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“Bigger than Watergate”
In a heated exchange with Attorney General Pam Bondi during the House Judiciary committee hearing on February 11th in a room packed with people and…
 • Eddie
100 Years Later
On February 3, 2026, the White House issued its statement on Black History Month.
 • Eddie
On the 63rd Anniversary of The Fire Next Time
I have been teaching The Fire Next Time for close to thirty years.
 • Eddie
The Enemy Within
Kicking off a yearlong celebration of America’s 250th anniversary, President Donald Trump spoke at a rally on July 3, 2025.
 • Eddie
“We’ve got some difficult days ahead”
About ten days before he was killed, Dr.
 • Eddie
George Orwell's Politics and the English Language
I have been thinking a lot lately about the close connection between language and the erosion of our democracy.
 • Eddie
Venezuela and Chickens Coming Home to Roost
I woke up at some ridiculously early morning hour on Saturday, on the third day of the new year, only to read that the United States had kidnapped…
 • A Native Son - Staff
For this Holiday Season
In the backyard of the home where I grew up, just a short walk from one of the many bayous in Moss Point, stands an old evergreen live oak tree.
 • Eddie
Another Mass Shooting
The country is broken, and it isn’t Donald Trump’s fault.
 • Eddie
A Call to Kill
Andrew Kolvet, a spokesperson for Turning Points USA, recently posted this on X: “Every new attack aimed at Pete Hegesth makes me want another narco…
 • Eddie
The Problem and the Whip
I can’t get out of my head this formulation from Frederick Douglass.
 • Eddie
No Ideological Labels
I taught a course this semester on Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Ella Baker.
 • Eddie
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