View from the Battlefield
Editorial Board
they are aggressively carrying out the calculated plan to derail the political and economic agenda of Black folks. All that cannot be taken back will be discredited or destroyed.
It’s intensifying. I’m referring to what Peniel Joseph calls the backlash to the Third Reconstruction. His latest book of the same name chronicles the cyclical and…
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Sharp n’ Blunt
Columnist
Based on what we’re witnessing, they’ll vote for a man who the Klan endorses - if that’s what it takes to maintain their stranglehold on security, prosperity, affluence, and personal contentment.
Racism, sexism, classism, and xenophobia have a new name, it’s Trumpism, and it’s neither here nor there if Ron DeSantis is the 2024 Grand Pooh-Bah nominee…
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View from the Battlefield
Editorial Board
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) did its usual song-and-dance and assured residents there would be no harm to humans. Residents reported dying chickens, cats and dogs.
I found it ironic that East Palestine was the name of the town where the recent horrific train disaster happened. The aerial views likened to images…
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Guest Commentary
Guest Commentator
Since the time of this nation’s inception, Black Americans have had to wage a historically long battle, fighting to obtain rights that were supposed to be guaranteed by our constitution and that most other groups have taken for granted.
Here we are. Another year, another February, and we are deep into another Black History Month. Various institutions and individuals from all walks of life are…
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View from the Battlefield
Editorial Board
The Missouri Attorney General has always been white. This was a showdown for racial justice.
On Valentine’s Day, Lamar Johnson was released into a new and strange world - one that he’s looking forward to making old and familiar. Judge David…
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Color of Law
Executive Editor
Protesters maintain that Cop City will allow the police to continue to kill Black people and thwart and suppress community protest and responses to that police violence.
Despite yearlong protests from environmental and anti-police activists in the Atlanta area, and right on the heels of the police killing of Tyre Nichols in Memphis,…
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View from the Battlefield
Editorial Board
They are doubling down and passing laws in red states that give them even more protection from justice-seeking voters.
The number of first responders who participated in the savage beatdown of Tyre Nichols is growing. Five cops and three Memphis FD personnel have been fired;…
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Color of Law
Executive Editor
This decision to block the teaching of Black history is par for the course for DeSantis, who is waging a full-scale war on racial justice, civil rights and voting rights in the Sunshine State.
Florida, that popular tourist destination with lots of sun, beaches and Mickey Mouse, has become a circus of white supremacist madness. A state with a long,…
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Guest Commentary
Guest Commentator
A staunch advocate for equality in all its forms, Dr. King would be front and center, fiercely challenging unscrupulous politicians, greedy businessmen. opportunistic bureaucrats.
This month, millions of Americans will celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. King was, without question, one of the greatest historical figures…
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Cover Story
Editorial Board
One of the ways we continue the struggle is to ensure that everyone who sings “the Black Birthday song” realizes that the song is a tribute to Dr. King and was part of the struggle that was waged to make his birthday a national holiday.
Just four days after Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated on April 4, 1968, the inveterate warrior, Congressman John Conyers Jr. (D-MI), introduced legislation to…
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