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  • CNN’s April Ryan Asks Pete Buttigieg to Address the ‘Racism’ Built Into Our Roadways

    American Renaissance - Nov 9th 2021 1:30pm EST

    White House correspondent April Ryan was ridiculed on Monday after asking Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg about the racism “built into the roadways.” During the White House press briefing, Buttigieg was taking questions about the bipartisan infrastructure bill, which passed through Congress last week. Ryan took the opportunity to ask Buttigieg about the Biden administration’s plans to […]

  • Democrats Push Fix for Green-Card Logjam in Social-Spending Bill

    American Renaissance - Nov 8th 2021 2:09pm EST

    Immigrants caught in yearslong green-card backlogs could become permanent residents in the U.S. much faster because of a little-noticed immigration provision tucked into Democrats’ $1.85 trillion social-spending and climate package. While Democrats haggle over the size and scope of legal protections for so-called Dreamers and other immigrants in the country illegally, they have also included a […]

  • Black Caucus Emerges as Winner in Spending Package

    American Renaissance - Nov 4th 2021 5:51pm EDT

    The $1.75 trillion framework agreement for President Biden’s “Build Back Better” plan represents a significant victory for Black lawmakers, who have been adamant that promises made to Black communities be kept by the White House. The framework included key priorities of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), including funding for historically Black colleges and universities, an increased […]

  • Wu, Pureval Mayoral Wins Mark Milestone for Asian Americans

    American Renaissance - Nov 4th 2021 5:51pm EDT

    Asian Americans will serve as mayor in Boston and Cincinnati for the first time in both cities’ histories, signaling political progress for a population that has struggled for almost two years with a rise in anti-Asian hate. Boston voters tapped City Councilor Michelle Wu, 36, on Tuesday to serve in the city’s top political office. […]

  • McAuliffe Laments Number of White Teachers Ahead of Va. Governor Vote

    American Renaissance - Nov 2nd 2021 1:11pm EDT

    Democratic Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe called for the commonwealth to “diversify” its teacher base, complaining that too many educators there are white. McAuliffe, during a Sunday rally in Richmond, promised to create a program apparently aimed at attracting non-white teachers should he win Tuesday’s closely contested election. “We’ve got to diversify our teacher base […]

  • McAuliffe Plan Could Lead To 1970s-Style Busing

    American Renaissance - Nov 2nd 2021 1:10pm EDT

    A review of Virginia gubernatorial hopeful Terry McAuliffe’s education platform shows that he aims to take away what is perhaps the biggest choice parents currently have when it comes to their children’s education: The ability to choose a school by buying a home in a neighborhood that is zoned for it. McAuliffe’s education plan entails pushing […]

  • ‘Parents’ Rights’ Is Code for White Race Politics

    American Renaissance - Nov 1st 2021 6:17pm EDT

    After white supremacists spilled blood in defense of keeping up Confederate statues in 2017, the GOP candidate for governor of Virginia, Ed Gillespie, said the monuments should stay up as a matter of heritage and history. His TV advertising featured threatening images of Latino gangs, labeled illegal immigrants, involved in murder and rape. The racially […]

  • White House Renews Bid to End ‘Remain in Mexico’ Policy

    American Renaissance - Nov 1st 2021 1:22pm EDT

    The Biden administration on Friday launched a second bid to end a Trump-era policy to make asylum seekers wait in Mexico for hearings in U.S. immigration court, while also reaffirming a commitment to reinstate it under court order. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said the “Remain in Mexico” policy likely contributed to a drop in […]

  • Racism, Schmacism

    American Renaissance - Oct 31st 2021 8:00am EDT

    James Edwards, Racism, Schmacism: How Liberals Use the “R” Word to Push the Obama Agenda, TPC Press, 2010, 161 pp. If James Edwards’s Racism, Schmacism weren’t so infuriating, it would be a delight. Actually, it is still a delight in spite of being infuriating. It is infuriating because of the absurdity of the official attitudes toward race in […]

  • Biden Administration in Talks to Pay Hundreds of Millions to Immigrant Families Separated at Border

    American Renaissance - Oct 28th 2021 4:37pm EDT

    The Biden administration is in talks to offer immigrant families that were separated during the Trump administration around $450,000 a person in compensation, according to people familiar with the matter, as several agencies work to resolve lawsuits filed on behalf of parents and children who say the government subjected them to lasting psychological trauma. The U.S. […]

  • Schiff Laments Intelligence Community Bringing So Many White Males to Testify Before House Committee

    American Renaissance - Oct 28th 2021 12:38pm EDT

    House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., declared diversity the greatest national strength of the U.S. on Thursday and lamented that the intelligence community (IC) often brought White males to testify before his committee. “I remain concerned about inadequate progress in recruiting and retaining individuals of diverse backgrounds in the core IC collection and analysis missions,” he said […]

  • Arkansas GOP Disavows Congressional Candidate and AmRen Author

    American Renaissance - Oct 27th 2021 8:58pm EDT

    I am Neil Robinson Kumar, and I’m a candidate for Congress in Arkansas’s Third Congressional District. My aim is to help all Americans — but, unlike other candidates, I include whites in the definition of “all.” This is probably why Facebook and Twitter banned my campaign. I want to end the Great Replacement. I’m calling for a 20-year moratorium […]

  • Email Shows Biden Ordered Afghanistan Evacuation Flights Be Filled With Unvetted Refugees

