Why is this monument to Maryland troops who served in the Confederate military still standing in Rockville? It’s right between the Circuit Court and the old 1891 red brick courthouse, which is still being used. Not very subtle. I think it’s long past time for this monument to go - last time I looked, Montgomery County is minority-majority now. You… Read more »

Whenever a white, obviously racially motivated kid goes off and kills some black people, the knee jerk reaction by those who benefit most from white supremacy all join the chorus: “he’s crazy. He’s insane. No person in their right mind would do something like this.” I did a quick search on this topic just now and I found the awesomest… Read more »

On Slate, one of my favorite writers, Jamelle Bouie, persuasively makes the case that the Charleston church shooting is anything but random. Go read. The attack on Emanuel AME sits in a long history of violence against black churches. The most famous attack—or act of terrorism—was the 1963 church bombing at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, where the… Read more »