Edward Rhymes

Edward Rhymes is a Mint Press columnist and author of "When Racism Is Law & Prejudice Is Policy: Prejudicial and Discriminatory Laws, Decisions and Policies in U.S. History." Rhymes is an authority in critical race theory and black studies, and is featured in several textbooks. He holds a Ph.D. in sociology. Visit his website, www.rhymesworld.com, or contact him at [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter at @drRhymes .

‘Make The Economy Scream’: On Economic Terrorism

From a coup in 1973 to the crash in 2008, disaster capitalists use violence and intimidation to achieve their radical goals. And yes, it counts as terrorism.

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By Edward Rhymes

Investigative journalist Naomi Klein, in her book The Shock Doctrine, posits that “[t]he shock doctrine, like all doctrines, is a philosophy of power. It’s a philosophy about how to achieve your political and economic goals. And this is a philosophy that holds that the best way, the best time, to push through radical free-market ideas is in

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If This Were Bush: The American Left’s Capitulation To Obama’s ‘War On Terror’

There is a thunderous silence by some of the very same people who railed against President Bush, signaling that partisanship has indeed won over principles.

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By Edward Rhymes

On May 23rd President Obama gave a speech on his drone policy -- i.e., his targeted assassination policy – stating that "simply put, these strikes have saved lives. Moreover, America’s actions are legal. We were attacked on 9/11. Within a week, Congress overwhelmingly authorized the use of force. Under domestic law and international law, the United

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The Dismantling Of Public Education, One Union, School And Student At A Time

As schools are shuttered, high-stakes testing is succeeding in re-entrenching the poor and people of color as a permanent underclass.

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By Edward Rhymes

The Chicago Board of Education has approved a plan to carry out the largest mass school closing in U.S. history. Last Wednesday the board voted to close 50 public schools, most of them in Hispanic and Black neighborhoods. Together they account for close to 10 percent of Chicago’s elementary schools. Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel has pushed for the

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It’s In The Blood: The Forgotten US Eugenics Program

Former Heritage Foundation scholar Jason Richwine’s widely-denounced research — which claimed immigrants possess lower IQs — hearkens back to a darker time in American academia.

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By Edward Rhymes

Although Jason Richwine, the controversial co-author of the Heritage Foundation’s widely discredited study on the costs of immigration reform, resigned from the Heritage Foundation, he has not backed down from his assertion – made in his 2009 Harvard dissertation – that Hispanic immigrants have IQs too low to broadly assimilate into U.S.

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The Criminalization Of Truth: Obama And The World-Wide Assault On Journalism

Obama’s denunciation of the Bush administration now haunts him – he has become that which he condemned, but he makes no apologies.

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By Edward Rhymes
Remarking on the vice presidential debate, President Barack Obama tells reporters, "I think Joe Biden did great. I couldn't be prouder," as he returns to the White House in Washington after a day of campaign events in Miami, Thursday night, Oct. 11, 2012. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

“Leaks related to national security can put people at risk. They can put men and women in uniform that I’ve sent into the battlefield at risk ... and so I make no apologies, and I don’t think the American people would expect me, as commander in chief, not to be concerned about information that might compromise their missions or might get them

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Lies About Austerity: The International Struggle For Economic Justice And Dignity

People all around the world are pushing back against the rising tide of economic devastation.

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By Edward Rhymes

The verdict has been in for several years – although the U.S. has just recently been added to the mix – austerity does not work. The cuts in vital programs has not produced the surge in employment or the boom in the economy that neoliberal forces across the globe said it would – you may color this writer cynical, but somehow I believe they never

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Fool Me Twice Shame On Me: Is Latest Syrian Chemical Weapons Claim WMDs Part Deux?

The claims that the Assad government in Syria used chemical weapons has been forwarded very aggressively by Western media outlets.

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By Edward Rhymes

The claims that the Assad government in Syria used chemical weapons has been forwarded very aggressively by Western media outlets. And as this writer heard declaration after declaration made, without evidence to that effect mind you, it began to take on the eerie feel of the runup to the war in Iraq.   The understandable push for

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