Issue: 684
February 02, 2017
Color of Law
February 02, 2017 – Black History Month – Issue 684 Cover Story: Democrats Must Take No Prisoners
Executive Editor
The Democrats must proceed with a scorched earth policy. This means refusing to cooperate with this administration on anything. Treat Trump with at least the same lack of respect that he treated Obama, and with the same disregard that the Republicans treated the first—and probably last—black president throughout his eight years in office.
What should Democrats do to respond to Trump? The answer is simple: No compromise. No sellout. And get a backbone. Do your job by not doing…
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Commentary
Women Who Voted for Trump
Editorial Board
The question is whether or not a factual statement such as this should or should not be interpreted as divisive or racist (which is what many are saying). This is where issues of privilege come into play.
The photo shown here,taken at the Women’s March, is causing quite a bit of discussion on social media. At issue, for many, is the message on…
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Commentary
World Powers Beginning to Understand the Conditions that Produce a President Trump
Columnist
The people are beginning to understand that reckless behavior, whether it emanates from the White House or elsewhere, must be confronted directly and it must be confronted by individuals and organizations that are working together, in solidarity. Otherwise, it will be business as usual in the political swamp that is Washington, D.C.
Earlier this month, about 3,000 of the world’s business and political powers gathered in Davos, Switzerland, and heard from some of their own that the worldwide…
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Commentary
It’s Important to Remember the Facts of the Holocaust
Editorial Board
For Trump to not acknowledge the victims of the Holocaust but rather to reference them by stating “in the name of the perished” glosses over not only the Holocaust’s distinct historical circumstances, like how already existing prejudices and fears were stoked and amplified against Jews, but it also conceals and denies German Christian anti-Semitism, and it erases the unique stories of survival, bravery and resistance by Jews and their allies.
Trump’s public statement commemorating International Holocaust Remembrance Day omitted any mention of Judaism, anti-Semitism or the Nazis’ systematic program exterminating European Jewry. The omission was not…
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Commentary
Dr. Woodson and African American History Month
Columnist
Through the African Centered Education Movement, African American History Month has now become the catalyst for the intense study of Africa and the history of African people throughout the world 365 days a year. We must pay particular attention in our studies to the history of the Reparations Movement.
The African Centered Education Movement has brought a new meaning to the annual African American History Month celebrations that have become so popular. That new meaning…
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Commentary
Ten Days On Fire
Columnist
Over the past few days, I’ve been left to wonder how I can respect the office of the president with a man who has proven to be thoughtless and resistant to study the very thing he must show excellence in - namely governing the lives of over 360 million human beings.
I’ve been pretty despondent lately. In a week and a half, not a day has passed without some poli-drama. The politics of the day is mean-spirited…
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