HeyJaredMary C. Curtis
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
- 6
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- Sep 15, 2026
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- Jul 14, 2026
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In American politics, has racism become a feature, not a bug? (opens the original)
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Racism is no longer a deal breaker — in life or in politics. It’s a tough truth to face, especially, I admit, for someone whose family members used nonviolence to fight dangerous civil rights battles, forcing a resistant America to live up to its ideals. But it’s a truth that must be faced. The problem is, not too many are willing to call the backsliding out for what it is. We live in a world where racist words and actions are couched in euphemisms like “racially insensitive” or “racially tinged
When government sees art as ‘terrifying,’ that’s scary (opens the original)
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In the past, when I told people who expressed the slightest interest that my commentary focused on the intersection of politics, culture and race, many seemed puzzled by that particular mix. Not anymore. It’s pretty obvious how all those topics are related. Mention the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and it’s not a symphony performance or the latest tour of “Hamilton” that comes to mind. Instead, pesky questions about possible demolition of the edifice and whether Donald J. Trump
‘How rebellion and activism have always sustained America’ (opens the original)
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Rebellion and activism have always been necessary to move America toward progress, with always-present obstacles to overcome, including violent opposition from those with their own view of what makes the country great. That truth, with all the contradictions that arise when ideals fail to match reality, is explored in “We’ve Been Here Before: How Rebellion and Activism Have Always Sustained America.” When mythmaking threatens to replace history, this book, by Angela P. Dodson and Michael I. Days
‘How rebellion and activism have always sustained America’ (opens the original)
North Carolina not so quietly pushes Trump’s efforts to restrict the vote (opens the original)
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What’s next? Asking how many jelly beans are in the jar? That was a question election workers, particularly in the South, used to ask voters. Not surprisingly, Black voters, who wanted simply to exercise their rights as American citizens to cast a ballot, always managed to guess wrong. How many bubbles in a bar of soap was another favorite riddle, an example of Jim Crow at its finest, using an impossible, ridiculous yet on the surface neutral test to weed out those the powerful felt did not dese
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