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April 16, 2026

Sharp n’ Blunt

Hawaii – Shameless American Exploitation Not Exceptionalism

By Desi Cortez Columnist

The strong-armed theft of Hawaii is a striking, graphic and disgusting example of conscience-less America - not a damn speck of shame, just counting moolah.

Hawaiʻi stands as one of the nastiest, most shameless examples of American exploitation ever doused in the bargain-bin cologne of “exceptionalism.” It was not sweet-talked into…

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View from the Battlefield

Slavery by Any Name Will Always Be Inhumane and Evil

By Jamala Rogers Editorial Board

We can't remember if we don't know. If we don't know about the atrocities of slavery, we can't fight for reparations.

I heard about the United Nations General Assembly’s resolution on slavery about the same time I finished reading The Zorg: A Tale of Greed and Murder…

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Commentary

The Future of Work Is Already Here—and It’s Not What We Were Promised

By Dr. Julianne Malveaux, PhD Editorial Board

The work that sustains human life - caring for children, tending to the sick, supporting the elderly - is treated as low-value labor. Meanwhile, sectors far removed from those everyday needs capture extraordinary wealth.

People keep talking about the future of work as if it is something waiting just around the corner - robots taking jobs, artificial intelligence transforming industries,…

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Guest Commentary

The United States of Debt

By Bill Astore, Bracing Views Guest Commentator

No one in the government, it seems, wants to live within their means.

The U.S. government’s solution is to wage wars while giving $500 billion more to the Pentagon and military contractors in FY2027. The Iran War costs more…

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Commentary

An Update on the Secret Life of Cesar Chavez

By Dr. Elwood Watson, PhD Guest Commentator

The abuse went on for several years of their childhood.

Weeks later, more than a few people on the political, social, and cultural left are still reeling from the recent disturbing allegations against Cesar Chavez: namely,…

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