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March 13, 2025

View from the Battlefield

Women’s History Month – Moving but Not Together

By Jamala Rogers Editorial Board

When I think about the March theme, I wonder where’s the “moving” and who is the “together.”

The women’s group that instituted Women’s History Month declared this year’s theme to be “Moving Forward Together! Women Educating & Inspiring Generations.” Many people don’t know…

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Commentary

Women’s History Month – In Honor of Black Trans Women – Inclusion

By The Reverend Irene Monroe Editorial Board

We will not cower in the face of what’s to come. Instead, we will stand even more boldly on our promise to present liberating art by, for, and about Queer and Trans People of Color.”

Transgender rights have been on the chopping block since the Trump 2.0 administration took office. Pushback, however, has been equally fierce across the country in Trump’s…

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Social Studies

Cartoon

Social Studies

By Eric Garcia Cartoonist/Artist

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Guest Commentary

Trump and His Copresident Elon Musk’s Current Antics

By Dr. Elwood Watson, PhD Guest Commentator

they must grow a backbone and make it transparent that they are fighting for the people to prevent the nation from becoming autocratic and fascist.

More than a few journalists, pundits, commentators, and others are bemoaning what they see as the Democratic Party’s downward spiral. The Democrats have no message. The…

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Sharp n’ Blunt

White Men Gone Mad: The Great Backlash of the 21st Century

By Desi Cortez Columnist

Make no mistake: This isn’t just about nostalgia for a mythical past - it’s a full-fledged effort to reshape the future.

Ladies, gentlemen, all of us completely exhausted by history’s relentless reruns, welcome to America’s latest, most unhinged saga: The Revenge of White Men. Yep, without question,…

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Commentary

In Disruption, Go Back to Our Roots

By Dr. Julianne Malveaux, PhD Editorial Board

It’s overtime for us to fight outward and build inward. Fight outward – protest, protest, protest. Build inward - strengthen our connections, work more collaboratively, and when folk like Dr. Bunche and Dr. Hayden are threatened, prepare to clap back.

It has not yet been sixty days, but in two scant months the 47th President has upended business as usual, in federal government, in classrooms, in…

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Color of Law

Residential Schools Were a Key Tool in America’s Long History of Native Genocide

By David A. Love, JD Executive Editor

the boarding school system is now recognized as a form of genocide designed to forcibly remove children from their homes and separate them from their families, culture, clothing and language.

The recent discovery of unmarked mass graves of 1,300 Indigenous children buried in five former residential schools has forced Canada to come to grips with a…

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