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Issue: 1076

February 26, 2026

Commentary

Jesse Jackson – A Global Humanitarian

By Dr. Elwood Watson, PhD Guest Commentator

No one can deny that Jesse Jackson, who died last week at the age of 84 was a larger than life figure. Whether it was the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s gut-wrenching assassination in 1968, Barack Obama’s initial address as president-elect in November 2008, or any other historic moment relating to Black history over…

No one can deny that Jesse Jackson, who died last week at the age of 84 was a larger than life figure. Whether it was the…

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Cover Story

The Rotunda Is Too Small for the Reverend Jesse Jackson

By Dr. Julianne Malveaux, PhD Editorial Board

He was not carved from stone; he was forged in struggle.

America has rituals for the dead. We lower flags. We dim lights. We ask for moments of silence. In rare cases - former presidents, Rosa Parks…

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View from the Battlefield

Epstein, Pedophilia, and Capitalism

By Jamala Rogers Editorial Board

Their abuse of power dehumanizes society, justifying capitalist contradictions like homelessness, hunger, mass incarceration, and police violence.

For over thirty years, Jeffrey Epstein has been a known pedophile. We can reasonably conclude that by the time he was finally convicted in 2008, his…

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Guest Commentary

The Epstein Class: They Are the Elites They Pretend To Hate

By Sonali Kolhatkar, Independent Media Institute Guest Commentator

For years, MAGA has attacked minority groups in the name of "protecting women and children." It turns out the real abusers are wealthy and powerful.

Attorney General Pam Bondi’s contentious House hearing about the Justice Department’s handling of the Epstein files offered a clear message to the nation: sex trafficking of…

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Sharp n’ Blunt

Do You Hear It? Democracy Is Knocking. The Question Is Whether White America Plans To Answer the Door, or Keep Pretending Nobody’s Home

By Desi Cortez Columnist

It means abandoning the reflexive need to defend every chapter of history as if criticism equals extinction. Strength isn't pretending perfection. Strength is correction.

Yep, here we go again, America, gathering around the national campfire to argue about race like it’s a family reunion where nobody actually likes each other…

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