Bill Campbell takes an incredible amount of research and information on the KKK and his hometown at the time and builds a narrative arc that will keep everyone reading.
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VisuNews Podcast: Jackson’s Water Crisis with Laurie Bertram Roberts
Become a Patron! This is a new bi-weekly special for the Visu.News podcast where we check in on activists across the country – especially ones in quote-unquote “RED STATES.” These are some of the most badass activists around – they’re not just fighting for their causes with passion and way too little money… if any,…
The Gang Starts the Class War
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia is perhaps one of the greatest cult classic TV shows in recent history. Rob McElhenney, the show’s creator, combines the lovable absurdity of the show’s main characters with subtle but cutting social commentary. In fact, I’d go so far as to argue that no TV show has ever so faithfully,…
VisuNews Podcast – Catching Up on the Sh*t Show
We’re back! (Again). This week Aaron Cynic and I catch up and discuss the last years news… err I mean the last months news. We catch up on the January 6th marauders, our hopes for what the incoming administration will do and more. Support our Visu.News work on Paypal Become a Patron!
Tracy Chapman’s ‘Fast Car’ is the Best Song About Class in America
There is no shortage of great American songs about class. From Bruce Springsteen’s driven anthem of escape “Born to Run” to Scarface’s ode to his 5th Ward neighborhood in ‘My Block’ musicians have chronicled what it feels like to be working class in America.
Why did the Georgia GOP team up with a Riot Instigator?
“WE’LL LIGHT THE WHOLE SH*T ON FIRE!” [Atlanta] The star of the GOP’s get-out-the-vote door-knocking program in the Georgia Senate run-off, standing next to Alex Jones, was blasting his threat through a megaphone in front of the Governor’s home. “We’ll light the whole sh*t on fire!” Ali Alexander’s threat in December would become all too…
Koch Founded FreedomWorks Under Threat from MAGA Die Hards
Become a Patron! FreedomWorks, the organizers of this event at the Southern Cooking restaurant in McDonough, Georgia on December 5th, 2020, is a Koch Brothers-founded organization that was instrumental in pushing the Tea Party back in 2010. The Tea Party, once famous for having its supporters show up at town halls of Republicans heckling them…
The Fight for the (rotting) Soul of the Republican Party
The fight over what’s left of the soul of the Republican Party – moves from DC to Georgia with the far right continuing to rally for Trump. The Stop the Steal campaign in much much smaller numbers rallied in front of the Governor’s mansion in Atlanta Thursday evening. As I rolled by the rally –…
Columbus Day Rally in Syracuse Doesn’t Represent Syracuse
For the last couple years the conversations around Columbus Day and the many statues that represent the lost Captain across America have become ripe for controversy. Many cities across the country have changed their Columbus Day celebrations to Indigenous day celebrations. One of the cities that I felt should have made that change early on,…
Kidnapping plans, Nooses and the Boogaloo Militia – This is America in 2020
Become a Patron! 9 months ago I sat across the table sharing a pizza and a beer with a man who almost certainly was armed. I asked him, “How do you think tomorrow is going to go?” He replied, “Either nothing’s going to happen or we’re going to lynch the Governor.” I awkwardly chuckled, the…