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  • Biden Student Loan Plan Leaves Black Borrowers Wanting More

    American Renaissance - Aug 26th 2022 12:27pm EDT

    In 2016, South Side Chicago native James Alford proudly became the first in his family to graduate from college. But that sense of pride was marred by student loans. When Alford graduated with his Bachelor of Arts in political science with a minor in Black studies, he was around $50,000 in debt. Now, at 30, […]

  • Pentagon Denies DC Mayor Muriel Bowser’s Second Plea for the National Guard to Be Deployed to Deal With Huge Influx of Migrants

    American Renaissance - Aug 23rd 2022 5:50pm EDT

    The Pentagon has denied a second request by Washington DC’s mayor to help receive migrants arriving from Republican-led states Texas and Arizona. Mayor Muriel Bowser in July called for the deployment of the District of Columbia National Guard to help with migrants describing it as a ‘humanitarian crisis’. Bowser asked for 90-day deployment and for […]

  • Charlottesville Hired a Black Police Chief to Heal. Then It Fired Her.

    American Renaissance - Aug 15th 2022 9:07pm EDT

    The final meeting of the day left Charlottesville’s police chief stunned and fearing for her safety, so RaShall Brackney unholstered her gun and held it by her side as she left headquarters one night in June 2021. The first Black woman to head the department wasn’t worried about protesters who were a frequent presence outside […]

  • Americans’ Views Harden Against Immigration

    American Renaissance - Aug 8th 2022 5:36pm EDT

    Americans’ views have hardened against immigration, with 10 percent more people calling for lower migrant flows than did so two years ago — a sign of growing concern about chaos on the southern border. Only 28 percent of Americans surveyed in 2020 wanted less immigration to the U.S. That rose to 38 percent in a […]

  • ‘Bizarre and Uncomfortable’: Adams Wants Photos of City Job Applicants

    American Renaissance - Aug 8th 2022 12:56pm EDT

    Eric Adams is building his own Facebook. The New York mayor has instructed city agencies to present him with photographs of potential hires as City Hall reviews candidates for jobs ranging from assistant commissioner to departmental press secretary. The move — which aides say will help the mayor recognize his employees in a workforce of […]

  • The Case Against the Open Borders Argument

    American Renaissance - Aug 7th 2022 8:00am EDT

    At first glance, the case against Republican support for immigration restrictions on purely political grounds seems compelling, and a comprehensive report in the New York Times soon after the 1996 election seemed to buttress it.1 In California, the Hispanic population numbered about 30 percent of the state in 1996, and in Orange County, long a Republican […]

  • The Arizona Republican Primary Is Ground Zero for America’s Hysteria Over Critical Race Theory

    American Renaissance - Aug 1st 2022 2:30pm EDT

    “We’ve been called every name in the book: domestic terrorists, racists, bigots, disruptors—angry mom,” Trish Olson, a mother of three in Scottsdale, Arizona, said in a campaign ad released last December by the gubernatorial campaign for Kari Lake. A political novice who denies that Joe Biden is the lawfully elected president, Lake secured a Trump endorsement in September 2021, almost […]

  • The New Politics of Race

    American Renaissance - Jul 31st 2022 8:00am EDT

    “Since 1970,” write immigration expert Roy Beck in his The Case Against Immigration, “more than 30 million foreign citizens and their descendants have been added to the local communities and labor pools of the United States. It is the numerical equivalent of having relocated within our borders the entire present population of all Central American countries.”1 […]

  • DC’s Democrat Mayor Calls in National Guard to Deal With Migrants

    American Renaissance - Jul 29th 2022 1:49pm EDT

    Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser is calling on the National Guard to be activated to help deal with the migration crisis in the nation’s capitol after Texas and Arizona launched an initiative sending asylum-seekers there. ‘The pace of arriving buses and the volume of arrivals have reached tipping points,’ Bowser wrote in a letter to […]

  • Jim Jordan Says New Whistleblower Disclosures Reveal ‘Scandalous’ Push by FBI to Pad Domestic Terrorism Data

    American Renaissance - Jul 29th 2022 1:49pm EDT

    The top Republican on the House Judiciary Committee says new whistleblower disclosures allege FBI officials are pressuring agents to “reclassify” cases as “domestic violent extremism” in order to appease the Biden administration’s push to focus on these cases. Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, sent a letter to FBI Director Chris Wray Wednesday after he says “brave […]

  • New Mass. Law Bans Hairstyle Discrimination at School, Work

    American Renaissance - Jul 28th 2022 6:53pm EDT

    Legislation to ban discrimination based on natural and protective hairstyles — such as Afros, cornrows or tightly coiled twists — in workplaces, school districts and school-related organizations in Massachusetts was signed into law Tuesday by Republican Gov. Charlie Baker. Black women in particular have faced pressure in school and on the job to alter their […]

  • L.A.’s Black Spoilers

    American Renaissance - Jul 28th 2022 6:53pm EDT

    Thirty-five-year-old Nicole Mokeme was Portland, Maine’s BLM superstar. She founded “Rise and Shine,” a woodsy retreat where “BIPOCs” could gather and rant about whitey. As Mokeme stated on her website, “as the awareness of white terrorism began to rise, black youth suggested the need for sacred Black space.” So she founded a black prideaway hideaway dedicated […]

  • A North Carolina City Hired a Black Town Manager. Then Its Entire Police Force Resigned.

