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May 16, 2024

Guest Commentary

Protests of a Different Color: HBCUs and the Student Protest Movements Against the Israeli-Gaza War

By Dr. Al-Tony Gilmore, PhD Guest Commentator

The support and identification of HBCU students and faculty for the Palestinians is not as new as the more recent student protests might imply.

Within days of the October 7, Hamas-led surprise massacre in Israel and the relentless retaliation of airstrikes in Gaza by Israel, students at many universities began…

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Color of Law

Members of the Squad, Who Face Primary Challenges Because of Their Stance on Israel, Scored Their First Victory. Here Are the Other Races To Watch

By David A. Love, JD Executive Editor

One must wonder why a Republican is inserting himself into a Democratic primary and getting into Black folks’ business.

Has the Squad reached a turning point? The members of the Squad — progressive, Democratic Congress members of color — are facing primary challenges because of…

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Commentary

UMC Now Open to LGBTQ+ Methodists – Inclusion

By The Reverend Irene Monroe Editorial Board

For decades, the UMC has struggled to adopt a policy of fully including its LGBTQ parishioners, clergy, and all the spiritual gifts we bring to the church.

This month, United Methodist Church delegates voted to repeal its church’s long-held exclusionary stance of its LGBTQ Methodists - meaning, church doctrine, polity, and social standing.…

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Commentary

Malcolm X – God’s Judgment of White America (The Chickens Come Home to Roost) Speech

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

The Negro "revolution" is controlled by these foxy white liberals, by the government itself. But the black revolution is controlled only by God.

Born: Malcolm Little, May 19, 1925, Omaha, Nebraska Died: El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, February 21, 1965, Audubon Ballroom, Harlem, New York City New York City, December 4,…

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