Issue: 766
November 29, 2018
Color of Law
Nancy Pelosi Needs to Pass the Baton
Executive Editor
2019 presents a chance for a reset. The newly elected members of the House are not the usual suspects -- they are everyday people whose presence demands new policies and threatens to upend the way Washington does business.
(CNN) Part of being a good and seasoned leader is knowing when to pass the baton to a new generation. If the Democrats want to remain…
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Commentary
An Evening with Michelle
Editorial Board
Michelle conveyed a universal message of hope. However, her message of self - empowerment to women - young and old - spoke a truth across generations, centering it as the theme for the evening.
First Lady Michelle Obama swept into Beantown Saturday as part of the national book tour promoting her memoir “Becoming” that was held at the TD Garden.…
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Guest Commentary
Racial Dog Whistles are Deeply Etched in the Fabric of American Society
Guest Commentator
this is a president, who has been so careless with his rhetoric that he has emboldened xenophobes, racists, White supremacists, anti-Semites, misogynists and others filled with hate. More than a few people are/have been watching in both anger and disbelief as we see an administration that is virulently hostile to people of color and proudly says so without apology.
Earlier this month, much of the print and electronic news media whipped itself into a stunned tizzy over the insults hurled toward Black female journalists CNN’s…
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Sharp n’ Blunt
Tear Gas on Families at the Border Today, Bullets Fired at Protesters Across America Tomorrow
Columnist
Most White folks in America back this wanna be king. The armed forces and local police obviously and undeniably reflect and embody the coast to coast malice, contempt and hatred for Black folks because these organizations are composed of many angry white people.
How long before this scenario plays out across these so-called United States of America . . . , how long? Not long. The miniature-brained tyrant residing…
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Commentary
Democrats Must Address Voting Irregularities
Editorial Board
While our "democracy" is weighed against people who live on the margins, who don't have driver's licenses, who don't vote regularly, who move frequently, we ought to be focused on ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to vote.
In the days after midterm election day, November 6, 2018, you could not turn on a television or even have a conversation without hearing about aspects…
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Commentary
A Thanksgiving Break, Teachers Must Get Back to the Barricades
Columnist
Teachers held the advance of public school privatization at bay in the 2018 midterms, but the battle will become fiercer as we approach 2020 when everything will be on the ballot - public schools, democracy, and our way of life.
After the Democrats’ state and federal legislative triumphs during the recent midterms, one thing became abundantly clear, teachers were who “we thought they were.” Collectively, they…
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Commentary
The Nazi Salute in Wisconsin
Editorial Board
What do the white students of Wisconsin learn about their responsibility toward ensuring social justice prevails as opposed to learning how to be competitive toward the racial other, exclude the racial other because all are “criminal,” a threat, until proven “dead” to resistance? What do these students learn and observe from friends and neighbors?
Boston Review, October 29, 2018 The masthead reads: WISCONSIN. 2000-2001. The University of Wisconsin at Madison’s official booklet for incoming freshmen. A roughly even number of…
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