Elwood Watson
Full Archive
- 06/10/2024 Black Republican doesn’t know his Black history
- 06/03/2024 After Trump conviction, Bragg becomes the target
- 05/28/2024 On flags and fascism
- 05/21/2024 A troll in Congress
- 05/13/2024 Republicans of color aren’t standing up to racism
- 05/07/2024 The ghosts of Mississippi
- 04/30/2024 Republicans have no real interest in protecting Jewish students
- 04/23/2024 Trump’s vileness on race is hardly new among Republicans
- 04/17/2024 What you might have forgotten about OJ Simpson and his trial
- 04/09/2024 Defending higher education against cynical politics
- 04/03/2024 One again, Republicans are politicizing a tragedy
- 03/26/2024 Kamala Harris and the twin evils of ‘Jim Crow and Jane Crow’
- 03/19/2024 Meghan Markle doesn’t have to help Princess Kate
- 03/13/2024 Katie Britt and the cult of the kitchen
- 03/05/2024 The creep of Christian nationalism
- 02/27/2024 Black voters aren’t buying Trump’s racial pandering
- 02/19/2024 Women and the future of politics
- 02/16/2024 Congressman shows we still have a long way to go on race
- 02/06/2024 Taylor Swift and the Republican love affair with conspiracy theories
- 01/30/2024 Historic Miss America sidesteps controversy
- 01/23/2024 In his lust for power, Trump once again turns to xenophobia
- 01/16/2024 Trump and his dangerous ideas offer a mirror to too many Republicans
- 01/09/2024 The real reason Republicans are cheering
- 01/04/2024 What’s driving Nikki Haley?
- 12/28/2023 Generation X is almost 60
- 12/19/2023 Where are the Republicans criticizing Trump’s repulsive comments?
- 12/12/2023 When Trump says he’ll be a dictator, believe him
- 12/07/2023 The continued hypocrisy of so-called family values conservatives
- 12/05/2023 The end of the Republican Party
- 11/28/2023 Trump words speak to the dark side of his supporters
- 11/21/2023 The Confederate flag remains a symbol of hate
- 11/16/2023 Congress has become a wrestling ring
- 11/13/2023 For Republicans, it’s deja vu all over again
- 11/07/2023 Israel and free speech at our nation’s universities
- 10/30/2023 Matt Gaetz is right about the new Republican Speaker
- 10/23/2023 A really, really bad week for Trump’s election lies
- 10/17/2023 Republicans have their own war to contend with
- 10/10/2023 The pull of racism in America
- 10/04/2023 History in the House
- 10/03/2023 Conservatives are picking a fight with Taylor Swift they have no hope of winning
- 09/26/2023 Academic freedom is under assault in America
- 09/18/2023 The puppet of the House
- 09/11/2023 Black women deserve better
- 09/05/2023 Why should we care if a politician is unmarried?
- 08/31/2023 Jacksonville and the continued assault on Black people
- 08/28/2023 Popular country song leads to confusion on the right
- 08/22/2023 No surprise that Black judges are targets of the MAGA movement
- 08/15/2023 Lizzo and the peril of celebrity culture
- 08/08/2023 Racists don’t like to be called racists
- 08/02/2023 Trump indictment over Jan. 6 a pleasant surprise
- 08/01/2023 Men suffer from mental health issues, too
- 07/28/2023 Conservatives are the latest in a long line of Barbie critics
- 07/24/2023 Visit Florida, where you’ll learn about the benefits of slavery
- 07/20/2023 Country music star learns critics have freedom of speech, too
- 07/18/2023 Republicans had a pretty racist week
- 07/11/2023 Teaching about racism without discussing race?
- 07/06/2023 It’s time to seriously consider reparations
- 06/30/2023 Supreme Court’s affirmative action ruling is very revealing
- 06/27/2023 Quoting Hitler an example of the shift on the right
- 06/18/2023 Why Juneteenth is more important than ever
- 06/13/2023 Trump is a victim of his own making
- 06/08/2023 NAACP should focus less on symbolism, more on action
- 06/02/2023 Tina Turner was simply the best
- 05/24/2023 Marjorie Taylor Greene is at it again
- 05/17/2023 Biden’s white supremacy comments hit the mark, and one Republican senator
- 05/09/2023 Being disturbed doesn’t grant you the right to kill
- 05/04/2023 An argument for Kamala Harris?