    American Renaissance - Oct 27th 2021 1:41pm EDT

    During America’s chaotic exit from Afghanistan earlier this year, the Biden administration issued a directive that evacuation flights be filled to “excess” with refugees who had not been properly vetted before arriving in America, according to an internal administration communication disclosed on Tuesday by Sen. Josh Hawley (R., Mo.). “Total inflow to the U.S. must […]

  • Democrats Quietly Scramble to Include Immigration Provision in Social Spending Bill

    American Renaissance - Oct 26th 2021 7:44pm EDT

    Democrats are scrambling intensely behind the scenes to address immigration in the framework they are crafting to expand the nation’s social safety net, according to people with knowledge of the situation, even as President Biden and other party leaders have said little publicly about their strategy in recent weeks. The most pressing question confronting Democrats […]

  • Biden Says ‘White Supremacy’ Drove Trump’s Jan. 6 Rioters

    American Renaissance - Oct 25th 2021 12:18pm EDT

    President Joe Biden said Thursday that white supremacy motivated supporters of Donald Trump who rioted at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, and accused the former president of appealing to racists. “The violent, deadly insurrection on the Capitol nine months ago, it was about white supremacy, in my opinion,” Biden said of the Jan. 6 […]

  • Prospects for Our People: Jared Taylor’s Talk at the 2004 AmRen Conference

    American Renaissance - Oct 24th 2021 6:00am EDT

    The Gen. Robert E. Lee in Richmond, Virginia. (Credit Image: © Chuck Myers / MCT / ZUMAPRESS.com) Good morning. I thought I would speak today about prospects for our movement, because this is something people ask me about frequently. “What are our chances?” “Is there any hope?” Of course there is hope. In fact, for […]

  • As Some Black Staff Members Leave Congress, Those Who Remain Call for Change

    American Renaissance - Oct 22nd 2021 5:25pm EDT

    When Chanda Jefferson, a science teacher from Columbia, S.C., got the opportunity to work on Capitol Hill, she was thrilled to use her classroom experience to help shape education policy. She also hoped that when her fellowship was over, she could expose her students at home to a different, exciting career path. It wasn’t until […]

  • Legislators Want Three Counties to Secede Maryland for West Virginia

    American Renaissance - Oct 21st 2021 5:41pm EDT

    State legislators in three conservative western Maryland counties are seeking permission to secede from the state to join neighboring West Virginia. In letters to West Virginia state House Speaker Roger Hanshaw (R) and Senate President Craig Blair (R), six Republican Maryland state legislators who represent Garrett, Allegany and Washington counties asked the legislature to consider […]

  • Local Secession Is the Moderate Solution

    American Renaissance - Oct 20th 2021 4:02pm EDT

    The question of secession from the United States divides white advocates. Many don’t want to abandon what they still regard as their country. Others think it’s not practical. Secession also assumes our problems have already been solved. It would require white identity, and if we had it, we wouldn’t be in this mess. This doesn’t […]

  • NYC Board of Health Declares Racism a Public Health Crisis

    American Renaissance - Oct 20th 2021 2:53pm EDT

    Following in the footsteps of hundreds of state and local governments, the New York City Board of Health has declared racism a public health crisis. The announcement includes a list of action items for the city’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. The board ratified the resolution during a Monday afternoon meeting. The to-dos range […]

  • When It Comes to Ideas About Race, the Biggest Gap Isn’t Between Whites and Non-Whites

    American Renaissance - Oct 19th 2021 2:02pm EDT

    Layla Kaiksow and her two children, ages 9 and 12, sometimes encounter racist graffiti along the walking trails near their home outside of Houston. On one occasion, Kaiksow and her children, who are Muslim, faced a “larger than life” swastika on a concrete-lined embankment alongside their path. She returned to the site with the principal […]

  • Katie Couric Admits She Edited Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Knock Against Anthem Kneelers

    American Renaissance - Oct 15th 2021 4:06pm EDT

    {snip} In her new memoir, Going There, journalist Katie Couric admitted that she edited comments from the now-deceased Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg for her 2016 interview with Yahoo! News to protect her from severe public backlash. The Justice’s crime? Criticizing the national anthem kneelers. Though the original interview quoted Ginsburg calling the anthem protests “dumb and disrespectful,” Couric […]

  • Democrats Scramble to Keep Immigration Overhaul Alive in Reconciliation Bill

    American Renaissance - Oct 14th 2021 3:31pm EDT

    President Biden’s efforts to finally make progress on a comprehensive overhaul of the nation’s immigration system have been stalled by Republicans, blocked by courts and rejected for violating arcane Senate rules. Now, Democratic leaders are “seriously considering” a long-shot proposal intended to get around the political and procedural roadblocks by including language in the president’s […]

  • Kamala Slams European Explorers Who ‘Ushered in a Wave of Devastation for Tribal Nations’

    American Renaissance - Oct 13th 2021 6:54pm EDT

    Kamala Harris has vowed to address the ‘shameful past’ of America’s European explorers, saying they ‘ushered in a wave of devastation’ for Native Americans when they arrived 500 years ago. The vice president was speaking at the National Congress of American Indians 78th Annual Convention, held this year in Portland, Oregon. She spoke the day […]

  • Biden Is First President to Mark Indigenous Peoples’ Day

    American Renaissance - Oct 12th 2021 12:30pm EDT

    President Joe Biden on Friday issued the first-ever presidential proclamation of Indigenous Peoples’ Day, lending the most significant boost yet to efforts to refocus the federal holiday celebrating Christopher Columbus toward an appreciation of Native peoples. The day will be observed Oct. 11, along with Columbus Day, which is established by Congress. While Native Americans […]