    American Renaissance - Jul 26th 2022 7:35pm EDT

    Less than a week after the entire police department in Kenly, N.C., announced its resignation, citing a “toxic” and “hostile” work environment, elected officials from the town of about 2,000 residents have gone silent on a plan for law enforcement moving forward. The July 20 mass resignation of the department’s police chief, four full-time officers […]

  • Biden’s Cybersecurity Czar Says ‘Systemic Racism’ Is Major Threat to US Security

    American Renaissance - Jul 26th 2022 7:35pm EDT

    President Joe Biden’s incoming cyber defense deputy has claimed that “systemic racism” is one of the greatest threats to U.S. cybersecurity. Camille Stewart, a former Google strategist whom Biden reportedly tapped for White House deputy national cyber director, has argued that “our #NatSec apparatus must be a part of dismantling systemic racism,” and “pursuing anti-racist and anti-hate […]

  • NYC Files Appeal in Noncitizen Voter Case, Keeping the Fight Alive to Enfranchise Nearly 1 Million New Voters

    American Renaissance - Jul 25th 2022 5:31pm EDT

    The city is doubling down on its support for a new law that would extend voting rights to certain noncitizens. Last month, a Staten Island judge ruled that the law, which would allow people legally living and working in the city to vote in local elections, violates the state constitution and state election law. Friday, […]

  • Hungary PM Viktor Orban Criticises ‘Mixing’ of Europeans and Non-Europeans

    American Renaissance - Jul 25th 2022 11:16am EDT

    Hungary’s far-right prime minister has caused outrage by criticising the “mixing” of European and non-European people. “We [Hungarians] are not a mixed race… and we do not want to become a mixed race,” Viktor Orban said during a speech on Saturday. His comments sparked outrage from opposition MPs and European politicians. Katalin Cseh, an MEP […]

  • Hunting Where the Ducks Are Not

    American Renaissance - Jul 24th 2022 7:00am EDT

    In a famous speech in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1961, Senator Barry Goldwater advised his fellow Republicans that “We’re not going to get the Negro vote as a bloc in 1964 and 1968, so we ought to go hunting where the ducks are.” The “ducks,” of course, were white voting blocs, especially Southern whites who could […]

  • Ex-Trump Aide Calls January 6 Committee ‘Bolsheviks’ Who ‘Hate the American Founders and Most White People’

    American Renaissance - Jul 22nd 2022 5:46pm EDT

    A former Trump administration aide called two female January 6 witnesses ‘hoes and thots’ and lambasted lawmakers on the panel as ‘Bolsheviks’ during a profane rant late on Tuesday after appearing before the panel. Garrett Zeigler served as an aide to Donald Trump’s trade adviser Peter Navarro, who was charged with contempt of Congress last […]

  • Democrats Introduce Daily ‘Rolling’ Amnesty for Millions of Illegal Aliens

    American Renaissance - Jul 21st 2022 1:01pm EDT

    A handful of House Democrats are proposing a daily “rolling” amnesty that would give green cards to illegal aliens as long as they claim to have lived in the United States for seven years. On Wednesday, Reps. Lou Correa (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Norma Torres (D-CA), Jesus Garcia (D-IL), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), and Grace Meng (D-NY) […]

  • The Great Replacement Is an Electoral Strategy

    American Renaissance - Jul 20th 2022 8:43pm EDT

    Looking back, the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 turned out to be one of the most significant pieces of legislation ever passed by the U.S. Congress. Now, the people who wrote it knew that it would be so naturally spent a lot of time trying to convince everyone else that, in fact, it was […]

  • Mayor Adams Wants Federal Help Addressing Asylum Seekers’ Effect on NYC Shelter System

    American Renaissance - Jul 20th 2022 8:43pm EDT

    Mayor Eric Adams wants to see more federal help in dealing with asylum seekers’ strain on the city’s homeless shelter system, he said Tuesday. Over the last “several weeks,” there has been a “sharp increase” in the number of asylum seekers entering the five boroughs with 2,800 individuals entering the city’s shelter system, according to […]

  • Maine’s Open Door for Refugees Meets a Housing Shortage

    American Renaissance - Jul 19th 2022 6:34pm EDT

    {snip} Portland, Maine, population 68,000, is 84% white and tucked snugly away from any border problems – the Canadian border five hours away catches the occasional migrant walking north into Canada. Yet the city that has been one of the most benevolent in America toward outsiders now finds itself with 1,200 newcomers, most from Africa and […]

  • DeSantis’ Education Message Is Winning in Battleground States, Teacher Union Poll Finds

    American Renaissance - Jul 19th 2022 12:30pm EDT

    Before a friendly audience of conservative moms, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday excoriated political opponents for wanting to “sexualize” children and warp kids’ understanding of race and history. The charged campaign rhetoric in remarks to the Moms for Liberty group was usual fare for DeSantis — and a major reason he’s in the top […]

  • Liberal Group Lands $171M Gov’t Contract That Could Reach $1B to Help Illegal Immigrants Avoid Deportation

    American Renaissance - Jul 19th 2022 12:30pm EDT

    A left-wing nonprofit working to end mass incarceration landed a $171.7 million taxpayer-funded government contract that could potentially hit $1 billion to help unaccompanied minors avoid deportation, Fox News Digital has discovered. The Vera Institute of Justice, a New York-based group that supports defunding police and views immigration enforcement agencies as a “threat” to civil liberties, was […]

  • D.C. Mayor Bowser Decries Migrants Bused to Capital

    American Renaissance - Jul 18th 2022 5:21pm EDT

    Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser weighed in on reports that homeless shelters in her city were being overwhelmed by buses full of illegal immigrants coming from the border. Bowser advised that her administration “called on the federal government to work across state lines to prevent people from really being tricked […]