July 3, 2025
Cover Story
Editorial Board
At a time when employment needs demand flexibility, legislation is insisting on punitive rigidity. Who in Congress will speak up for our nation’s students?
The big ugly boondoggle, which our President calls The Big Beautiful Bill, is a disgusting transfer of resources from the poor to the wealthy, preserving 2017…
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View from the Battlefield
Editorial Board
They all have learned the art of looking into the television camera and telling a bold-face lie. They can tell another lie that contradicts the previous lie without blinking an eye.
During trump’s first run as president, most people of reason called it what it was. This man was a big liar, telling whoppers at the drop…
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Color of Law
Executive Editor
When we think of those people who are deported from the U.S., we often have images of undocumented Latinx folks from Mexico and Central America. In reality, many Black people are among those who are deported, and some of them have served in the U.S. military.
When we think of those people who are deported from the U.S., we often have images of undocumented Latinx folks from Mexico and Central America. In…
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Sharp n’ Blunt
Columnist
How many Purple Hearts does it take to secure a seat at democracy’s table? Apparently more than America has minted.
When Liberty Wears a Hood America loves its own fabricated fairy tales: the “City on a Hill,” the “Arsenal of Democracy,” the shimmering “Melting Pot.” But…
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Commentary
Guest Commentator
such blatantly raw, racist, sexist, homophobic, anti-Semitic, and xenophobic comments and rhetoric from today’s Republican Party dominate its fabric, from party blogs, podcasts, and websites to newscasts and national conventions.
Zohran Mamdani’s unlikely victory on June 24 in New York’s Democratic primary for mayor shell-shocked the nation’s political establishment, forcing pundits and party officials to entertain…
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Guest Commentary
Guest Commentator
Our reliance on armed agents of the state has led to fascism. The only way out is to abolish policing and militarism.
BlackCommentator.com Guest Commentator, Sonali Kolhatkar is the host and producer of Uprising, a popular, daily, drive-time program on KPFK, Pacifica Radio in Los Angeles and co-…
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