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  • Arizona Migrant Detention Facilities, Where Some Sleep in Bathroom Stalls, are Unfit for Humans, Judge Rules

    American Renaissance - Feb 22nd 2020 6:20am EST

    A federal judge in Arizona has ruled that Border Patrol facilities in the Tucson sector deprive migrants of “basic human needs,” saying the conditions at the temporary detention facilities are “substantially worse” than those in jails or prisons and violate the Constitution. Overcrowding was at times so severe, U.S. District Judge David C. Bury found, […]

  • A Playwright Wants Only Critics of Color to Review Her. Here’s What Our Own Critics Think

    American Renaissance - Feb 22nd 2020 6:15am EST

    The Indigenous artist Yolanda Bonnell says criticism should ‘come from a place of knowledge’. We asked Guardian critics for their views. When Yolanda Bonnell’s play Bug opened in Toronto last week, she had an unusual request for the media: that only people of color review it. Bonnell, an Indigenous artist from north-western Ontario, creates ceremonial […]

  • Sex-Slavery: An Islamic Sacrament?

    American Renaissance - Feb 22nd 2020 6:10am EST

    Is the sexual enslavement of non-Muslim women an Islamic State idea or merely an Islamic idea? First, lest there is any doubt that ISIS members were not only convinced that it was their Islamic right to sexually enslave “infidels,” but that doing so was pious, consider this account from 2015: “In the moments before he raped the […]

  • Apartheid was a Crime Against Humanity, and Denying It is Treason: Ramaphosa

    American Renaissance - Feb 22nd 2020 6:05am EST

    Downplaying the devastating impact of apartheid is “treasonous”. This is according to President Cyril Ramaphosa, who reflected on the raging debate over apartheid — and whether or not it was a crime against humanity — while responding on Thursday to the two-day parliamentary debate on his state of the nation address. “It cannot be gainsaid […]

  • Comments of the Week, February 22, 2020

    American Renaissance - Feb 22nd 2020 6:00am EST

    On “Rape, Impunity, and White Identity” On “Civil Rights Under Ronald Reagan” On “What Did America’s Presidents Think About Race?” On “The Best of American Renaissance by Year” On “A Look at Mexico’s Southern Border“ The post Comments of the Week, February 22, 2020 appeared first on American Renaissance.

  • The Battle That Saved Christendom

    American Renaissance - Feb 21st 2020 5:28pm EST

    The media often depict the never-ending conflicts in the Middle East and North Africa as a war between Sunni and Shi’ite Muslims. That’s not the full picture. There is also a national and racial element to the conflict. Arabs, Persians, and Turks all claim to be “defenders” of the faith. The Arab claim is the […]

  • Trump’s Chief of Staff to American Workers: Drop Dead

    American Renaissance - Feb 21st 2020 11:58am EST

    The Washington Post has a recording of acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney addressing a private gathering in England this week on a variety of issues. The bit on immigration: “We are desperate — desperate — for more people,” Mulvaney said. “We are running out of people to fuel the economic growth that we’ve had in our […]

  • Defamation Victim George Zimmerman Sues Elizabeth Warren, Pete Buttigieg For $265 Million

    American Renaissance - Feb 21st 2020 11:58am EST

    George Zimmerman, who was acquitted in the fatal shooting of a Florida teenager in 2012, filed a lawsuit against two presidential candidates, alleging they defamed him. Zimmerman, who lives in Polk County, filed the lawsuit Tuesday in 10th Judicial Circuit Court. The suit names Elizabeth Warren and Pete Buttigieg as defendants. The suit claims Warren and Buttigieg separately […]

  • Kobach Courts Trump as Senate GOP Frets over Kansas Seat

    American Renaissance - Feb 21st 2020 11:58am EST

    Republican leaders on Capitol Hill are fearful that the conservative hardliner Kris Kobach could cost them a crucial Senate seat in Kansas and potentially their narrow majority — and are eager to find a way to defeat him in a hotly contested primary. But Kobach is getting face time with President Donald Trump and consulting with Trump’s […]

  • Mike Bloomberg and the Age of the Oligarchs

    American Renaissance - Feb 21st 2020 12:01am EST

    Michael Bloomberg (Credit Image: © Stefani Reynolds / CNP via ZUMA Wire) Despite his disastrous performance in the last debate, Michael Bloomberg isn’t going anywhere. He’s already spent $30 million more than President Trump. While Mr. Bloomberg is undoubtedly aware of the “sunk cost” fallacy, his pride is on the line. President Trump calling him […]

  • ‘I Take $200, $300 a Day of Your Money, Cracker!’

    American Renaissance - Feb 20th 2020 9:40pm EST

    Jared Taylor and Paul Kersey admire the self-possession of Charles Barry, who says of his 139th arrest, “Bail reform; it’s lit!” Taylor and Kersey also discuss who was banned by the Trump travel ban, Stacey Abrams for veep, how to get to the roots of racism, how to study Classics without Homer, and who went […]

  • Why Can’t They Tell the Truth?

