<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 13:37:44 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@extremearturo/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[The White Moderate Strikes Again]]></title><description><![CDATA[Unless you’re Mel Brooks, race relations in America are as touchy as ever. Trying to address the implicit biases of white folks is only more problematic given the polarization of the current environment.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/racism/@extremearturo/the-white-moderate-strikes-again</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/racism/@extremearturo/the-white-moderate-strikes-again</guid><category><![CDATA[racism]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[extremearturo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2020 14:41:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Undecided: The Fractured Moderate Democratic Base Makes Sanders Appealing]]></title><description><![CDATA[Initially, the Nevada debates exposed just how badly moderate Democrats are falling behind with minorities. While the focus on Mike Bloomberg took up a considerable amount of debate time, important issues]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@extremearturo/undecided-the-fractured-moderate-democratic-base-makes-sanders-appealing</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@extremearturo/undecided-the-fractured-moderate-democratic-base-makes-sanders-appealing</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[extremearturo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 27 Feb 2020 15:40:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bloomberg Supporters Are Toxic Too]]></title><description><![CDATA[Something that has become clear to me, an undecided voter, is that it’s not just Sanders’ supporters that are toxic on social media. Mike Bloomberg has created an environment that condones the same toxic]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@extremearturo/bloomberg-supporters-are-toxic-too</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@extremearturo/bloomberg-supporters-are-toxic-too</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[extremearturo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 20 Feb 2020 01:05:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Undecided: Every Democratic Candidate is Problematic]]></title><description><![CDATA[Republicans, particularly of the last several decades, have shown their lack of concern for poor and underserved communities. Many of you, like me, likely shared some conservative views at one point in]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@extremearturo/undecided-every-democratic-candidate-is-problematic</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@extremearturo/undecided-every-democratic-candidate-is-problematic</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[extremearturo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 15 Feb 2020 17:59:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Emboldened and Unhinged: Trump’s Machine is Just Getting Warmed Up]]></title><description><![CDATA[With the impeachment trial now America’s rear-view mirror Donald Trump and his attack dogs are going full throttle in seeking retribution against those who spoke out against him. From repeated threats]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@extremearturo/emboldened-and-unhinged-trump-s-machine-is-just-getting-warmed-up</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@extremearturo/emboldened-and-unhinged-trump-s-machine-is-just-getting-warmed-up</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[extremearturo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 13 Feb 2020 19:23:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Supreme Court Allows Trump to Continue Targeting Migrants of Color]]></title><description><![CDATA[Trump’s “public charge” policy allows the administration to implement a rule denying legal permanent residency to certain immigrants who are deemed likely to need public assistance in the future. On Monday,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/immigration/@extremearturo/u-s-supreme-court-allows-trump-to-continue-targeting-migrants-of-color</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/immigration/@extremearturo/u-s-supreme-court-allows-trump-to-continue-targeting-migrants-of-color</guid><category><![CDATA[immigration]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[extremearturo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jan 2020 16:36:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2N61tyyncFaFVtpM8rCsJzDgecVMtkz4jpzBsszXjhqan9pkANW1BEMQpbDgHwvbkSAf8SiWpxAuYc4R9aLTfgSJ7UjhN4hzPL6EiDjQPTs7UcgeHYE7ToaR8T9btis26UxHavADtRgR?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many Latinos Don't Trust Joe Biden Because of Barack Obama]]></title><description><![CDATA[As critics in the immigrant-rights community labeled Barack Obama as “deporter in chief,” enforcement advocates routinely accused him of being soft on unauthorized immigrants. Changes to Department of]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/immigration/@extremearturo/many-latinos-don-t-trust-joe-biden-because-of-barack-obama</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/immigration/@extremearturo/many-latinos-don-t-trust-joe-biden-because-of-barack-obama</guid><category><![CDATA[immigration]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[extremearturo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jan 2020 20:49:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iQCX28yS1CEsFoXSLtK5ED4gX1G9yLUUGxnwxSbRqvtjLg1hPQ6vzhRiULLv1YvrqvvBzxxAs9Q?