Columbus Day Helped Italians Become ‘White’, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz Explains This excerpt from “Not ‘A Nation of Immigrants’” explains how Italian immigrants used Christopher Columbus to assimilate to American culture and whiteness. Teen Vogue Land acknowledgments meant to honor Indigenous people … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread is Celebrating Indigenous Peoples’ Day

Jane’s Due Process Continues to Help Teens in Texas Access Abortion What It’s Like for Teens Who Need Abortion in Texas Teen Vogue California Beachfront Property Taken From Black Couple Nearly 100 Years Returned to Descendants California’s Governor Gavin Newsom, … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Really Whips the Llama’s Ass

‘The writing is on the wall. Why can’t they read it?’: Teens aren’t getting the Covid-19 vaccine even at clinics meant for them The Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine is available for people 12 years and older, but teens remain the least … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread is Running Low on Supplies

Nicki Minaj reveals personal info of reporters investigating her vaccination claims In the ongoing saga of Minaj vs. the world after a series of poorly received vaccine tweets, the rapper posted the contact info for a journalist in search of … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Needs a Drink

Mudslide on scenic Colorado highway tests limits of aging infrastructure in era of climate change The physical alterations have led to road closures, hours long detours, environmental disasters and economic displacement. And they have prompted hard questions about aging infrastructure … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Celebrates Infrastructure Week

History of Labor Day Observed the first Monday in September, Labor Day is an annual celebration of the social and economic achievements of American workers. The holiday is rooted in the late nineteenth century, when labor activists pushed for a … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread is Brought to You By Labor Day and Back to School Sales

The big difference between this pandemic and the one that killed 50 million people As Nancy Bristow wrote in her 2012 book, which cited Ravenel’s appraisal, “American Pandemic: The Lost Worlds of the 1918 Influenza Epidemic,” the pandemic that would … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread is Sponsored by Vaccine Science, not Horse Dewormer

Staunch atheists show higher morals than the proudly pious, from the pandemic to climate change When it comes to the most pressing moral issues of the day, hard-core secularists exhibit much more empathy Salon Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick blames … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Realized Six Hours Late That It Was Untitled

Death toll of powerful earthquake in Haiti soars to 1,297 The death toll from a 7.2-magnitude earthquake in Haiti climbed to 1,297 on Sunday, a day after the powerful temblor turned thousands of structures into rubble and set off franctic … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Saw Some Shooting Stars

El Paso: how one Texas city is beating the coronavirus In a matter of just six minutes, a factory worker from a Mexican border city stepped off a bus in Texas last week, received the Covid-19 vaccine and was heading … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Celebrates Nixon’s Resignation

With turmoil at home, more Nicaraguans flee to the U.S. Alan Reyes Picado fled Nicaragua by bus in the middle of the night, haunted by memories of government officials harassing him, throwing him in jail and then leaving him half … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread is Feeling Groovy

Permanent Residents Who Left The U.S. During The Pandemic Worry They Can’t Come Home When the pandemic hit, Keri Smith and her family fled with what they could fit in their car. They spent the past 15 months in Canada, … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread is Sponsored by [insert product placement here]

JK Rowling Is Up to Her Transphobic Nonsense Once Again Author JK Rowling has a net worth of over $1 billion—she’s richer than the Queen of England—and yet she seems to derive the most pleasure these days as a transphobic … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread is Free DLC

Infections rise in 42 states; Fauci says it’s ‘horrifying’ to see people cheer lack of vaccinations: COVID-19 updates Forty-two states saw an increase in COVID-19 cases last week from the week before, a sign that the pandemic is not yet … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Drinks Anarchy

Biden touts US coronavirus progress at July 4 White House event: ‘America is coming back together’ President Joe Biden touted the nation’s progress against the coronavirus pandemic Sunday evening as he and first lady Jill Biden hosted their biggest party … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread is a Tray of Goth Ham

Derek Chauvin Sentenced to 22 and a Half Years in Prison for George Floyd’s Murder Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer found guilty of murdering George Floyd, has been sentenced to 22 and a half years in prison. The … Continue reading The Politics Thread Will Be Cold in the Ground Before it Recognizes Monday

Senator Who Once Voted Against Making Juneteenth a National Holiday Gets Booed at Juneteenth Event If you solely look at Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson’s tweets about his appearances at local Juneteenth events, you’d probably get the impression that he showed … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread is Here Again

Seriously, I actually do live near one of the places reputed to have been the birthplace of “Flag Day” in the US, and spent many a school field trip in a cramped little school house in Waubeka, WI. It’s a … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Celebrates Living Near the Birthplace of Flag Day

Covid: more than 200 leaders urge G7 to help vaccinate world’s poorest More than 100 former prime ministers, presidents and foreign ministers are among 230 prominent figures calling on the leaders of the powerful G7 countries to pay two-thirds of … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Demands Snacks