Color of Law
Executive Editor
With its low regard for living people, Alabama will continue its executions, one way or another.
Bad habits are hard to break, and this most certainly applies to Alabama and the death penalty. Alabama wants to execute prisoners with a new, untested…
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Cover Story
Editorial Board
While some weep for the woman who reigned Britain and the countries it colonized, will they weep for the people who suffer from the mark of oppression from the British?
The world is morning the demise of the United Kingdom’s Queen Elizabeth II, the long-serving monarch who died on September 8, and my mama always told…
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Color of Law
Executive Editor
slavery persists to this day under a different name.
Yes, you read that right. In the “land of the free,” the states of Alabama, Louisiana,Oregon, Tennessee and Vermont have an opportunity to vote to abolish…
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Color of Law
Executive Editor
Black people, other people of color and low-income communities face the most environmental devastation from climate change and live in neighborhoods where polluting power plants are built.
In what is being hailed as a victory for the Biden administration andDemocrats, the Inflation Reduction Act has been framed as a “game changer” for a…
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Color of Law
Executive Editor
These candidates hope to win so they can rig elections and hand the White House back to Trump in 2024. And we can’t let that happen.
More specifically, these GOP foot soldiers for Trump are running for office, especially statewide-level offices such as secretary of state and attorney general that control the…
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View from the Battlefield
Editorial Board
The wards of the two alders were woefully neglected and now we see why. They were too busy looking out for themselves and not the community.
Three African American elected officials were recently listed in a federal indictment, complete with the transcript of conversations of how they would help businessman John Doe…
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Cover Story
Editorial Board
The families of victims are tired of people offering thoughts and prayers. They want action!
There have been at least 214 mass shootings in the United States so far this year, the most recent being the killings during a July 4…
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Guest Commentary
Guest Commentator
The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed in order for them to participate in a well-regulated militia. It’s right there in front of your eyes, in print, on paper, in every copy of the Constitution I’ve ever read.
I find it extremely hard to believe that our Founding Fathers had the original intent to allow any American over the age of 18 to possess…
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Color of Law
Executive Editor
Now is the time to shut the whole thing down now and start from scratch before more people die.
The recent decisions coming from this court are all the proof you need that we are in danger. Consider the overturning of Roe v. Wade and…
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View from the Battlefield
Editorial Board
What impact, if any, will the public hearings have on a racially divided nation?
It has been a challenge to watch the January 6 Committee hearings. That’s because I can’t get past the fact that I know the situation would…
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