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November 9, 2024

Color of Law

Trump Part 2: Fascism Has Returned, but It Never Left

By David A. Love, JD Executive Editor

Millions of people are now at risk, including the white folks who voted for the pain.

The Mango Mussolini is back. And it is possible to say that the comeback of Donald Trump is both shocking and a quintessentially American phenomenon. We…

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View from the Battlefield

One Step by Trump, One Leap Closer to Fascism

By Jamala Rogers Editorial Board

The Left needs a sobering analysis of how trump got elected twice and lay out its plan to stop the hemorrhaging of democracy.

The November elections were a setback for the U.S. experiment called democracy. We who believe in freedom have every right to be disgusted and outraged. That’s…

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Guest Commentary

An Old White Guy Reflects on the Election

By Larry Matthews Guest Commentator

Did they hear him denigrate people of color? Women? If they did, they agreed with him, a stunning turn of events in what I assumed was a more compassionate America.

I am an 81-year-old white guy, and I thought I had seen it all. But then I woke up to the news that Donald Trump had…

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Commentary

The Vice President Lost. What’s Next?

By Dr. Julianne Malveaux, PhD Editorial Board

There will be allies at the edges.

Vice President Harris ran a beautiful campaign. She worked like a trojan, traveling from city to city, sometimes as many as three or four in a…

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Guest Commentary

Election 2024 – Shock and Surprise

By Dr. Elwood Watson, PhD Guest Commentator

the forces of White Supremacy, sexism, homophobia, xenophobia were triumphant on Tuesday. The nation is entering uncharted territory.

For some people, November 5, 2024, was one of the greatest days in American history. Others may well remember it as a day that will live…

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