Issue: 817
May 07, 2020
Color of Law
‘Get Back to Work!’ Is the Clarion Call of White Christian Nationalism
Executive Editor
as the racial, class and demographic implications of the coronavirus are in full view, eugenics dictates that the elderly, prisoners, people of color, immigrants and poor and working folks who are vulnerable and unable to work at home via Zoom are expendable. Once again, white Christian nationalists prioritize profits over lives. This time, they worship an unholy triumvirate of the Golden Calf, White Jesus and Donald Trump.
Pandemics know no politics, and yet President Trump, Republican Party leaders and members of the GOP base have weaponized coronavirus for the culture wars, placing American…
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Commentary
National Teacher Appreciation Week
Guest Commentator
Teachers play a critical role in educating and shaping our children: the future leaders of our country. They are kind, patient, hard-working, dedicated, and understanding professionals who help mold our children and guide them in positive directions. We entrust our children with the teachers, and they affect their lives daily.
Teachers do all they can for their students, and we’re doing all we can for teachers. We’re transforming our appreciation into action that protects students, strengthens…
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Commentary
“Community” During the Pandemic
Editorial Board
Keep the physical distance! Keep the physical distance! It’s a dance of sorts, as we pay close attention to the closest person to our left and to our right. Who’s in front of me and should I slow down to keep the six feet between us?
The deep investment that many Americans have in the US exceptionalism, in the belief that their nation has a providential mission to spread liberty around the…
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Commentary
This Period Of Suffering Might Be Humanity’s Single Chance to Change And Survive – Solidarity America
Columnist
What is being discovered in lock down is what is actually needed, and it's a lot less than what the average American has been consuming in recent decades. Americans have learned how to live with less, with frugality, as the millions of poor families have known as a way of life for generations.
As horrific as the coronavirus and Covid-19 outcomes might be, the disease may be the last chance that humanity can undo what it has done to…
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Sharp n’ Blunt
Insulting White Racist Jabs
Columnist
I am disappointed in my people - our collective lack-of interest beyond the “Housewives of any hood USA” and the NBA season is a part of what’s wrong with us. Sure, they’re low information Trump-backing white folks fighting for the right to get a haircut and get their nails and roots done, of course, but as we know, they can afford to be that dumb, we can’t. When white folks have a cold, we Black folks have Coronavirus.
Not to speak in generalities . . . but White folks love to tell belittling jokes about Black folks, it’s like a national pastime. To insult…
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Commentary
Biden’s 2020 VP Pick Decision
Columnist
Joe Biden is on the clock for his selection of a vice presidential running mate for the fall 2020 presidential election. Having committed to choosing a woman, he is being subjected to immense pressure by the backers of several female candidates. It is universally agreed that this will be the most consequential decision of his campaign.
With increasingly close Senate races in Colorado, North Carolina, and even South Carolina, the Democrats have a chance of flipping the Senate. Joe Biden is on…
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