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January 16, 2025

Cover Story

What It Takes To Embody MLK’s Dream Today – Inclusion

By The Reverend Irene Monroe Editorial Board

I know that the struggle against racism that King talked about is only legitimate if I am also fighting anti-Semitism, homophobia, sexism, and classism - not only out in the world but also in myself.

MLK Day 2025 marks the 40th holiday observance. The theme, “Mission Possible: Protecting Freedom, Justice, and Democracy in the Spirit of Nonviolence365,” is challenging in this…

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Commentary

Jimmy Carter – Faith in Action

By Dr. Julianne Malveaux, PhD Editorial Board

In his short one-term presidency he made a difference.

As our beloved 37th President’s body made its way from Plains, Georgia to Atlanta to the US Capitol to lie in state, tens of thousands of…

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View from the Battlefield

Money Is Not the Root of All Evil

By Jamala Rogers Editorial Board

Money can be a mover of people and ideas. We must pay attention to the dollars that we control because they really do influence the game of politics.

I often hear people repeat the adage, “money is the root of all evil.” My response is always, give me a ton of money and I’ll…

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Sharp n’ Blunt

The Hustler’s Playbook: Trump’s Mastery Over the Poorly Educated

By Desi Cortez Columnist

So here we are, a nation partially steered by the proudly uninformed, captained by a man who manipulates them like puppets.

Alas, the poorly educated. The unshakable foundation of the Trump Tower of Flim-Flam. A constituency so lovingly embraced that Donald J. Trump himself publicly declared his…

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Guest Commentary

Hegseth Is a Bad Joke

By David Swanson Guest Commentator

He’s said the Geneva Conventions should be ignored.

Like the Republican Party whose senators will make Pete Hegseth the next U.S. Secretary of War, Hegseth is a bad joke. The Democratic minority in the…

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