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Study: Black Teens Face Racial Discrimination Multiple Times Daily]]></title><description><![CDATA[Rutgers researcher says teens experience daily anti-black microaggressions. A recent study published in the Journal of Applied Psychology looked at how often Black teens experienced racial discrimination]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/racism/@extremearturo/study-black-teens-face-racial-discrimination-multiple-times-daily</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/racism/@extremearturo/study-black-teens-face-racial-discrimination-multiple-times-daily</guid><category><![CDATA[racism]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[extremearturo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jan 2020 18:26:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to Stop Law Enforcement Reform: Lie]]></title><description><![CDATA[The biggest obstacle to law enforcement and criminal justice reform is willful disinformation campaigns led by many in the law enforcement community. Americans have become all too familiar with the campaigns]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/criminal-justice/@extremearturo/how-to-stop-law-enforcement-reform-lie</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/criminal-justice/@extremearturo/how-to-stop-law-enforcement-reform-lie</guid><category><![CDATA[criminal-justice]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[extremearturo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Dec 2019 20:25:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Joe Biden's Unchecked Prejudice]]></title><description><![CDATA[During the third Democratic debate, Joe Biden was asked about past comments denying responsibility, as a white dude, to repair the legacy of slavery in America. His response was questionable at best. “…]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/racism/@extremearturo/joe-biden-s-unchecked-prejudice</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/racism/@extremearturo/joe-biden-s-unchecked-prejudice</guid><category><![CDATA[racism]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[extremearturo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 06 Dec 2019 19:50:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iNfrGfJDxkTkbyqB4HEAqh3TP4k1qNeAn1d1esrN1ZFHSaH9v8xo1r6m1vAgnrZ7aHNHMd7GRHp?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Racism and The Coup in Bolivia]]></title><description><![CDATA[The coup in Bolivia is largely driven by racism and classism hidden behind Christian theocracy. Despite Bolivian president Evo Morales being constrained to resign on November 10, corporate media continues]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/racism/@extremearturo/racism-and-the-coup-in-bolivia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/racism/@extremearturo/racism-and-the-coup-in-bolivia</guid><category><![CDATA[racism]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[extremearturo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 06 Dec 2019 19:45:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iQT3BXjw27L5sUiCrfZi4dDNDeixaavwFmbXw5UULS6qGNSd3bUFu3VM6hnKhG38ZzELN8KX5yx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[William Barr Wants Us to Blindly Respect Police]]></title><description><![CDATA[On Tuesday, Attorney General William Barr suggested communities who don’t show police respect don’t deserve police protection at all. It’s unclear what Barr’s idea of showing respect for police looks like.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/racism/@extremearturo/william-barr-wants-us-to-blindly-respect-police</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/racism/@extremearturo/william-barr-wants-us-to-blindly-respect-police</guid><category><![CDATA[racism]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[extremearturo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 05 Dec 2019 19:06:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iNgEdMXqXW1yrXPLZB13Y5VDMfYCvgGUujR1ifm5mBoHKbkT6BPbLqkeduLXxeHiv2hDJQi3X42?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Migrant Children: An American Commodity]]></title><description><![CDATA[While migrant families continue to be separated with very little scrutiny, sheltering migrant children has become a cash cow for adoption agencies. Many of the children in government custody were not]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/immigration/@extremearturo/migrant-children-an-american-commodity</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/immigration/@extremearturo/migrant-children-an-american-commodity</guid><category><![CDATA[immigration]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[extremearturo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 08 Nov 2019 19:42:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iNpg9EhBhokA5LsuiN8zrXN1iTSAE4qqxFenLY1CxLUkHCT4jbw1mXKgCpLDnMvRoLm5U8mnrWA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blue Privilege]]></title><description><![CDATA[Police union contracts with cities all over the country offer many protections for officers facing complaints from the public for excessive use of force, corruption, murder, and a whole host of other crimes.