thursday to reignite a push for federal reparations that would amount to over half the U.S. GDP. The resolution states that the U.S. has a ‘legal and moral’ obligation to provide reparations for the enslavement of black people and calls for $14 […]
Republicans Advance Bill to Defund House Office of Diversity and Inclusion
American Renaissance - May 18th 2023 11:06pm EDTHouse Republicans advanced the 2024 legislative branch appropriations bill on Wednesday, which defunds the House Office of Diversity and Inclusion. {snip} The House Office of Diversity and Inclusion was established in the 116th Congress when then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Democrats took over Congress’s lower chamber. {snip} “DEI offices have no place in Congress or […]
Greater Idaho Wins 12th County in a Row in Eastern Oregon
American Renaissance - May 18th 2023 11:05pm EDT
