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Commentary
Jesse Jackson – A Global Humanitarian
Guest Commentator
No one can deny that Jesse Jackson, who died last week at the age of 84 was a larger than life figure. Whether it was the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s gut-wrenching assassination in 1968, Barack Obama’s initial address as president-elect in November 2008, or any other historic moment relating to Black history over…
No one can deny that Jesse Jackson, who died last week at the age of 84 was a larger than life figure. Whether it was the…
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Cover Story
The Rotunda Is Too Small for the Reverend Jesse Jackson
Editorial Board
He was not carved from stone; he was forged in struggle.
America has rituals for the dead. We lower flags. We dim lights. We ask for moments of silence. In rare cases - former presidents, Rosa Parks…
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View from the Battlefield
Epstein, Pedophilia, and Capitalism
Editorial Board
Their abuse of power dehumanizes society, justifying capitalist contradictions like homelessness, hunger, mass incarceration, and police violence.
For over thirty years, Jeffrey Epstein has been a known pedophile. We can reasonably conclude that by the time he was finally convicted in 2008, his…
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Guest Commentary
The Epstein Class: They Are the Elites They Pretend To Hate
Guest Commentator
For years, MAGA has attacked minority groups in the name of "protecting women and children." It turns out the real abusers are wealthy and powerful.
Attorney General Pam Bondi’s contentious House hearing about the Justice Department’s handling of the Epstein files offered a clear message to the nation: sex trafficking of…
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Sharp n’ Blunt
Do You Hear It? Democracy Is Knocking. The Question Is Whether White America Plans To Answer the Door, or Keep Pretending Nobody’s Home
Columnist
It means abandoning the reflexive need to defend every chapter of history as if criticism equals extinction. Strength isn't pretending perfection. Strength is correction.
Yep, here we go again, America, gathering around the national campfire to argue about race like it’s a family reunion where nobody actually likes each other…
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Cover Story
Black History Month – Shirley Chisholm Unbought & Unbossed
Guest Commentator
The Constitution they wrote was designed to protect the rights of white, male citizens. As there were no black Founding Fathers, there were no founding mothers -- a great pity, on both counts. It is not too late to complete the work they left undone. Today, here, we should start to do so.
On January 25, 1972 Shirley Chisholm, Member of Congress from New York's Twelfth District announced her candidacy for President of the United States. She became the…
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Commentary
Jesse Jackson, a Defender for LGBTQ+ Rights – Inclusion
Editorial Board
Jackson was among the first Black ministers and political leaders to promote AIDS education and prevention. He worked to destigmatize the virus by becoming the first Black clergy member to be publicly tested.
Civil rights activist Rev. Jesse Jackson died on February 17, 2026. A protégé of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Jackson was among the last remaining…
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Commentary
Trump And Right Wing Causes
Guest Commentator
Reactionary populists have made their intentions clear to resist compromising their culturally exclusionary agendas compared to their more fair-minded conservative forebears.
For people who believe that only straight, heterosexual White men should be in charge of running powerful agencies or even a country, these are interesting times.…
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