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Central uses was by southern white senators to block anti-lynching bills and to block civil rights bills. earlier i read a quote condemning the use of the filibuster to block voting rights. you know who said that? martin luther king, jr. here he is decrying the filibuster as a tool of white supremacy in 1963. >> the tragedy is that we have a congress with a senate that has a minority of misguided senators who will use the filibuster to keep the majority of people from even voting. they won't let the majority senators vote. suddenly they wouldn't want the majority people to vote because they kn...

Right? statement is just as true now as it was 50 years ago. everything old is new again. if you do not have this historical context, it is hard to truly appreciate what we are seeing in front of our faces. but that history is largely not talked in schools. people don't hear about reconstruction and all they represented. people don't know that the state of south carolina had a majority black lower house of state legislature in 1868. that mississippi had a black senator in 1970. i mean, i heard about it. i was lucky enough to have great teachers. thank you mr. kagan. but even that, not a ton. a...

Tue, Jun 29 4:30 P.M.       George Digs Worms - Why is Bill yelling at a mound of dirt? He's worm racing! George turns to a pile of decomposed leaves to find his own prize worm and challenges Bill's "Fast Freddy" to a race. Pretty soon, the entire countryside catches worm-racing fever and watch as George's worm, named "Ooh Ooh Ahh Ahh," races its way to the championship. But when Mr. Quint takes the wrong lunchbox on his fishing trip, George's worm farm is in danger of becoming fish bait! Can George save his slimy friends in time for the championship race? Everything Old is New Aga...

Skip to main content Ayala: With power or without, San Antonian's inventory of his African American book collection goes on FacebookTwitterEmail 1of8 Dr. Joe Pierce sits in the library of his Sonterra home, Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021. Pierce and his wife, art patron, Aaronetta, have been organizing his vast book collection.Jerry Lara, Staff / San Antonio Express-NewsShow MoreShow Less 2of8 Dr. Joe Pierce sits in the library of his Sonterra home, Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021. Pierce and his wife, art patron, Aaronetta, have been organizing his vast book collection.Jerry Lara, Staff / San Antonio Expre...

Commentary: Benjamin Zycher - Shallowness behind pipeline opposition Benjamin Zycher FacebookTwitterEmail But one reality is eternal: The arguments against Keystone XL are as weak today as ever. The all-purpose climate argument is the central focus: Keystone XL supposedly would worsen anthropogenic (manmade) climate change. The pipeline would transport 830,000 barrels per day of Canadian crude oil, the total greenhouse gas emissions from which would be about 150 million metric tons per year, or about 0.3 percent of the world total. If we apply the EPA climate model using the least favorable s...