Washington, DC – Ya nadie puede tratar de justificar lo que siempre ha sido obvio: Donald Trump, el nominado republicano para presidente, es un racista. Aun antes de que Trump iniciara su campaña, jugueteaba con el llamado movimiento que clama por los “certificados de nacimiento”, el cual era un... Continue »
Washington, DC – No longer can anyone try to explain away what has long been obvious: Donald Trump, the Republican nominee for President, is a racist. Even before Trump began his campaign, he was cavorting with the so-called “birther” movement, which was a blatantly racist attack on President Obama.... Continue »
Fox News host Megyn Kelly ripped Donald Trump for his outrageous attacks on US District Judge Gonzalo Curiel. Trump has claimed Judge Curiel is unfit to hear Cohen v. Trump, the civil fraud lawsuit against “Trump University,” simply because he is Latino. Judge Curiel, a well-respected jurist who received... Continue »
Merger Now Complete: Trump and GOP One and the Same In yet another outrageous and indefensible attack, Donald Trump said yesterday that Judge Curiel, a well-respected federal judge, is unfit to hear Cohen v. Trump, the civil fraud lawsuit against Trump University, simply because of his ethnicity.  This latest racist broadside from Trump... Continue »
The Center for New Community has released two important resources in countering the anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim movements. The first resource, “Anti-Immigrant And Anti-Muslim Threats In The United States,” is an assessment of organized nativist activity from around the nation, including groups with disturbing ties to white supremacists attempting to... Continue »
An editorial in yesterday’s New York Times, “Donald Trump and the Judge,” echoes a point we have been trying to make – that we cannot allow Trump’s nativism and lies to go unchallenged or become normalized. Reacting to Trump’s race-baiting attack on the judge overseeing the Trump University class action lawsuit, the Times editorial states that,... Continue »
Sen. Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III is claiming that Donald Trump will attract Latinos and African-Americans in the upcoming general election — on which planet exactly, Senator? “Donald Trump is going to do better with Hispanics and African Americans,” Sessions claimed. “I am convinced, because he’s talking about things that... Continue »
We have long-believed that we cannot afford to normalize Donald Trump and his dangerous vision for America, nor allow his noxious ideas and his fact-free style of campaigning to become mainstreamed or treated as part of politics-as-usual. Over Memorial Day weekend, Trump provided two new examples of his divisive and nativist... Continue »
Mother Jones has released a video superimposing Donald Trump’s voice over 1960’s footage of African-Americans being beaten and harassed by white Americans during the Civil Rights Movement era. It’s a frightening vision, and a very real comparison — Black protesters have been among the targets of Trump’s fanatics during his... Continue »
Hundreds of influential writers and novelists have signed an open letter in opposition to Donald Trump’s candidacy. “ writers, we are particularly aware of the many ways that language can be abused in the name of power,” reads a portion of the letter, which has been signed by famed... Continue »