Issue: 792
June 06, 2019
Color of Law
Suspensions Don’t Work: Study Says Students Seek School Discipline To Earn Respect and Social Status
Executive Editor
A recent study suggests that although school discipline was supposed to be a deterrent to school violence, these measures have the opposite effect and exacerbate school violence.
School violence and student interpersonal conflict are on the minds of the Black community, in light of the recent deaths of at least two children following…
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Commentary
Black Folks, The Trade Wars and Foreign Policy
Editorial Board
people of color around the globe (including Mexico) are oppressed by US foreign policy. Further, we fall short of our rhetoric about democracy and human rights when we offer financial support to countries that choose to marginalize some of its citizens.
Our nation's 45th President is dead set on a trade war. He has increased tariffs on goods produced in China, and he has now indicated that…
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Commentary
Seeking Freedom from Eternity
Editorial Board
Nike can’t substitute for religion and provide our lives with meaning. A Mercedes neither. No more than flat screen televisions or Harvard degrees.
The task would be to ‘own’ the fact that this is the only life we have—for better or worse—rather than seeking to leave this life behind.…
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Commentary
What’s Asylum and Why is Trump Trashing A Tradition that Started With The Birth Of The U.S.? – Solidarity America
Columnist
While Trump has moved to curtail the entrance of any people of color into the U.S. (his ban on people from Muslim-majority countries is an example of this), it's very difficult to block them all, even if he were to construct his racist wall from the Pacific coast to the Gulf of Mexico.
The “invasion” of refugees and asylum-seekers at the Mexico-U.S. frontier, according to the president, is a national security issue and he has stirred up deep-seated nativism,…
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Sharp n’ Blunt
Why are White Democrats Running Interference for Trump
Columnist
Hey look, when you’ve got guys like Montana Governor Steve Bullock, Colorado Governor Hickenlooper and Senator Bennett and a list of 20 more soft, fuzzy, perhaps well-intentioned white folks who are seeking the “wishy-washy” white folks in the “heartless-land” - you’ve got problems.
Call me “cra-cra,” but I’ve suggested, perhaps most of white America, despite their politics, religion or geographical education would rather live under a white monarch and…
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Commentary
Trump’s Racial Strategies for 2020 Republican Victories
Columnist
There are few legal responses to voter suppression (with the exception of Stacey Abram’s Fair Fight initiative), and no widespread organizing of communities of color by the Democratic National Committee or the 24 presidential candidates. Instead, these would-be presidents insist on using the polls to guide their campaign emphases as did Hillary Clinton in 2016.
Unless Democrats come up with a strong rationale for impeaching Trump, they will lose independents and moderates in 2020 and likely the control of the House…
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Guest Commentary
Confronting the Crisis of Mental Health in Black Communities
Guest Commentator
Mental illness in African American communities is a real and ongoing crisis. According to the American Association of Suicide Study, suicide is the third most common cause for young Black people between 15 to 24 years of age.
It is common to hear comments such as “That's crazy talk!” or “Girl, you're crazy!” Such remarks are often made in casual conversations among Black people.…
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Commentary
African Liberation Day Celebration: Part II – Worrill’s World
Columnist
It is important that African Liberation Day be a vehicle to continue to highlight the problems, challenges and the future of African people everywhere. The challenges facing Africa and African people worldwide require that we remain dedicated to the cause of Africa’s redemption and liberation.
Read all parts of this series This is the second of a two part series discussing the origin and development of African Liberation Day. The month…
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