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Issue: 1027

February 6, 2025

Commentary

Color of Law Cover Story – Black History Month – Why the Black Press Is More Relevant Than Ever – BlackCommentator.com Feb 6, 2025 – Issue 1027

By David A. Love, JD Executive Editor

In the absence of an inclusive environment, the quality of journalism suffers. Certain stories are simply not reported, or are told without the nuance or perspective the circumstances require.

For years, newsrooms across America have had a problem with a lack of diversity and inclusion. People of color are underrepresented among news organizations, which do…

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Commentary

February Is Black History Month

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

February is Black History Month The Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution and United States Holocaust Memorial Museum join in paying tribute to the generations of African Americans who struggled with adversity to achieve full citizenship in American society.…

February is Black History Month The Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service,…

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Sawing Economy

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Sawing Economy

By Eric Garcia Cartoonist/Artist

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Sharp n’ Blunt

The Left: What We Want, What We Believe

By Desi Cortez Columnist

They hate us. Not just dislike, not just disagree - hate with the fire of a thousand tiki torches at a Charlottesville rally. And that, dear friends, should be, ought be our common thread.

In the face of headlines like this: “Trump Kicks Aside Congress With Sweeping Claims of Presidential Power With aggressive reading of Constitution, president aims to upend…

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Data Breach

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Data Breach

By Mark Hurwitt

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