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How much do you know about Voter Fraud?

Twenty-three percent of the names — nearly 1.6 million of them — lack matching middle names. “Jr.” and “Sr.” are ignored, potentially disenfranchising two generations in the same family. And, notably, of those who may have voted twice in the 2012 presidential election, 27 percent were listed as “inactive” voters, meaning that almost 1.9 million may not even have voted once in that race, according to Crosscheck’s own records.

Race ya.

I want to both commend her and ask her to stfu, because the number of white voices being actually heard on this issue over black voices is astounding, but often people hear better from someone who they think has more experiences in common with them, and HypheNation is about hyphenating our nation and learning fromContinue reading “Race ya.”

How to Talk to Someone about Privilege Who Doesn’t Know What That Is

View Original Post on EverydayFeminism.com (note: This is posted here in its entirety for your convenience, but you should definitely click the link and read it on everydayfeminism.com) December 7, 2012 by Jamie Utt I once published a piece about white privilege, and my white friend’s dad lost it. He read it and immediately calledContinue reading “How to Talk to Someone about Privilege Who Doesn’t Know What That Is”

What do the newly released witness statements tell us about the Michael Brown shooting?

View Original Post on PBS.org (note: this is not original material, and is quoted here in its entirety for your convenience, but you should read it on the original site) BY LAURA SANTHANAM AND VANESSA DENNIS November 25, 2014 at 7:43 PM EST In the grand jury case against Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson, the prosecutionContinue reading “What do the newly released witness statements tell us about the Michael Brown shooting?”

Ferguson, White Privilege, and Human Lives Mattering

Since the grand jury verdict in the case against Michael Brown’s shooter has been made public, a lot has gone down. People’s Facebook friendships have been reevaluated. People have asked what they can do to feel useful and make change, and when given concrete tasks, have opted to go out and protest and march forContinue reading “Ferguson, White Privilege, and Human Lives Mattering”