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Issue: 1049

July 11, 2025

Cover Story

Reign of Terror

By Dr. Julianne Malveaux, PhD Editorial Board

In a reign of terror, though, some children are to be cherished and others to be terrorized.

They came to MacArthur Park on horseback and in riot gear, their faces covered and their weapons out. They were part of the Immigration and Customs…

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Sharp n’ Blunt

The Definitive Ten Commandments of MAGA America

By Desi Cortez Columnist

Step to the microphone, sob about having “fallen short,” announce that Jesus stamped paid in full on your invoice, and accuse the Deep State of planting both the temptress and the lipstick on your collar.

Here’s a new version of the Ten Commandments for MAGA America - etched not in stone, but on the back of a Cracker Barrel menu, right…

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Color of Law

The Great Migration of Black People Transformed America

By David A. Love, JD Executive Editor

through the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s and 1930s, the New York community experienced a cultural, intellectual, literary, musical, artistic, fashion and political explosion.

The South is home for the majority of Black people in this country. There was a time during the days of Jim Crow segregation when millions…

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Commentary

Sean “Diddy” Combs Partial Acquittal Forces a Reckoning With Accountability

By Dr. Elwood Watson, PhD Guest Commentator

more than a few spokespeople against domestic violence are understandably upset and disappointed with a less than absolute total conviction.

A New York City jury found music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs guilty of two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution. On July 2, the jurors…

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Guest Commentary

Lawyers Fight Back

By Michael Steven Smith Guest Commentator

The battle Trump started is not over. Four judges have ruled against him. 24 friend of the court amicus briefs have been filed. 1000 law firms have come on board on board.

I am 82 years old. I retired from practicing law in Manhattan seven years ago. Happily I was able to ease in to two other activities,…

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Commentary

Disability Pride Month

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

One of the defining moments in disability rights history was the San Francisco 504 Sit-In of 1977, when the federal government delayed implementing Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, one of the first laws to prohibit disability-based discrimination. In response, activists with disabilities occupied federal buildings across the country. Image: George Bush signs the Americans…

One of the defining moments in disability rights history was the San Francisco 504 Sit-In of 1977, when the federal government delayed implementing Section 504 of…

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