- 04/27/2023 In America, knocking on the wrong door will get you shot
- 04/18/2023 We don’t need to mandate ‘trigger warnings’ in college
- 04/11/2023 The racism of Tennessee Republicans
- 04/04/2023 The white privilege of protesting Trump supporters
- 03/28/2023 Trump playing the old, racist hits
- 03/20/2023 Not ‘woke’ enough to understand its meaning
- 03/13/2023 Tucker Carlson is fake news
- 03/07/2023 ‘Dilbert’ creator shows racial progress is needed in America
- 02/27/2023 Depression and the expectations of men
- 02/21/2023 The final days of yet another Black History Month
- 02/13/2023 Underestimate Biden at your own political peril
- 02/06/2023 A police interaction with a young, Black girl had a happy ending
- 01/30/2023 Tyre Nichols’ death shows how racism even impacts Black officers
- 01/23/2023 DeSantis goes after Black history
- 01/16/2023 What would Martin Luther King Jr. think of our America?
- 01/10/2023 Amid McCarthy drama, Republicans tried to play the race card
- 12/30/2022 Can the Miss America pageant survive in today’s culture?
- 12/13/2022 The Right’s reaction to Brittney Griner’s release is telling
- 12/06/2022 Republicans still afraid to call out Constitution-shredding Trump
- 11/30/2022 Donald Trump’s appeal to racists
- 11/23/2022 Club Q massacre is sadly not shocking
- 11/17/2022 The latest target of right-wing media? Young voters and unmarried women.
- 11/10/2022 Knives finally come out for Trump
- 11/04/2022 The racist truth behind ‘poll watchers’
- 10/26/2022 Kidnapping of Black woman roils community near Kansas City
- 10/19/2022 Stop hating on liberal arts majors
- 10/12/2022 Will no Republican criticize racism within their party?
- 10/10/2022 Herschel Walker and Republican hypocrisy
- 10/03/2022 Dealing with the issue of male masculinity
- 09/23/2022 Disney’s latest remake a window into race in America
- 09/16/2022 The NBA and the N-word
- 09/08/2022 Biden angers MAGA Republicans. But he isn’t wrong.
- 09/01/2022 Violent threats in the wake of Mar-a-Lago search
- 08/15/2022 Mar-a-Lago and the kerosene right
- 08/08/2022 Conservatives embrace far-right ‘racist’ and ‘anti-Semite’
- 07/26/2022 Justice remains elusive in Emmett Till’s murder
- 07/07/2022 Another Black casualty at the hands of police
- 06/26/2022 Conservatives ended Roe v. Wade. Now they want more.
- 06/23/2022 The new violent right
- 06/12/2022 Liberal admiration for Liz Cheney
- 05/29/2022 U-turn desperately needed on guns in America
- 05/18/2022 Racism and violence in Buffalo
- 05/10/2022 Madison Cawthorn has become a problem for Republicans
- 04/27/2022 The plight of Black conservatives
- 04/19/2022 Abortion debate centers around power and control
- 04/12/2022 Republicans are playing a dangerous game
- 04/06/2022 Some Republicans now saying quiet racist things out loud
- 03/29/2022 Will Smith’s actions solely a reflection on Will Smith
- 03/22/2022 Correction: The hatred of Jussie Smollett
- 03/08/2022 Racist attacks continue against Biden’s Supreme Court pick
- 02/28/2022 The ‘freak of nature’ problem
- 02/22/2022 There are no cancel culture winners
- 02/14/2022 Correction: One NFL story that won’t go away
- 02/07/2022 We need to fight right-wing censorship
- 01/30/2022 A Black women on the Supreme Court is long overdue
- 01/23/2022 Misquoting MLK not just a Republican problem
- 01/18/2022 The right to vote must be preserved
- 01/10/2022 Sidney Poitier: Class, Wit, and Dignity
- 01/06/2022 Sadly, former Judge’s racial slurs are nothing new
- 01/03/2022 In Defense of the Miss America Pageant
- 12/21/2021 ‘We Can’t Overstate Her Influence’: Remembering bell hooks
- 12/14/2021 Democracy Itself Is At Stake
- 12/07/2021 Critics Using the ‘Politically Correct’ Playbook on ‘Woke’
- 12/02/2021 Why Conservative Media Didn’t Latch on to the Ahmaud Arbery Case
- 11/23/2021 Kyle Rittenhouse is the New Darling of the Right
- 11/11/2021 Ahmaud Arbery and the Limits of Justice
- 11/02/2021 Conservatives Cling to Faux Outrage Over Critical Race Theory
- 10/14/2021 Jon Gruden is Just the Tip of the NFL’s Racism Problem