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Sharp n’ Blunt
America Does Not Need Another Sermon, It Needs Another Double Shot of Truth
Columnist
If one man cannot eat and another man has $25 million, the problem is not envy, laziness, grit, prayer, branding, or financial literacy. The problem is a nation so hypnotized by money that it calls a starving man bitter for noticing the Texas roadhouse.
America does not need yet another fire-and-brimstone sermon. This culturally polarized empire needs a double shot of truth, straight, bitter, smoking, and served in a glass…
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Commentary
White Supremacists Demonstrate
Guest Commentator
They despise the fact that a Black woman’s stoic silence ripped open the pathology, fear, and fecklessness of those White men.
Reuters photographer Chaney Orr took the photo that has launched numerous conversations. He showcased a young Black woman, Bernita Bowlding, sitting alone on the Metro in…
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Commentary
Democratic Socialist Oliver Larkin Says Florida Is Worth Fighting For
Editorial Board
The union organizer and democratic socialist challenging Rep. Jared Moskowitz argues that Democrats cannot defeat the right by imitating it.
Once regarded as the nation’s most important swing state, Florida has moved sharply to the right under Republican control. Donald Trump has carried the state three…
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Sharp n’ Blunt
21st Century Klansmen Soldiering Through the Capitol on Independence Day: The Time To Consider a Grand National Separation Is Right Here and Right Now
Columnist
Their presence was not random theater. It was a message, polished in menace and wrapped in cowardice: we are here, we are organized, we are not afraid, and we believe this country belongs to us by blood title.
At some point, at some point, when push comes to shove, a socially/economically polarized decadent empire like the good ol’ US of A has to, I…
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Color of Law
Black People Have Lost Their Land to Systemic Racism
Executive Editor
Facing threats to their land from climate change, hurricanes and rising sea levels, Black folks in the Sea Islands and Lowcountry are hoodwinked and bamboozled by gentrification and corporate interlopers.
Systemic racism takes many forms, not the least of which is land theft. Simply put, Black people have lost a staggering amount of property over the…
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View from the Battlefield
The Nation Never Looked Blacker
Editorial Board
The impact of chattel slavery is ugly and real, but it was never our destiny.
I talked with family and friends across the county and concluded that the 4th of July hit differently this year. Even if they were not aware…
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Commentary
The Current Democratic Establishment Is Under Attack Because of the Perception That It Is Weak and Inefficient
Guest Commentator
A politician's background is less important to me than their willingness to combat draconian political policies designed to undo centuries of progress.
Recent Graham Platner accusations notwithstanding, no one can credibly deny that Democratic Socialist candidates are having quite a moment. Octogenarian senator Bernie Sanders enjoys the highest…
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Commentary
HBCUs Are Still the Vanguard
Editorial Board
They take seriously the students America too often treats as afterthoughts, and they turn potential into leadership. The question is whether they will receive the investment, protection, and respect that their record demands.
This week I am thinking about what it means to go back to school in a country that still rations opportunity. The stores are selling backpacks…
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