And it happened. Discredited by the Brazilian intelligentsia, covered for less than 20 seconds on free television, the inarticulate candidate of a tiny political party who’d spent 30 years as a mediocre federal congressman, retired Army Captain Jair Messias (Messiah, his true name) Bolsonaro—a racist supporter of torture, rape, and a wide range of moralist… […]
Historically pushed toward softball, Baseball for All keeps young girls in the game. via There’s No Discrimination in Baseball! — Longreads
Ahistorical narratives of racial uplift and singular heroes deny complexity and are devoid of real politics. via The Myth of the Singular Voice — Longreads
“As far as I knew when she was in the ambulance, she was alive…” It’s been 20 years since Princess Diana tragically died in a fatal car crash in Paris and, in his first-ever interview since that moment on Aug. 30, 1997, the firefighter who tried to save Diana is revealing details of that heartbreaking […]
McALLEN, Tex. — The nation’s top border security official said Monday that his agency has temporarily stopped handing over migrant adults who cross the Mexican border with children for prosecution, undercutting claims by other Trump administration officials that “zero tolerance” for illegal immigration is still in place. Kevin K. McAleenan, the commissioner of Customs and […]
