GOP antisemitism in Frankfort
Anti-Semitism rears its ugly head again, this time in a debate about abortion. Berry Craig says its time for those GOPers to get their facts straight – including about Giftgaz.
Berry Craig
Berry Craig is a professor emeritus of history at West KY Community College, and an author of seven books and co-author of two more. (Read the rest on the Contributors page.)
Arlington, KY
State AFL-CIO backs Booker, McGarvey
The Kentucky State AFL-CIO unanimously endorsed former state representative Charles Booker for the U.S. Senate and state Senate Minority Leader Morgan McGarvey for Congress in the Third District.
Vlad the Invader and Trump the Chump
If you’re Putin, why attack Ukraine during Trump’s term, when Trump is doing all he can to pave the way for a future invasiion?
Reactions to passage of “Teaching American Principles Act”
Numerous individuals and organizations spoke out against SB 138, the “Teaching American Principles Act,” after it was passed on Thursday by the Kentucky Senate. Here are some of those reactions.
Senate passes “curriculum guidance” bill
The Kentucky Senate has approved one of four controversial Republican-sponsored bills that are aimed at limiting discussion of systemic racism in schools.
Sorry, Repubs – the bills are still a load of whitewash
Sen. Wise made some changes to his SB 138 bill, hoping to make it more palatable. Berry Craig says it is still trying to whitewash our shared history.
Dear Vlad – better read your history books
Before he goes all-out against Ukraine, wannabe Czar Vladimir I might crack a Russian history book about Nicholas II, the last czar.
The Whitewash Caucuses are at it again
Republicans have trotted out yet another bill supposedly aimed at Critical Race Theory. But what the Whitewash Caucus is really concerned about is votes, plain and simple.
Mayfield update – after the tornado, and now
Here are some pictures showing how far the town has come in its cleanup efforts – and how far it still has to go in rebuilding.
The U.S. and pre-Nazi Germany: the similarities are growing, and dangerous
Mark Twain said, “History doesn’t repeat ... but it does rhyme.” Are we in the midst of one of those times?
More Republicans trying to whitewash history
Another bill has been introduced in Frankfort aimed at restricting teaching about racism. One professor calls it “more Orwellian double-talk.”
Jim Crow in Kentucky, then and now
I don’t remember the white kid’s name. But I remember what he said to me after my community college Kentucky history class one day: “My parents or grandparents never told me about any of this. We needed to know the truth. Thank you.”
Clardy: Mitch needs a swig from ‘a big, tall glass of shut-the-hell-up.’
“Mitch McConnell may claim to be a civil rights ally,” Clardy said. “But he’s an ally we don’t need.”
“This craven man” – Booker goes after McConnell
Charles Booker lost no time in rebuking Kentucky’s senior senator for implying in a Thursday press conference that African Americans aren’t Americans.
IBEW journeymen helping restore power in Mayfield because 'the union is all about brotherhood and sisterhood'
Two IBEW members are volunteering to get electrical service back on in Mayfield. Berry Craig has the story.
The filibuster – a racist relic
Try explaining to a Black grandmother raised under Jim Crow why it takes only 50 votes to stack the Supreme Court with justices who are undermining her voting rights, but 60 votes to pass a bill protecting them.
