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Category: Guest Commentary

Guest Commentary

More Mass Shootings in America – More Loaded Guns and Empty Words

By WJ Astore, Bracing Views Guest Commentator

we need to talk a lot less about “gun rights,” as if guns are people instead of tools that kill people, and much more about personal responsibility.

More mass shooting in America followed by more empty words by politicians. What can we do? Even if we cut the number of guns in America…

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Google’s Stock Climbed After It Fired 12,000 Employees—But What Did They Get Out of It?

By Sonali Kolhatkar, Independent Media Institute Guest Commentator

The tech sector is laying off tens of thousands of workers, making it clear that economic growth is currently valued above all else.

Alphabet, the parent company of Google, has announced it will lay off about 6 percent of its global workforce. Google CEO Sundar Pichai sent his employees…

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MLK Today

By Dr. Elwood Watson, PhD 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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When America Fixes Its Racism

By Leslie D. Gregory, PA-C Guest Commentator

When we fix racism those countless lives lost to racist terror will not have been in vain.

When we fix racism we’ll save or recoup the $16 trillion estimated to be lost in just this century, not accounting for the $2.4 billion related…

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Freedom: Challenging Domination or License To Dominate?

By Dr. Cynthia Kaufman, PhD Guest Commentator

You’ve watched the Republican Party champion the idea of “freedom” while you have also watched the same party openly assault various freedoms, like the freedom to vote, freedom to choose, freedom to marry who you want, and so on.

When the people on the streets in Iran use the slogan “Woman, Life, Freedom,” the freedom they refer to is freedom from domination. Iranians are living…

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Nepo Babies and the Myth of the Meritocracy

By Sonali Kolhatkar, Independent Media Institute Guest Commentator

Society’s top tiers are rife with nepotism. It’s past time to expose just how much unearned wealth and power has been accrued by elites.

There is a common feeling that many of us have experienced in professional or academic environments, especially when we struggle against gender or racial bias. It’s…

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Where Are Today’s Eisenhowers, Butlers, and Shoups?

By WJ Astore, Bracing Views Guest Commentator

Where are the leaders with the courage to advocate for peace whenever possible in place of more and more war?

As a teenager in the 1970s, I recall talking to my dad about fears of nuclear war between the United States and the Soviet Union. My…

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Race and Masculinity

By Dr. Elwood Watson, PhD Guest Commentator

the fact (often frustrating) is that when the topic is race and masculinity, the conversations often seem to take a more myopic and predictable direction.

Over the past couple of years, the issue of masculinity has become a perennial topic of discussion. Numerous op-ed articles, books (including one by yours truly),…

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Racist and Homophobic Right-Wing Critics Greet Brittney Griner

By Dr. Elwood Watson, PhD Guest Commentator

Not surprisingly, it didn’t take long for right-wing media figures to criticize the release of WNBA star Brittney Griner.

Not surprisingly, it didn’t take long for right-wing media figures to criticize the release of WNBA star Brittney Griner. Griner was released on Dec. 8 by…

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What’s in a Speech? Rebuilding a Welcoming Political Culture

By Dr. Melinda Burrell, PhD Guest Commentator

Our political culture is ours to create.

“I want to thank all of you, because there’s no excuses in life, and I’m not going to make excuses now because we put up one…

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