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University of Texas Board Rechristens Dorm Named After Klan Organizer

AUSTIN, Texas (July 15) -- A University of Texas residence hall named after a Ku Klux Klan organizer is getting a new identity. This undated photo shows William Stewart Simkins as a cadet at The Citadel. The school's Board of Regents unanimously decided today that Simkins Residence Hall -- named for William Stewart...

Opinion: Byrd Evolved, Unlike Many of His Critics

(June 28) -- West Virginia Sen. Robert Byrd wasn't even gone yet when posters on right-wing websites were dancing on his grave. At Andrew Breitbart's site, the nastiness was sickening. Among them (reprinted verbatim): Hasta la vista KKK Birdman. Funny how old D-rats are falling like flies this year. (Yes that WAS...

The Dugout: O Phillies

This week, Major League Baseball decided to step up background checks for umpires. The union representing the umpires, the World Umpire Association (famous for such great matches as Kerry Von Erich vs. Umpires), has complied with the checks. But then!The Biz of Baseball reported that the WUA issued a press release...

Background on KuKluxKlan

Ku Klux Klan, often abbreviated KKK and informally known as the Klan, is the name of three distinct past and present far-right organizations in the United States, which have advocated extremist reactionary currents such as white supremacy, white nationalism, and anti-immigration, historically expressed through terrorism.

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