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William Spivey

@williamspivey

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active: 2024-07-28 → 2026-07-14

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WI William Spivey · The Polis

The South is Falling Again: Stuck in the Sunken Place Ever Since the Civil War

How the Former Confederacy Keeps Repeating the Same Descent, One Generation at a Time

May 22, 2026 · 5 min read · 2,199 claps paywalled #history #money #culture

The South is Falling Again: Stuck in the Sunken Place Ever Since the Civil War

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WI William Spivey · The Polis

Alan Dershowitz Attacks the Epstein Survivors

Could it Be Because he is in the Epstein Files?

Dec 24, 2025 · 4 min read · 1,841 claps paywalled #jeffrey-epstein #alan-dershowitz #politics

Alan Dershowitz Attacks the Epstein Survivors

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WI William Spivey · The Polis

A Tale of Two Manhunts

Vance Boelter and Ernest Thomas

Jun 16, 2025 · 3 min read · 1,488 claps paywalled #vance-boelter #ernest-thomas #history

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WI William Spivey · AfroSapiophile

John Roberts Sees Black People As Having No Rights He’s Bound to Respect

Roberts Wasn’t the First Chief Justice to Feel That Way

May 09, 2026 · 8 min read · 1,417 claps paywalled #racism #history #politics

John Roberts Sees Black People As Having No Rights He’s Bound to Respect

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Did Donald Trump Inform on Jeffrey Epstein? “

“He was an FBI informant to try to take this stuff down” — Mike Johnson

Sep 06, 2025 · 3 min read · 1,398 claps paywalled #donald-trump #politics #snitches

Did Donald Trump Inform on Jeffrey Epstein? “

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The Red Summer of 1919

The Year White People Went Berserk, and Black People Fought Back

Jul 28, 2024 · 6 min read · 1,106 claps paywalled #history #1919 #racism

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WI William Spivey · Black History Month 365

“We’re Not a Racist Country…” “We’ve Never Been a Racist Country”

Nikki Haley outdoes Tim Scott

Apr 01, 2025 · 5 min read · 1,103 claps paywalled #nikki-haley #politics #racism

“We’re Not a Racist Country…” “We’ve Never Been a Racist Country”

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Revisiting “The Whitest Thing I Heard All Day”

Making Up Stories On-Air is Better than a Messy Personal Life

Jul 16, 2025 · 4 min read · 1,026 claps paywalled #fox-sports #sports #television

Revisiting “The Whitest Thing I Heard All Day”

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WI William Spivey · The Polis

The Black Internment Camps America Tried to Forget

The untold history of Black internment in America, from the Devil’s Punchbowl to the levee camps of the Mississippi Flood

Feb 04, 2026 · 4 min read · 954 claps paywalled #internment #politics #history

The Black Internment Camps America Tried to Forget

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WI William Spivey · AfroSapiophile

What America Looked Like Before the Voting Rights Act of 1965

When Voting Meant Risking Your Job, Your Home, or Your Life

May 04, 2026 · 12 min read · 860 claps paywalled #history #money #politics

What America Looked Like Before the Voting Rights Act of 1965

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WI William Spivey · AfroSapiophile

How the Major Civil Rights Acts of the 1960s Started with a Bang and Ended with a Whimper

How America Let Its Strongest Civil Rights Laws Wither into Symbols

May 01, 2026 · 10 min read · 825 claps paywalled #history #civil-rights #politics

How the Major Civil Rights Acts of the 1960s Started with a Bang and Ended with a Whimper

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WI William Spivey · An Injustice!

Silenced in the Shadows: Epstein’s Survivors, Withdrawn Lawsuits, and the Untouchables

Why Survivors Withdraw: Pressure, Fear, and Attrition

Oct 01, 2025 · 6 min read · 804 claps paywalled #alan-dershowitz #donald-trump #jeffrey-epstein

Silenced in the Shadows: Epstein’s Survivors, Withdrawn Lawsuits, and the Untouchables

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WI William Spivey · Black History Month 365

“I Wish I Was in the Land of Cotton”

The History of the Song

Feb 28, 2025 · 7 min read · 797 claps paywalled #dixie #music #black-history-month

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WI William Spivey · AfroSapiophile

The Long History of Reparations in America

Why Have Black People Been Left Out?

