February 20, 2025
View from the Battlefield
Editorial Board
Congress has a big role in stopping this runaway train. You need to get really familiar with your paid public servant; they work for you.
James Baldwin once said, “anyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor.” It’s also incredibly time-consuming. If you’re…
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Commentary
Editorial Board
Should we fund our own oppression by patronizing a company that has turned on us?
African Americans have about $1.6 trillion in buying power. And we are the ultimate consumers, disproportionately spending on beauty and personal care, apparel and footwear, and…
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Color of Law
Executive Editor
This is why America can’t have nice things such as universal healthcare.
Welcome to the MAGA era of white grievance under Trump, a desire to return to the good old days and keep control away from melanated people.…
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Sharp n’ Blunt
Columnist
And just like that, we’re back to the 1950s, only this time, the racism, homophobia, and general disdain for human rights come with an app.
It’s as incontestable as it was predictable - mainstream White America, i.e., MAGA, is back to fantasizing about the good ol’ days of “Jim Crow,” but…
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