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Sharp n’ Blunt
Barack Takes Off the Gloves: The Devil Wears MAGA, and His Conscience Is Missing in Action
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Trump was not on November’s ballot, but the Congress capable of restraining him certainly was. Who will tell the man in the White House, No, Mr. President, you cannot do that?
President Barack Obama is telling the truth and shaming the devil. And judging by his latest speech he’s finished pretending the devil deserves the customary courtesies…
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November is National American Indian Heritage Month
The Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park More
The Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park More
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Color of Law
Why Not Blame It On A Black Man?
Executive Editor and Peter Gamble, BC Publisher
White Americans often may not feel as if they have to worry about talking to their children about such matters. Parents of color, however, don’t have that luxury.
I just read a pilot study that CNN released on the racial attitudes of children. And nearly 60 years after the watershed Brown v. Board of…
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Mass Carnage by Deranged Individuals
Through them all, we find ourselves circling back, pondering the same questions and harboring the same emotions.
Another school year, another mass shooting. As of this column, there have been 326 mass shootings in 2026. The latest mass murderer/murdered suspect was a 16-year-old…
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Where Is Our Project?
Columnist
Those of us who abhor the objectives of Project 2025 must examine the organization behind them, because outrage at the results will not substitute for preparation of our own.
A candidate for mayor of Washington, D.C., is promising to take on the rats. Janeese Lewis George proposes appointing a rat czar, and while I would…
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The Deplorable History of Milo Yiannopoulos – Denouncing, Denigrating, and Disrespecting Others
Loyalty is something Trump expects to receive, not reciprocate. We can now add Milo Yiannopoulos to the list of the disregarded allies who learned this humiliating lesson.
Milo Yiannopoulos, a far-right provocateur who actively promoted fringe conspiracies and racial controversies during his tenure in America, was officially deported to Great Britain on August…
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View from the Battlefield
Discovering New Insights Into the Transatlantic Slave Trade
Editorial Board
He provides the reader with captivating aerial perspectives and close-up encounters which frame the complex relationships that both fueled and obstructed the infamous slave trade.
How I became the 443rd captive on the Zorg When I came across the title The Zorg several months ago, the ship’s name did not ring…
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Sharp n’ Blunt
Who Speaks for Black America?
Columnist
Racism, disappearing jobs, mass incarceration, bad public policy, and economic abandonment have done tremendous damage - but personal irresponsibility has collected a paycheck from the same wrecking company.
Considering the parlous, incendiary time we are living in, Black America should not belong exclusively to the loudest voices standing inside it. "Whenever you find yourself…
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