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Category: View from the Battlefield

View from the Battlefield

The St. Louis Reform Prosecutor Is Out

By Jamala Rogers Editorial Board

Communities may concede the painful loss of one round, but there are still rounds left in this battle.

In the post-Ferguson Uprising period, urban communities across the country began changing the political landscape by electing prosecutors with an agenda for fairness and justice. In…

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Revisiting the Intended Targets of Domestic Terrorism

By Jamala Rogers Editorial Board

Rarely have we seen these laws be applied to those who really are a threat to national security.

The right-wing agenda to put a chill on legitimate, nonviolent protests has been underway for several years. So far, it has been insufficient to curtail the…

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The Revolution Will Probably Be Televised

By Jamala Rogers Editorial Board

if we’re committed to fighting the systems of governmental and capitalist oppression, those systems are not going to pay us to bring them down. An environmental nonprofit whose major funder is ExxonMobil is not likely to make much headway in the quest for environmental justice.

Almost twenty years ago, INCITE! held a national conference with the theme, The Revolution Will Not Be Funded: Beyond The Non-Profit Industrial Complex. INCITE! is a…

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COVID-19 Should Be Behind Us – What have we learned from the pandemic?

By Jamala Rogers Editorial Board

We learned how essential family, friends and nature are to our overall well-being. We understood our inter-connectedness in deep and practical ways.

Although the first known COVID-19 case was documented in late January of 2020, most U.S. cities were reporting cases by the end of February. Three years…

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The Backlash to Black Power

By Jamala Rogers Editorial Board

they are aggressively carrying out the calculated plan to derail the political and economic agenda of Black folks. All that cannot be taken back will be discredited or destroyed.

It’s intensifying. I’m referring to what Peniel Joseph calls the backlash to the Third Reconstruction. His latest book of the same name chronicles the cyclical and…

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Train Derailment in East Palestine is Another Wake-Up Call

By Jamala Rogers Editorial Board

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) did its usual song-and-dance and assured residents there would be no harm to humans. Residents reported dying chickens, cats and dogs.

I found it ironic that East Palestine was the name of the town where the recent horrific train disaster happened. The aerial views likened to images…

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Lamar Johnson Is Free

By Jamala Rogers Editorial Board

The Missouri Attorney General has always been white. This was a showdown for racial justice.

On Valentine’s Day, Lamar Johnson was released into a new and strange world - one that he’s looking forward to making old and familiar. Judge David…

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Shame in Memphis

By Jamala Rogers Editorial Board

They are doubling down and passing laws in red states that give them even more protection from justice-seeking voters.

The number of first responders who participated in the savage beatdown of Tyre Nichols is growing. Five cops and three Memphis FD personnel have been fired;…

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Flying High on the Taxpayer’s Dime

By Jamala Rogers Editorial Board

Most of us were so focused on the crumbs we would receive from ARPA, we didn’t see what the phat cats were getting out of the deal.

If you had to travel this past holiday season, you probably are still reeling from the experience. Southwest Airlines alone canceled nearly 17,000 domestic flights. Airports…

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The Tranquilizing Drug of Gradualism

By Jamala Rogers Editorial Board

Our movements need to go cold turkey on our gradualism addiction and be prepared to take some unflinching liberatory leaps this year.

January is about respecting and protecting the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. It is in this spirit that I invoke - not a dreamin’…

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