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the fact remains that the former commander-in-chief embodies a record on racial issues that is far from admirable.
Being the ever-menacing carnival barker that he is, former president Donald J. Trump, in a speech to a Black conservative group on the night of February…
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We are steeped in the cultural glorification of capitalist exploitation. What if we rejected economic individualism and instead embraced ideas rooted in collective well-being?
Streaming television channels these days are increasingly inserting advertising into their paid subscriber content. Thus, I recently found myself sitting through several commercials that struck me…
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A new report from RepresentWomen.org shows how Black women are like the canaries in the mine shaft of US democracy, they indicate danger.
Black women are among the most politically underrepresented Americans. They are 7.7 percent of the total US population and 15.3 percent of the population of women,…
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Cash bail is racist. No wonder the GOP loves it and is relying on expanding it as a cynical election-year ploy.
Most Americans have not considered “cash bail” as critical to equality and freedom. The term is an esoteric one but is increasingly central to the ongoing…
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It would not hurt if these and other African people were kept in mind and celebrated whenever Dr. King’s life and legacy are celebrated.
Contrary to popular belief, the late but legendary slain Civil Rights Movement activist and leader the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., followed in the giant…
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Pharmaceutical companies are resisting public scrutiny and suing over modest drug price regulations. It’s past time to regulate their profiteering.
Major pharmaceutical companies in the United States are battling with Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders over an issue that is at the heart of whether we value…
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All of the top 27 nations in per capita military spending are U.S. weapons customers.
The 2020 Democratic Party Platform said that Democrats would reduce military spending: “We can maintain a strong defense and protect our safety and security for less.”…
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Taking such a shameful position is classic political double speak, and a prime example of cowardice.
Most Americans who are routinely plugged into the news cycle are aware of the fact that much ado was made about something (yes something) when Nikki…
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the recent electoral victories of Javier Milei in Argentina and Geert Wilders in the Netherlands suggest that the world has not yet reached peak populism.
Panic does not produce prudent politics. Panic produces provocative populists. And it reduces pundits to Seussian spluttering. How can voters choose such…panic-peddling panderers?! The defeats of…
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the cold, hard reality is that the current dilemma that Republicans are facing is that the problem lies within the party itself. Period.
Waterloo? The apocalypse? The Titanic? These are just some of the terms that observers are employing as they describe the current state of the Republican Party.…
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