    American Renaissance - Feb 20th 2020 5:25pm EST

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  • 3 Winners and 4 Losers from the Nevada Democratic Debate

    American Renaissance - Feb 20th 2020 12:04pm EST

    {snip} Winner: Elizabeth Warren {snip} It seems like Warren needs a miracle to save her campaign, and while strong debate performances haven’t always translated into good polling in the past, Wednesday night was still one hell of a start. Warren dominated the stage, delivering striking answers in one of the best performances I’ve seen from […]

  • Nevada’s Latino Voters Will Test Bernie Sanders’ Appeal

    American Renaissance - Feb 20th 2020 12:04pm EST

    The 17-year-old son of Mexican immigrants, who was diagnosed with stage four Hodgkin’s Lymphoma in 2018, is voting for the Vermont senator largely because of “Medicare for All.” Trejo-Ibarra, after going into remission, decided to get more politically involved and will serve as a precinct captain for Sanders in Saturday’s Nevada caucuses. It fills a dual […]

  • Sanders Wins Endorsement of Top Muslim Group

    American Renaissance - Feb 20th 2020 12:04pm EST

    {snip} Emgage PAC, which calls itself the biggest Muslim political action committee in the country, says it is backing Sanders because of his “inclusive” presidential campaign, and it hopes that its endorsement spurs Muslims to the polls. “More than any other presidential candidate, Senator Sanders has built a historically inclusive and forward-thinking movement: one that represents […]

  • Rape, Impunity, and White Identity

    American Renaissance - Feb 19th 2020 8:30pm EST

    In high school, one of my classmates was a German exchange student. She and I developed a strong bond almost immediately. Perhaps it was because of my own German ancestry, but she felt like the sister I never had. We stayed in touch after she went back to Europe and throughout the next phases of […]

  • AG Barr Takes Aim at a Key Legal Protection for Big Tech Companies

    American Renaissance - Feb 19th 2020 5:17pm EST

    Attorney General William Barr took aim Wednesday at a key legal protection for the tech industry, calling into question whether it is still needed as a small number of key tech players have reached a massive size and scale. Besides questions of anticompetitive behavior, Barr said at a Department of Justice workshop, the agency is […]

  • African American Man Kidnaps White Woman and Forces Her to Watch Nine-hour Slavery Mini-Series Roots to ‘Understand Her Racism’

    American Renaissance - Feb 19th 2020 5:17pm EST

    An African American man kidnapped a white woman he’d been in an on-off relationship with for years and forced her to watch nine-hour slavery miniseries Roots so she could ‘understand her racism’. Cedar Rapids police seized 52-year-old Robert Noyes on Monday on charges of first-degree harassment and false imprisonment. The woman, who was not clearly […]

  • Justice Still Denied for Kate Steinle

    American Renaissance - Feb 19th 2020 5:17pm EST

    Last week, federal judge Vince Chhabria, a 2013 Obama appointee, ruled that Jose Inez Garcia Zarate, a Mexican national illegally present in the United States, suffers from “mental illness that is not presently being treated” and is therefore incompetent to stand trial on federal gun charges. Those are the only charges remaining from the killing that made the […]

  • Affirmative Licensing: Step One of Medical Licensing Exam Made Pass-Fail

    American Renaissance - Feb 19th 2020 12:34pm EST

    When affirmative action was introduced over a half century ago, many assumed that once the under-represented demographics were given a little help getting past the initial gatekeeper, they’d do well at all subsequent levels. Unfortunately, that proved naive. So ever since there have been unending struggles over how far up the ladder to extend affirmative […]

  • Bloomberg Plunges Into New Controversy as Race and Gender Comments Resurface

    American Renaissance - Feb 19th 2020 12:34pm EST

    Mike Bloomberg has been plunged into fresh controversy over his comments on race and transgender people, as scrutiny intensifies over the presidential candidate’s past remarks ahead of his Democratic debate debut. On Tuesday, a 2011 PBS interview resurfaced in which Bloomberg stated that there was an “enormous cohort of black and Latino males” who “don’t […]

  • Video: Virginia is the Next Battleground for the Second Amendment

    American Renaissance - Feb 19th 2020 12:34pm EST

    [Editor’s Note: A discussion of demographics begins at the 2:40 mark.] The post Video: Virginia is the Next Battleground for the Second Amendment appeared first on American Renaissance.

  • Are the Pilgrims the Next Racists?

    American Renaissance - Feb 18th 2020 7:00pm EST

    Thanks to the 1619 Project, “1619” is a graffiti tag vandals spray on Confederate monuments. We may see a new tag soon. Plymouth Rock has 1620 carved into it, marking the year the Pilgrims arrived. On Presidents’ Day – yesterday — vandals sprayed red paint on Plymouth Rock and other memorials in Plymouth. but police […]

  • Green Cards for Travel Ban Foreign Nationals Cut by Less Than Five Percent

    American Renaissance - Feb 18th 2020 5:16pm EST

    The allotment of green cards to foreign nationals arriving from countries listed on President Trump’s travel ban has continued almost unchanged, dropping by less than five percent, since 2017. In 2017, Trump signed an executive order that put travel restrictions on nationals and residents of Iran, Libya, North Korea, Somalia, Syria, Venezuela, and Yemen. An […]

  • Officials: Teen Arrested in Killing of College Student Tessa Majors

    American Renaissance - Feb 18th 2020 5:16pm EST

    A 14-year-old has been arrested and jailed in the stabbing death of Barnard College freshman Tessa Majors during a robbery last year near campus, the NYPD said Saturday. The teen, Rashaun Weaver, was detained at 10:30 Friday night in a lobby of the Taft housing projects, according to the NYPD. Charges include intentional murder and felony murder, which is […]