Berry Craig

Lifelong Kentuckian Berry Craig is an emeritus professor of history at West Kentucky Community and Technical College in Paducah and a freelance writer. He is a member of American Federation of Teachers Local 1360, recording secretary for the Western Kentucky AFL-CIO Area Council, webmaster-editor for the Kentucky State AFL-CIO, and a member of the state AFL-CIO Executive Board. His ninth book on the history of his state, “Kentuckians and Pearl Harbor: Stories from the Day of Infamy,” was published by the University Press of Kentucky in November 2020.

LATEST ARTICLES BY Berry Craig

Opinion

Republicans’ school shooting playbook: Protect the guns!
April 18, 2023 By Berry Craig
Our gun problem is simply a visible manifestation of our Trump-fueled fascism problem.
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Labor

Reagan and Trump, two peas in a union-busting pod
April 4, 2023 By Berry Craig
Trump’s getting arrested today for paying political hush money, but his crimes against workers deserve an indictment all their own.
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Opinion

Lost Cause 2.0? DeSantis and Republicans inspired by racist Confederate history re-writes
February 15, 2023 By Berry Craig
Ron DeSantis, Florida's MAGA Republican governor, is reprising “the biggest historical fiction ever.”
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Opinion

To prove Republicans aren’t racist, Lindsey Graham shows off their Black candidate
November 1, 2022 By Berry Craig
By Graham’s admission, he and fellow conservatives, who claim discussions about race are inspired by nefarious political motives, are using Walker’s skin color for their own gain.
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Opinion

America’s right wing has long been enamored with fascists abroad
October 13, 2022 By Berry Craig
There’s ample historical precedent for Donald Trump and the MAGA GOP embracing fascist European politicians.
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Opinion

Ronald Reagan rehabilitation fails to see how his politics gave us Trump
September 29, 2022 By Berry Craig
As Donald Trump continues to helm the Republican Party toward fascism, Ronald Reagan is getting a break, sort of, from some on the left.
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Labor

What could go wrong if railroads eliminate conductors?
May 12, 2022 By Berry Craig
The railroad companies say you have nothing to worry about if they do that. Are they right?
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Politics

Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton proves his race-baiting credentials at Ketanji Brown Jackson confirmation
April 11, 2022 By Berry Craig
Trump acolyte and 2024 GOP presidential hopeful compares the nation’s first Black SCOTUS justice to Nazi lawyers.
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