Civil Rights

Political Beast: Two-Year (Cotton Anniversary) Retrospective

And somewhere, weeping in the still of the night, came bleating The Carpenters’ “We’ve Only Just Begun”

The following contains references to articles published by ModState over the past two years. If you don’t get it, then you didn’t read it. Tradition tells..................   read more

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Political Beast: Police Procedures [or: “Gee, does this sound boring?”]

[ACLU-Mississippi/Blake Feldman (right-bgd.)]
When Political Beast decided to go back to the subject of police-community relations, we were a bit hesitant, since we’ve covered this pretty thoroughly in..................   read more

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Executive Completion: Trump’s Transgender Tweets

On the anniversary of the Executive Order that desegregated the Armed Forces,
our commander-in-chief, President Donald J. Trump, sent the following three tweets:

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Op-Ed: Abortion and The Status Quo

In my lifetime, I haven’t seen the country more divided than today. Of course, this is relative and my clarity regarding current events in this country pre..................   read more

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“Is It Just Us” – Fair & Thorough Aggregation Site for Black Americans (becomes friends with ModState)

From web developer Clark Alford comes a stirring new entry to our network: “Is It Just Us” is aggregated news FOR the black community curated BY the black community and its allies (amongst which ModState strives to be numbered)

While we haven’t entered into the depth of discussion to which opportunity afforded with newfound network allies OverWatch, it pleases..................   read more

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SPECIAL: POTUS Trump’s Executive Order 5

On 27 January, 2016, came the “Executive Order: Protecting the Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry to the United States” or, colloquially,..................   read more

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Forgotten Flint: Crises Unabated

Flint River tributary pollution

As I began research on this article, I wondered what it would be like to go through what the citizens in Flint, Michigan have..................   read more

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SPECIAL: POTUS Trump’s Executive Orders 1 & 2

In a moment of unintended humor, Richard M. Nixon said, “Politics would be a Helluva good business if it weren’t for the g******ed people.”..................   read more

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SPECIAL: Open Letter to President Trump from Staff Writer Teresa Leary

Dear President Donald J. Trump,

When I began to think about what I’d write in this letter, I paused briefly. Although I am an honest, outspoken person..................   read more

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Addendum: the 13th Amendment

I am not in the business of film review. Our editorial staff here at ModState has established this as an uncompromising policy position...................   read more

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