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Issue: 726

January 25, 2018

Cover Story

Behind the Black Unemployment Rate

By Dr. Julianne Malveaux, PhD Editorial Board

When 45 crows about a 6.8 percent unemployment rate for African Americans, he normalizes the fact that African Americans should have a higher unemployment rate than whites. And when he takes unemployment out of context and ignores income and wealth disparities, he is suggesting that the current conditions of African Americans are something to celebrate.

When the unemployment rate dropped and economic conditions improved under the leadership of President Barack Obama, 45 derided the gains as “fake news”. He suggested that…

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Color of Law

Ahed Tamimi is the Palestinian Rosa Parks

By David A. Love, JD Executive Editor

The real crime this 16-year-old Palestinian girl committed was resisting a hostile and racist military occupation and its human rights violations, and having the temerity to challenge the toxic masculinity of the Israeli military.

It is possible for a single person to engage in an act of resistance against oppression and change the world. A 16-year-old Palestinian girl named Ahed…

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Commentary

VP Pence Assures Israelis His Boss’ Enduring Allegiance

By John Funiciello Columnist

Americans do not seem to know that Palestinians also claim Jerusalem as their capital and that included Trump and Pence. Also, Jerusalem is a most holy site for Catholics and other Christians. Neither the vice president nor Trump address the inhumane treatment of Palestinians under what is politely called the “occupation.”

Vice President Mike Pence arrived in Israel this week to tell Israelis and, in particular, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, that the Trump Administration stands ready to…

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View from the Battlefield

Sexual Violence Victims Should Keep Coming Forward

By Jamala Rogers Editorial Board

For a while, there were almost announcements about powerful men being knocked off their proverbial thrones by accusations of sexual crimes. There may be some who think the snow-balling effect of women exposing the sexual aggression of men in the workplace is an overkill. The women who have suffered in pain and silence certainly don’t think so.

I’m hoping that the (slim) defeat of accused child sexual predator Ray Moore in the race for U.S. Senate in Alabama is not a damper on…

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Wake Up

Art

Wake Up

By Shepard Fairey

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Commentary

Government Shutdown, Women’s March, A Recipe 2018 Midterms

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

Male Democratic bosses getting past their arrogance and chauvinism will determine whether Democrats or Republicans will prevail in the 2018 midterms. In the meantime, Trump and his Republican posse are sticking to their venomous and diabolical guns - anti women, anti-immigrant, anti-minority, anti-LGBT, anti-public education and teachers, and anti-children - that has served them well so far.

Last week’s government shutdown and the women’s marches throughout the nation have set the stage for the 2018 showdown between Democrats and Republicans for the soul…

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Commentary

Trump’s “Shithole Countries” Comment Gravely Impacts LGBTQ Asylum Seekers

By The Reverend Irene Monroe Editorial Board

Sadly, the debate between authentically 'African' and Western colonial remnants always finds some way to dispute the reality of the black LGBTQ existence. Therefore, coming out LGBTQ in many of the African and Caribbean countries is dangerous. For example, approximately thirty-eight of fifty-four countries in the African continent criminalizes same-gender consensual activity.

President Trump’s proclivity for racist remarks comes as no surprise to me. His now infamous comment stating a preference for immigrants coming from a Scandinavian country…

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Commentary

The Space Between Us

By Dr. Lenore Daniels, PhD Editorial Board

What matters is ending suffering and bringing about justice. In other words, ending white supremacy matters! Bullshitting, that is, engaging in tactics to derail true resistance, matters to those determined to maintain white supremacy.

Now, obviously, the only way to translate the written word to the cinema involves doing considerable violence to the written word, to the extent, indeed, of…

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Sharp n’ Blunt

What Would America Look Like If White Folks Had Their Way?

By Desi Cortez Columnist

I’d submit, if white Americans had their druthers the USA would go back to 1956 “Sundown Laws” and “curfews” for Blacks . “Don’t let the sun go down and your black ass still be in-town boy!!!” Yes, our children wouldn't be allowed at Disneyland.

I know, I know . . . trust me, I know - white folks, doing as they damn-well please, with no real “civilized” societal checks and…

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