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Category: Guest Commentary

Guest Commentary

Housing Is a Human Right: Past Time to Recognize It

By Farrah Hassen, Foreign Policy in Focus Guest Commentator

Housing is fundamental to every person’s life, health, and security. Our government should start treating it that way.

In the wealthiest country on the planet, too many people still lack access to housing. The pandemic revealed the full extent of the U.S. housing crisis.…

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Burn the Barbies, Pause the Pink

By Sonali Kolhatkar, Independent Media Institute Guest Commentator

The highly anticipated live-action film starring Margot Robbie is an attempt to redeem the problematic toy. But it’s really just an expensive ad campaign for an outdated doll.

A few months ago, my two sons, aged 10 and 15, told me they were excited to see the new Barbie film. I was surprised. They…

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Cultivating America’s Next Crop of Farmers

By Danielle Browne Guest Commentator

America’s farmers are aging. To avoid a crisis, we need to lower the economic barriers of entry for young farmers.

I consider my days in the sun as a young, organic farmer to be the most rewarding work I’ve done. The days were long, hot, and…

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Hollywood Executives Bring Industry To Halt Rather Than Pay Workers a Fair Price

By Sonali Kolhatkar, Independent Media Institute Guest Commentator

Refusing to negotiate better compensation and fair working conditions for actors and writers, major film and television studios are to blame for the work stoppages afflicting their industry.

Hollywood has come to a standstill this summer as actors join their writer colleagues on the picket line. The Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of…

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Praise the Lord and Pass the Cluster Munitions

By WJ Astore, Bracing Views Guest Commentator

Let the Freedom Bomblets Ring!

A popular song of defiance that came soon after the Pearl Harbor attack on December 7, 1941 was “Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition.” Today,…

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Stop Biden From Sending Cluster Bombs to Ukraine

By Medea Benjamin and Marcy Winograd, CODEPINK Guest Commentators

The decision by the Biden administration to transfer cluster munitions to Ukraine is unnecessary and a terrible mistake

President Biden may have crossed a new red line for the Democratic Party when he announced he would send banned cluster munitions to shore up Ukraine’s…

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Cluster Munitions for Ukraine

By WJ Astore, Bracing Views Guest Commentator

It’s rather amazing to think about the incredible variety of weaponry being sent to Ukraine in the name of “victory.”

News that the Biden administration is sending cluster munitions to Ukraine highlights the dangerous escalation nature of wars. These are special bombs and artillery shells with…

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CRT Without Race in Oklahoma

By Dr. Elwood Watson, PhD Guest Commentator

White residents of Tulsa engaged in two consecutive days of violent and sadistic carnage, eventually burning and destroying the Greenwood District. The national guard had to be called in. More than 300 people were killed.

Ryan Walters, a far right wing education official and pro-Trump republican who currently serves as Oklahoma State Superintendent of Public Instruction, recently caused a political firestorm…

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It’s Not That Hard To Solve Homelessness

By Sonali Kolhatkar, Independent Media Institute Guest Commentator

Our economic priorities have created a serious housing crisis and fueled homelessness. Solving the problem simply requires us to change our priorities from profits to people.

California is home to Hollywood and Disneyland, sun and sand, and… nearly one-third of all unhoused people in the entire nation. Compare this to the fact…

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Supreme Court Preserves College Preferences for Wealthy Whites

By Sonali Kolhatkar, Independent Media Institute Guest Commentator

In its recent ruling on affirmative action in college admissions, the Supreme Court’s conservative justices squarely came down on the side of race and class-based preferences—for wealthy whites.

The United States Supreme Court’s recent ruling striking down race as a factor in college and university admissions was in response to a case brought by…

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