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The battle Trump started is not over. Four judges have ruled against him. 24 friend of the court amicus briefs have been filed. 1000 law firms have come on board on board.
I am 82 years old. I retired from practicing law in Manhattan seven years ago. Happily I was able to ease in to two other activities,…
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Our reliance on armed agents of the state has led to fascism. The only way out is to abolish policing and militarism.
BlackCommentator.com Guest Commentator, Sonali Kolhatkar is the host and producer of Uprising, a popular, daily, drive-time program on KPFK, Pacifica Radio in Los Angeles and co-…
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In South Korea, martial law was undone by public protest. In the United States, Trump will reverse the equation and use martial law to overcome public protest.
The Trump administration has sidelined Congress, violated the U.S. Constitution, and taken an axe to both the U.S. and the global economies. Trump has issued executive…
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Trump claims to want to build manufacturing power and make more products domestically. But that’s just more of his empty bluster.
Federal officials, then-Governor of Indiana Eric Holcomb, union leaders, company representatives, and dozens of guests assembled at Heidelberg Materials in Mitchell, Indiana, last year to celebrate…
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There is nothing admirable about its sinister and rapacious history. There is nothing ambiguous or positive about its scurrilous message.
Recently, I was heading home from one of the local coffeehouses that I frequent on a regular basis. Along the way, at one specific intersection, there…
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Apprehension about engaging in racially inflected behavior has all but evaporated for many individuals who inhabit this political and cultural sphere.
Earlier this month, Shiloh Hendrix, a White woman from Rochester, Minnesota, was caught on camera in a local park playground using the N-word toward a five-year-old…
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It’s not about USPS’s efficiency or viability. It’s about equity and collective good, values that are anathema to predatory capitalism.
President Donald Trump has tapped a former board member of the private mail delivery corporation FedEx to be the next United States Postmaster General. David Steiner’s…
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The curriculum heavily promotes Christianity and Christian principles and theology.
This upcoming 2025–26 academic school year, thousands of high school students in Oklahoma will be required to “learn” about President Trump’s discredited claims that fraud marred…
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The Capitulation of Lawyers in Trump’s America Should Remind Us How It Began in Nazi Germany.
Nine of America’s largest and most powerful law firms have surrendered to President Donald Trump’s illegal threats. They demeaned themselves by agreeing to provide an astonishing…
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Former President Barack Obama is a prime example of a person who has moved in both worlds. He was raised by his White grandparents, married a Black woman, and developed friendships with people across racial lines.
What do Sandra Bullock, Madonna, Tom Cruise, Jane Fonda, Stephen Spielberg, Michelle Pfeiffer, Angelina Jolie, and some other celebrities have in common? If you are one…
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