Jan 14, 2021
Guest Commentary
Guest Commentator
Reminiscent of a frenzied dictator, Trump, along with members of his family, greeted his largely delusional supporters and enticed them with verbal red meat.
Witnessing the admittedly disturbing, sadistic, and violent behavior of hundreds of Trump supporters on January 6 that resulted in the deaths of at least five people…
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Commentary
Editorial Board
It only takes one-armed white supremacist to aid and abet the terrorists who stormed the Capitol. It only takes one to unlock a door. It only takes one to turn the other way as terrorists bring weapons into the Capitol.
If you watched the disgraceful invasion of the United States Capitol and the horrific destruction that took place on January 6, you observed a legion of…
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Commentary
Columnist
Trump and his merry band of insurgents have sparked actual and proposed attacks against democracy and minority citizens across the country.
Our nation is under siege by our deranged President, Donald J. Trump. January 6, 2021 is a day that will live in infamy as has December…
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View from the Battlefield
Editorial Board
Black and Brown people have been put in harm’s way by trump, his noisy collaborators and his quiet abettors. In the days ahead, we’ll be thinking about self-defense.
The failed coup was well planned and well telegraphed. It will go down as the most blatant act of domestic terrorism ever orchestrated by a sitting…
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Guest Commentary
Guest Commentator
European nations have paid workers to stay at home - an obvious solution to curbing the virus.
Los Angeles, California, is now considered one of the worst COVID-19 hotspots in the nation. LA mayor Eric Garcetti assessed grimly that there is one new…
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Color of Law
Executive Editor
Statehood is intertwined with racial politics, which should not be the case if we agree that all Americans deserve equal rights, representation, and the right to vote.
Statehood for American territories - colonies of a so-called “democratic nation” - is a civil rights issue. And while the U.S. has 50 states, this number…
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Commentary
Editorial Board
Behind the phrase, “racial issues,” stands the idea of justice and egalitarian thinking and, most importantly, the practice of systemic (institutionalized) racism.
A couple of weeks ago, in the last days of 2020, a 14-year-old named Keyon Harrod, Jr., with a cell phone in his hand, is assaulted…
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