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What “Project 2025” Would Do to America https://open.substack.com/pub/thomaszimmer/p/what-project-2025-would-do-to-america
by Thomas Zimmer

What “Project 2025” Would Do to America
The Right has developed concrete plans to make America into a much nastier place for anyone who dares to deviate from the white Christian patriarchal order. That’s what is on the ballot in November

Can someone explain how this simplification isn't 50% conservatism and 50% classism?
I love text and video. How can one be better than the other? Do they not talk about the medium, but the content and have specific content in mind?
https://mastodon.social/@AnarchistArt/

Americans widely opposed to decision overturning Roe nearly 2 years later: Poll | The Hill
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/4636030-roe-overturned-americans-widely-opposed-poll/

Americans widely opposed to Roe ruling nearly 2 years after it was overturned: Poll
Americans still widely oppose the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade, ruling women do not have a federal right to an abortion, according to a new poll released Wednesday. In the CNN poll, conducted April 18-23, nearly two-thirds (65 percent) of respondents say they disapprove of the Supreme Court’s decision — including 47 percent…

Famous Humanists in History
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https://americanhumanist.org/what-is-humanism/famous-humanists-in-history/

Famous Humanists in History - American Humanist Association
Below is a list of just some of the world’s most prominent leaders, thinkers, and activists in philosophy, justice, science, and the arts that have proudly associated with the American Humanist Association: Bestselling Authors Joyce Carol Oates Isaac Asimov Salman Rushdie Kurt Vonnegut Margaret Atwood Gore Vidal Scientists and Science Advocates Steve Wozniak Carolyn Porco […]

The United States as a whole has 81 percent of African American children attending non-white majority schools, as compared to 77 percent in 1968.
Moreover, the concentration of African American children into non-white majority schools has increased in every region except the Midwest, which has been broadly stable.
We note that the data for the Border region reflects the broader Hispanic immigration, which complicates the comparison to some extent.
Nevertheless, it is dif…

Racial Integration of Schools in the United States
February is African American History Month, a time when the United States pays tribute to generations of African Americans who struggled with adversity to achieve full citizenship in American society.

The African American History Museum is in Detroit, a short drive from Toronto. Had the chance to visit last year and it was quite an experience to walk through what a slave ship would have looked like.
Definitely worth a visit to Detroit for that (and many other reasons!)

Pen America's 2023 Freedom to Write index: at least 339 writers are in prison for exercising their freedom of expression, including 107 writers in China alone (Amy Hawkins/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/may/01/writers-jailed…

What "Project 2025" Would Do to America -- What would a second Trump presidency look like? (Thomas Zimmer/Democracy Americana)
https://thomaszimmer.substack.com/p/what-project-2025-would-do-to-america
http://www.memeorandum.com/240301/p56#a240301p56

'A step back in time': America's Catholic Church sees an immense shift toward the old ways
https://religionnews.com/2024/05/01/a-step-back-in-time-americas-catholic-church-sees-an-immense-shift…

'A step back in time': America's Catholic Church sees an immense shift toward the old ways
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Generations of Catholics who embraced the modernizing tide sparked in the 1960s by Vatican II are increasingly giving way to religious conservatives who believe the church has been twisted by change,

Americans view strengthening the #economy as the top policy priority for Biden and Congress to address this year.
No single issue stands out after the economy. Nearly three-quarters of Americans (73%) rate strengthening the economy as a top priority. That is considerably larger than the shares citing any other policy goal.
Republicans ( and only Republicans ) are increasingly concerned over

Americans’ Top Policy Priority for 2024: Strengthening the Economy
Growing shares of Republicans rate immigration and terrorism as top priorities for the president and Congress this year.