Issue: 829
July 30, 2020
Cover Story
Census Bureau Maintains the Spirit of 1790 – The Invisible Woman
Editorial Board
Today, the Census Bureau maintains the spirit of the objectives established in 1879 which was to count everybody – citizens, non-citizen legal residents, non-citizen long-term visitors and undocumented immigrants.
It happens every ten years. The United States conducts a census—a systematic set of procedures we use to count the number of people living in the…
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Commentary
Embracing Youth Leadership
Editorial Board
In celebrating John Lewis and his remarkable life, we also honor other young civil rights activists who risked their lives to take a stand. They made a difference in the struggle for justice.
Congressman John Robert Lewis was just 17 when he reached out to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with a letter conveying his desire to attend all-white…
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Commentary
From the Congo to the US
Editorial Board
With a wave of a capitalist’s wand, it’s one big coating of white supremacy flowing freely over the African savanna, desert, villages, cities. Over the minds of the African people. But not all. Always, not all.
But I’ve been getting in ‘good trouble,’ necessary trouble ever since. -John Lewis “Wizards well versed in treachery and black magic came from the south and…
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Commentary
Violence? Whose Violence? – Solidarity America
Columnist
Trump is fanning the flames of discontent all by himself by his provocation and his use of thugs in what had been mostly peaceful demonstrations.
So the demonstrations against police brutality and the killings of black men and boys and sometimes, women, have turned violent in some places? Don’t say we…
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Sharp n’ Blunt
White Lives Have Always Mattered… More Than Anyone Else’s
Columnist
The life skills and tools to do more than survive but thrive should be made available to all of this nation’s citizens.
White lives have always mattered... more than anyone else’s. This observation is so obvious and true, to a nauseating point, and you’ve got to scream: “why-oh-why…
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Commentary
Will Trump Steal 2020 Elections?
Columnist
Whatever negative views Democrats may hold of Donald Trump, and many of them are well-deserved, we must acknowledge that he has shown a unique ability to tap into the base instincts of voters open to his autocratic, fascist tendencies.
The 2020 presidential election and down ballot races are under urgent assault. There are nefarious forces underway to suppress and/or eliminate voters perceived to be against…
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