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Issue: 1037

April 17, 2025

Color of Law

Fascism Is Underway, and We’ve Been Here Before

By David A. Love, JD Executive Editor

In Nazi Germany, the enemies were LGBTQ people, trans books, Jews, political dissidents and others. Today in the U.S., there is the war on DEI (code for Black people), white replacement theory and the centering of white hetero cisgender Christian men.

First they came for the Communists And I did not speak out Because I was not a Communist Then they came for the Socialists And I…

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Dissent

Art

Dissent

By Jim Alexander Photography

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Commentary

The Attack on Education Shatters Global Connections

By Dr. Julianne Malveaux, PhD Editorial Board

Harvard is standing strong rejecting the Administration notion that they can mandate changes in ways the university admits students and hires faculty.

Kudos to Harvard University for standing up to the bullies in the Administration who are trying to meddle in all forms of university governance. Using purported…

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Sharp n’ Blunt

Only a Fool Would Let His Enemy Teach His Children

By Desi Cortez Columnist

far too many white teachers — especially the MAGA-flavored, culture war crusaders hiding behind an apple and a flag pin — don’t respect Black children.

And yet here we are — generation after generation — dropping our babies off at the feet of an institution that, more often than not, doesn’t…

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Tech Tax

Cartoon

Tech Tax

By Mark Hurwitt

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