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Issue: 1008

July 12, 2024

Cover Story

President Biden, Talk to the Voters

By Dr. Julianne Malveaux, PhD Editorial Board

If he talks to the people, he may have more information and he may also be able to quiet some of the chatter that seems dangerously close to bullying.

President Joe Biden missed a great opportunity on June 27. Two days after the disastrous debacle also known as a debate, tens of thousands of people…

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Guest Commentary

Project 2025 and the Alarming Plan It Lays Out

By Dr. Elwood Watson, PhD Guest Commentator

Anyone who believes Trump did not have any knowledge of this plan, is as gullible as they come.

On July 3, Professor Ruth Ben-Ghiat , author of Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present, commented that “one of the most alarming things” about “Project 2025” is…

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Sharp n’ Blunt

MAGA Is Out To Punish Biden for Being a “Negro Lover”

By Desi Cortez Columnist

he had the audacity to serve as Vice President to Obama. That’s a sin that simply can’t be washed away, not even with the blood, sweat, and tears of American democracy.

You tell me, but sometimes the MAGA Majority, i.e., “mainstream” White America, pathetically the majority of the rank and file WASP population, is so aggressive, so…

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Guest Commentary

Grocery Workers File Union Democracy Lawsuit

By Lisa Xu, Labor Notes Guest Commentator

If the lawsuit succeeds, members of other unions with similar complaints might successfully sue their unions (and likely recoup the cost of their legal fees as well).

Members seeking to transform the United Food and Commercial Workers have added a new weapon to their arsenal: legal action. Grocery workers Kyong Barry (Local 3000…

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