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4 weeks ago | 
motherjones.com | Garrison Hayes
Trump has been on a spree this week: He’s pardoned or commuted the sentences of a host of people this week, tax fraudsters and TV personalities among them. So, how do you get one of these pardons? In my new video, I point out that if you’re Black, you should probably know Trump’s “Pardon Czar,” Alice Marie Johnson. Trump just pardoned rapper NBA YoungBoy, who spent time in prison for gun charges, and Larry Hoover, founder of the Gangster Disciples gang.
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1 month ago | 
motherjones.com | Garrison Hayes
It’s been five years since George Floyd was murdered on a Minneapolis street in the Spring on 2020. Though far from novel, this particular act of state violence shocked the world and ignited one of the largest protest movements in modern history.
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1 month ago | 
jemartisby.substack.com | Jemar Tisby |Garrison Hayes
Bringing you news and views to help you become a more informed civic participant, activist, and believer. Bringing you news and views to help you become a more informed civic participant, activist, and believer.
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1 month ago | 
motherjones.com | Garrison Hayes
For years, I’ve heard the familiar refrain: “America should be run like a business.”First, it came from the young Republicans at my small, conservative, undergraduate institution, advocating for Mitt Romney in 2012. More recently, it has become a justification for Elon Musk’s indiscriminate cuts to government spending alongside his team at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
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2 months ago | 
motherjones.com | Garrison Hayes
Donald Trump’s tariffs are wreaking havoc on the global economy while millions of Americans—including some of his own advisors—are furious. Even as many voters watch their retirement and education savings vacillate wildly, MAGA World maintains the president knows exactly what he’s doing—it’s just “the art of the deal,” they say. But as our new video explainer points out, history tells a very different story.
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Mar 21, 2025 | 
motherjones.com | Garrison Hayes
I want to make space for the idea that some people had well-intentioned gripes against DEI. Many were told that diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts had gone too far, and some people believed that Trump was simply making a good faith effort to rein it in, to curtail the abuses of “woke” gone unchecked. I think those people are very wrong, but it’s okay—we’ll agree to disagree.
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Mar 16, 2025 | 
thejourneyman.substack.com | Marlon Weems |Garrison Hayes
Former Wall Street pro Marlon Weems gives his insights on the intersection of politics, the economy, and anti-Black racism. Former Wall Street pro Marlon Weems gives his insights on the intersection of politics, the economy, and anti-Black racism.
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Mar 4, 2025 | 
motherjones.com | Garrison Hayes
At least that’s what the headlines scream. I spent the last few weeks reading the public statements, leaked internal memos, and listed changes from the organizations that are reportedly rolling back their DEI programs — corporate giants like McDonald’s, Meta, and Amazon — and what I found was a mismatch. These corporations aren’t actually dismantling diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives outright.
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Feb 24, 2025 | 
motherjones.com | Garrison Hayes
A day after winning an NAACP Image Award, one of MSNBC’s highest rated shows is done. The cancellation of Joy Reid’s primetime show, The ReidOut, has sparked outrage and confusion among viewers and fans.
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Nov 4, 2024 | 
wwno.org | Karen Henderson |Garrison Hayes
Tomorrow is Election Day! And if you haven’t voted yet, Tuesday is the last day to cast your ballot. WRKF’s Capitol Access reporter Brooke Thorington spoke with Joel Watson, director of communications at the Louisiana Secretary of State Office, about what voters should and shouldn’t bring to the polls. Every election cycle, we hear the same old saying, “every vote counts.” While it may not always feel that way, in the case of last year’s sheriff election in Caddo Parish, that sentiment rang true.
