Articles by: Clarence Lusane

Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis – Two Peas in a (White Nationalist) Pod

Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis – Two Peas in a (White Nationalist) Pod

He appointed three conservative Supreme Court justices who shocked the nation with rulings that dramatically took away rights. He sided with the racists who used “states’ rights” to push through undemocratic policies locally. And he’s the only American president who lost a reelection bid but returned to office in the following election. Yes, I’m thinking of former New York governor[Read More…]

by 22/05/2023 Comments are Disabled World
Nikki Haley’s Diet-MAGA Problem

Nikki Haley’s Diet-MAGA Problem

In 2015, according to the talking points being floated by former South Carolina governor and Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley and her team, she alone heroically removed the Confederate flag that flew on the grounds of the state capitol and so healed racial wounds. She implied as much right after it happened, again at the 2020 Republican National Convention, and in[Read More…]

by 06/03/2023 Comments are Disabled World
The Votes That Weren’t Cast

The Votes That Weren’t Cast

The fundamental right to vote has been a core value of Black politics since the colonial era — and so has the effort to suppress that vote right up to the present moment. In fact, the history of the suppression of Black voters is a first-rate horror story that as yet shows no sign of ending. While Democrats and progressives[Read More…]

by 03/02/2023 Comments are Disabled World
The MAGAfication of America

The MAGAfication of America

Just in case you didn’t notice, authoritarianism was on the ballot in the 2022 midterm elections. An unprecedented majority of candidates from one of the nation’s two major political parties were committed to undemocratic policies and outcomes. You would have to go back to the Democratic Party-dominated segregationist South of the 1950s to find such a sweeping array of authoritarian proclivities in[Read More…]

by 30/11/2022 Comments are Disabled World