Today

Brazilian slavery

On May 13, 1888, Brazil abolished slavery with the passage of the Lei Áurea (“Golden Law”).

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Bailing Out Topeka
SharingBack in August, the city council in Topeka, Kansas, voted …
The People Speak
SharingMainstream media often become so fixed on the major players …
No Particular Agenda
SharingAgenda-less improvement of Colorado’s constitution is the goal of a …
Your Victory
SharingTuesday’s mid-term elections amount to another watershed moment in American …
Grand Rapids’ Grand Alliance
SharingTwo incredible activists in Grand Rapids, Michigan, have achieved the …

Trump Ponders Privatizing Post Office
December 20, 2024
Paul Jacob sees difficulties in unloading America’s cherished/despised institution.Read More »
Only a Test?
December 19, 2024
Paul Jacob on another thing we can fail at.Read More »
Precogs in the Machine
December 18, 2024
Paul Jacob on a win against precog policing in Florida.Read More »
Girls [sic] Sports Saved
December 17, 2024
Paul Jacob on a matter bigger than proper punctuation.Read More »
Droning On
December 16, 2024
Paul Jacob on a problem no longer unidentified.Read More »

Scandal-Less
SharingIn the 15 states voters have enacted term limits for …
Our Experience with Experience
SharingIt seems exceedingly plausible that the longer one serves as …
Term Limits: Let’s Keep ’em
SharingFormer Clinton Treasury secretary Larry Summers proposes that we switch …
Is This Seat Taken?
SharingAh, women … you can’t live with them and you …
Senatorial Senility
Sharing“We have the oldest Senate in American history,” Roxanne Roberts …

Re-Segregation
SharingIt is hard not to miss the ideological left’s inconsistency …
Inconvenient Cash?
SharingEverywhere I turn these days, I am hearing something about the push …
Who’ll Stop the Wars?
Sharing“Why were you the lone voice out there going after …
9 Dangers of “Democratic Socialism”
SharingFirst… some definitions: Socialism advocates the public ownership and control of business and …
Leave Those Kids Alone
SharingCongress created The National Commission on Military, National, and Public …