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December 14, 2017

Color of Law

Doug Jones Owes Black Alabamans BIG Time

By David A. Love, JD Executive Editor

Mobilized and enthusiastic, the base of the Democratic Party in Alabama demonstrated what can happen when voters of color unite with millennials, women and woke white folks to decide that a dirty old man who had staked out his claim to the legacy of white supremacy will not have a seat in the U.S. Senate–this time.

The epic victory of Doug Jones against Roy Moore in the Alabama Senate race is proof once again that Black voters are the Democratic Party’s most…

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Nasty Women

Cartoon

Nasty Women

By Eric Garcia Cartoonist/Artist

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Commentary

The President Who Can’t Be Wrong

By John Funiciello Columnist

Trump tried to make the best out of his Moore loss by lying and saying that he knew that Moore could not win. The lie, of course, is that he was quite certain that, with his endorsement and support, Moore would win. His statement in the wake of the Moore loss, therefore, was the lie of the day. Usually, though, there are more than a few lies each day.

Silly president. Donald Trump believes that he can never be wrong about anything, except in this week’s Alabama special election, he pulled out all the stops…

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Sharp n’ Blunt

White Alabamans: Why Can’t The Blind See?

By Desi Cortez Columnist

Doug Jones, is deemed a hero for finally gaining a conviction in the infamous Birmingham Church bombings. But please note the rank n’ file rednecks across Dixie simply see him as a “nigger-

My pop’s sold “little red books” out of his 1968 volkswagen Bug all around Crenshaw and Leimert park in South Central LA back in the day,…

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View from the Battlefield

Turning Me Too into We Too

By Jamala Rogers Editorial Board

In the African American community, the silent nature of sexual violence is real. The stats are alarming yet Black women - even mothers of child victims - are less likely to report incidents than white women. Legitimate distrust of the system and fears of betrayal mute the voices of victims but not the trauma.

Every man who’s ever grabbed, groped, felt, fondled, pushed, pulled, patted or rubbed a woman’s body part without her permission and gotten away with it should…

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Commentary

When Will There Be Zero Tolerance For Racism?

By Dr. Julianne Malveaux, PhD Editorial Board

I’m not ever, ever, ever going to excuse sexual perfidy (and more) in the workplace, but I do wonder why we can wink, nod, and grin about racial workplace misbehavior while we stand our ground about gender. I wonder why so many say “just kidding” or “didn’t know” when they are racially insensitive, and nobody calls it, but they are willing to call it on gender.

Congressman John Conyers was the first politician to leave his job after the “Me Too” hash tag galvanized women to speak up about sexual misconduct, harassment…

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Commentary

Have Unions Adequately Prepared for the Aftermath of Janus?

By Dr. Walter C. Farrell, Jr., PhD, M.S.P.H. Columnist

Janus v. AFSCME (American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees) will be argued before the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) in 2018. Mark Janus, an AFSCME union member, is suing to eliminate the requirement that nonmembers help pay for the union's collective bargaining efforts via mandatory check-off dues.

All hands were on deck in Doug Jones’ upset victory over Judge Roy Moore in Alabama’s U.S. senatorial election last Tuesday. And the Alabama Education Association…

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Commentary

The New Jim Crow Also Targets LGBTQ Americans

By The Reverend Irene Monroe Editorial Board

Since Trump has taken office there has been an erosion of LGBTQ civil rights under the guise of religious liberty. For example, transgender Americans being denied access to public lavatories is eerily reminiscent of the country’s last century Jim Crow era denying African Americans access to lunch counters, water fountains, and, libraries, gas stations, theaters, and restrooms,

Last week the U. S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments for the case “Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission.” The case - which has many…

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Commentary

Racism in the Library

By Dr. Lenore Daniels, PhD Editorial Board

Displays of books approved of by a community of white librarians and educators for Black History Month doesn’t chip away at those invisible walls barring the exclusion of Black people. It’s not in the books; it’s in the mindset of those who yield power.

I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library. Jorge Luis Borges Such an idyllic image the late poet Borges imagines. A space…

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