December 07, 2017
Cover Story
Editorial Board
It’s obvious that not only boys and men lack an understanding of what is inappropriate behavior toward another human being - but even some women and people of color have become too adjusted to the “boys will be boys” culture of terror, abuse, violence.
For years, 17 to be exact, they’ve tried to get me to forget it ever happened, ever since the former director of affirmative action at this…
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Commentary
Columnist
the “leader of the free world” has been accused of sexual predations by multiple women and has not had to answer for any of the charges. Meantime, other celebrities have lost their jobs and their positions and their potential increasing wealth. Trump has gotten off scot free. Why is that?
From Anita Hill and Clarence Thomas, to Roy Moore and his child dalliances, there are sexual harassment and assault cases being covered by news media across…
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Color of Law
Executive Editor
Many who had their eyes open at the time, particularly civil rights groups, knew Thomas would be no good for the justice system. But we don’t even have to go there. That he sexually harassed women should have been enough of a red flag and a barrier to entry.
Powerful men are starting to lose their jobs and reputations, thanks to today’s national climate against sexual assault and harassment. Men who were once deemed untouchable…
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Commentary
Editorial Board
Court appointments have generated little attention. On at least one occasion, the American Bar Association described a nominee as “unqualified”, something that they rarely do. On another occasion a man who has a law degree but who has never tried a case was nominated as a judge.
Two people reported to work at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on November 27, both expecting to lead the bureau. Leandra English, who had been chief…
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Commentary
Columnist
A woman’s right to choose, LGBT rights, full funding of public education, support of voting rights and diversity, and several other social justice issues were the key factors in enabling unions to spearhead a Democratic sweep of all statewide offices by double digits in a conservative southern state, the former capital of the Confederacy, and to elect the first transgender state legislator.
The nation’s education unions have been overlooking several issues which are undermining their opposition to the privatization of public education. They have, perhaps unintentionally, ignored addressing…
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Guest Commentary
Guest Commentator
The most effective way to reduce the chances that Kim Jong-un will press the nuclear button would therefore be to convince him that the U.S. won’t drop the first bomb.
Former National Security Council Director Peter Feaver recently told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that “even a single nuclear detonation” could “trigger an escalatory spiral that…
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Sharp n’ Blunt
Columnist
This form of civilization, is alleged to be a “representative democracy” with a form of heavy- handed laissez faire capitalism as the economic engine was meant for ”only” white men to drive, never was the intention to weave into the white fabric of the nation, red, black brown or yellow people.
White America will “give-up” on big “D” Democracy in order to satisfy their deep desire for racial segregation and societal-wide domination, yes you can bet your…
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