Aug 12, 2024 · 6 min read · 726 claps paywalled #reparations-now #internment-camp #racism

The Long History of Reparations in America

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WI William Spivey · The Polis

The Billionaire Boys Club and the Rules that Govern Them: Part Three of a Series

Andrew Carnegie: Those Who Don’t Know Him Consider Him the Nice One

Dec 09, 2025 · 5 min read · 616 claps paywalled #andrew-carnegie #billionaires #history

The Billionaire Boys Club and the Rules that Govern Them: Part Three of a Series

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WI William Spivey · The Polis

Posse Comitatus Is Back in the News

How the 1878 Act changed the trajectory of America

Aug 14, 2025 · 4 min read · 532 claps paywalled #posse-comitatus #politics #history

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WI William Spivey · The Polis

The Jackson State Shootings That Time Forgot

The Difference in Police Responses at Columbia, Kent State, and Jackson State Universities

Aug 20, 2025 · 5 min read · 519 claps paywalled #history #kent-state #jackson-state-university

The Jackson State Shootings That Time Forgot

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WI William Spivey · The Polis

Has the Republican Party Sabotaged Its Last Great Black Hope for the House of Representatives?

The GOP’s Only Black House Candidate — in a District No Longer Meant for Her

Jul 06, 2026 · 5 min read · 503 claps paywalled #history #racism #money

Has the Republican Party Sabotaged Its Last Great Black Hope for the House of Representatives?

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WI William Spivey · The Polis

What Happens When Prostitutes Marry Their Johns, Who Are Famous Men

Why We Romanticize the Men, Condemn the Women, and Ignore the Power Imbalance

Jun 02, 2026 · 8 min read · 489 claps paywalled #sex #marriage #money

What Happens When Prostitutes Marry Their Johns, Who Are Famous Men

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WI William Spivey · The Polis

Before They Were White: How Different Groups Were Treated as Immigrants to America

From the Founding to the Semiquincentennial, the Argument Over ‘Who We Are’ Never Stops

Jun 20, 2026 · 9 min read · 470 claps paywalled #history #money #culture

Before They Were White: How Different Groups Were Treated as Immigrants to America

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WI William Spivey · The Polis

Pete Hegseth Adds to Navy History of Discrimination

New Policies Block Promotions of Black Officers and Allow Expulsion of Black Men With a Medical Condition Requiring Beards

Jul 11, 2026 · 9 min read · 466 claps paywalled #history #politics #money

Pete Hegseth Adds to Navy History of Discrimination

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WI William Spivey · The Polis

The Second Amendment: The Founder’s Intent and What Rights Were Never Intended

Uncovering the Real Fears Behind the Second Amendment — and the Rights It Never Promised

Jul 14, 2026 · 8 min read · 446 claps paywalled #guns #history #politics

The Second Amendment: The Founder’s Intent and What Rights Were Never Intended

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WI William Spivey · The Polis

Has Speaking No Ill of the Dead Outlived Its Usefulness?

Reconsidering a Tradition That Protects Legacies More Than Truth

Jul 14, 2026 · 2 min read · 382 claps paywalled #death #politics #money

Has Speaking No Ill of the Dead Outlived Its Usefulness?

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WI William Spivey · The Polis

Seven of the Best Marvel Comics Stories You’ll Never See in the Marvel Cinematic Universe

Have Superhero Films Gone the Way of Monster Movies?

Jun 20, 2026 · 9 min read · 378 claps paywalled #comics #movies #culture

Seven of the Best Marvel Comics Stories You’ll Never See in the Marvel Cinematic Universe

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WI William Spivey · The Polis

Before RFK, Jr, there was Dr. James A. Craik

How America went from bleeding George Washington to doubting public health itself.

Jun 07, 2026 · 7 min read · 369 claps paywalled #medicine #money #potitics