“We Cannot Stand Aside”: Is There Hope for a “Progressive” Irish America?
“There is little evidence that mainstream of Irish-America supports a reckoning with US racial injustice.” So how can there be a progressive politics?
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Author: Liam Kennedy
“America Is Back”: The Risky Illusion of the “Normal”
“Making a fetish of normalcy is a form of American exceptionalism. ‘America Is Back’ may prove as myopic and delusional as ‘Make America Great Again'”
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American Carnival: The Spectacle Politics of the Trumpist Insurrection
“Trumpists’ Capitol attack: Frighteningly apt visual representation & conclusion of Trump Presidency, a 4-year trashing of democracy always in plain sight.”
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Remembering Charley Pride: “Country Music’s Reckoning With Race Has Only Just Begun”
“As its Black roots are further exposed and pioneers like Charley Pride take on fresh significance, country music’s reckoning with race has only just begun.”
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As The World Watches US Elections, America’s Appeal is Diminished
Amid elections, “what is at stake here is idea of US as world’s leading nation, an idea that forcefully shaped ‘American Century’ and is now fast dissolving”.
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A President Sick and Unmasked: Is This The Final Season of the Trump Show?
When reality bites? Trump doubles down on his performance and take the fight to reality itself. So we have the dramatic spectacle: Trump Versus the Virus.
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