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/civil-rights/@extremearturo/blue-privilege</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/civil-rights/@extremearturo/blue-privilege</guid><category><![CDATA[civil-rights]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[extremearturo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 Oct 2019 21:00:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iNqH3uJu88sCGvh3bmFJYySkj6Mr5BdZjmPkH1sg54W9MARmuLnxjSJ7Ta5nroA3o8dtWL7XzfQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Profiteering of Migrant Suffering]]></title><description><![CDATA[According to a recent Public Citizen analysis, ten large contracting firms working for federal agencies that implement federal immigration, corrections, and detention policies received $2.32 billion in]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/immigration/@extremearturo/the-profiteering-of-migrant-suffering</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/immigration/@extremearturo/the-profiteering-of-migrant-suffering</guid><category><![CDATA[immigration]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[extremearturo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 18 Oct 2019 18:48:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iP4PgB8dhaywHcQnK7fkqYQgYV9m22rEXqA7TJUkrRxePJqq7S71qi7cHszsJiQe5eADgAGfqnv?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Amber Guyger: Racist, Murderer, Cop]]></title><description><![CDATA[My latest: exploring the Amber Guyger case and the pervasiveness of conspiratorial corruption and racism in law enforcement and how we can begin to solve this rampant problem in America. Justice starts]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/civil-rights/@extremearturo/amber-guyger-racist-murderer-cop</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/civil-rights/@extremearturo/amber-guyger-racist-murderer-cop</guid><category><![CDATA[civil-rights]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[extremearturo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 10 Oct 2019 17:11:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Failure of Reuniting Migrant Families]]></title><description><![CDATA[If tech companies were to sever ties with government agencies, as the outrage culture on social media demands, how can we expect to reunite families without the use of technology? As people focus on the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@extremearturo/the-failure-of-reuniting-migrant-families</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@extremearturo/the-failure-of-reuniting-migrant-families</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[extremearturo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 18 Sep 2019 16:38:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Donald Trump's Southern Strategy]]></title><description><![CDATA[As I’ve discussed many times in my work, the racially-charged, divisive approach to politics that we see today isn’t new. Much of the language that is a constant in our society became popularized with]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/civil-rights/@extremearturo/donald-trump-s-southern-strategy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/civil-rights/@extremearturo/donald-trump-s-southern-strategy</guid><category><![CDATA[civil-rights]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[extremearturo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 13 Sep 2019 17:26:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iQSoRso4nCp3GSRYHW3TnCNYPwZanoV3wYpbPzxtJ68NFSvbGZDW7WKeCEiHcwRTYqMg7ajF4sx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Facebook's Racism Problem Isn't Going Away Anytime Soon]]></title><description><![CDATA[On the world’s largest social media platform, users routinely find adhering to Facebook’s seemingly trivial community standards burdensome. Far-right extremism, however, rarely seemed to violate those]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/racism/@extremearturo/facebook-s-racism-problem-isn-t-going-away-anytime-soon</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/racism/@extremearturo/facebook-s-racism-problem-isn-t-going-away-anytime-soon</guid><category><![CDATA[racism]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[extremearturo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2019 19:17:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iNv8kXx4pFrhnEgs9GU4V4eiVsaddKY8GvUwZvTtsTBjEVtYWwCTnZozzZGWJwzz9StYKXBzRk2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Politics of Dog Whistles]]></title><description><![CDATA[“I have the support of the police, the support of the military, the support of the Bikers for Trump — I have the tough people, but they don’t play it tough — until they go to a certain point and then it]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/racism/@extremearturo/the-politics-of-dog-whistles</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/racism/@extremearturo/the-politics-of-dog-whistles</guid><category><![CDATA[racism]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[extremearturo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2019 23:18:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iPUNtpz7bsk7E4h5jrbEYnYETcdTYW2S3Rbpp1ZBi5kqaSipwMSiuvHindEYkRVA3jzaMU7oksQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>