Charlottesville
Kyle Rittenhouse Trial Is Just One of Three Racially-Charged Cases Playing Out Simultaneously
The jury in the murder case against Kyle Rittenhouse broke Tuesday evening without reaching a verdict. They are set to resume deliberation at 9 a.m. CST Wednesday morning. The city of Kenosha, Wisconsin has been on edge all day with tensions thickening out on the same streets where Rittenhouse killed
You’re Probably Antifa and Don’t Even Know It
I was fooling around on Twitter last week and came across a ridiculous conversation where a bunch of dummies were earnestly trying to get #DefundAntifa to trend. I howled with glee over this because it was literally one of the stupidest things I’ve ever read. You can’t defund Antifa because
The November 2024 BAS Voter Guide
A Big Change to This Year’s Voter Guide We’ve been doing voter guides for a really long time. I’m pretty sure we put our first one out in like 2010 or something. And I know that thousands of you rely on our voter guides to help you make decision. But
Life After Hate: A Reformed White Nationalist’s Message About Mental Health and Education
GUEST POST BY: KATE HARVESTON We like to think we’re living in a post-racial society, until events like the recent white supremacist rally in Charlottesville hit the news. It reminds us how much hate is still in the world. There are so many stories in the news about the negativity that
How Charlottesville and Gamergate are Completely Related
Guest Post by Xennial-in-Chief Breathe. This is for your own good. James Damore said, “I do not support the alt-right.” He said this in response to the revelation that alt-right groups supported him after his firing from Google for writing and posting a 10-page memo on the company’s discussion board. In
How to Protest Safely and Responsibly
We need to intelligently prepare ourselves by knowing our rights and restrictions as counter-protesters. The behavior of others is not under your control, but these tips will help you be as safe as you can be at a volatile protest
What to Expect at The Alt-Right Rally on Crissy Field
The police presence, the alt-right group putting it on, and all the counter-protests planned
Actually, This IS the America You’ve Always Lived in
This is par for the course. For Black folks, America has always been a hazardous navigation with racist cops and water-cannons, bigoted institutions and poor legal representation. For most of our history you couldn’t even play on the course if you were “colored” (pretty sure we still have plenty of “country clubs” like that ). Today, the tee is still set about a hundred yards back with more than sandtraps lying in wait.