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Four dead, three troopers hurt

It’s what you call irony. National Rifle Association lobbyist Wayne LaPierre was still talking, telling us we...

Four dead, three troopers hurt
posted on: Dec 21, 2012 | author: leslie boyd

We are not post-racist

Being from the class of privilege, I sometimes overlook racism without even realizing it. I don’t have to think...

We are not post-racist
posted on: May 2, 2012 | author: leslie boyd

The consequences of language

Sarah Palin didn’t shoot Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in the head.

Michelle Bachmann didn’t kill Giffords’ outreach director, the newly engaged Gabe Zimmerman.

Rush Limbaugh didn’t kill U.S. District Court Judge John Roll.

Glenn Beck didn’t kill 9-year-old Christina Taylor Green, born on 9/11/2001.

Not a single Tea Partier had anything to do with the deaths of six people and the wounding of 12 others Saturday outside a supermarket in Tucson, Arizona.

The consequences of language
posted on: Jan 9, 2011 | author: Nunzia Rider