Apr 1, 2021
Commentary
Editorial Board
Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin... isn’t afraid to point to the 2020 protests of the Black Lives Matter movement and proclaim how their cry for social justice was tantamount to terrorism. The insurrectionists of January 6, 2021, on the other hand, were no threat to anyone!
For history of the American Negro is unique also in this: that the question of his humanity, and of his rights therefore as a human being,…
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Commentary
Columnist
Over time, it is expected that public school teachers will be reduced to a level of serfdom as their unions will be decimated due to their demonization and the loss of students.
America is at an inflection point as to whether our democracy will survive. After the persistent perpetration of Donald Trump’s ‘Big Lie’ that the November 2020…
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Guest Commentary
Guest Commentator
Democrats are looking to distinguish themselves from Republicans in willingly spending what it takes to care for a population battered by the pandemic after years of austerity measures that have whittled away safety net programs.
As the coronavirus pandemic continues to wreak havoc on people’s lives, President Joe Biden has been on a victory tour to promote the American Rescue Plan,…
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Guest Commentary
Guest Commentator
democracy is also a practice of developing the full potential of those who participate in it.
There’s a familiar refrain in the labor movement: our members would never do that; they’re just not there. Most recently, at the Labor For Single Payer…
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Sharp n’ Blunt
Columnist
As this judicial circus continues it will become crystal clear that too many White Americans will jump-in-line supporting some contrived and pathetic company line that will attempt to rationalize, minimize and normalize via some quasi-intellectual gibberish the tortuous murder caught on video.
Behind those Smiling faces, ….no conscience. Somebody, somebody please go get The Undisputed Truths 45’ ”Smiling Faces” and play it loud, and play it a few…
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Color of Law
Executive Editor
Only federal intervention can stem this tide of voter suppression and thwart the efforts of numerous states to undermine the electoral process and democracy.
In the US, the right-wing voter suppression efforts reached a level not seen since the era of segregation, when white supremacists in the South had passed…
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Commentary
Editorial Board
He can probably show up on Faux News whenever he wants to, but his rants look more like empty barks when nobody calls his name.
The previous President, also known as 45, or the Orange Man, or the Nutty Narcissist, kept our nation with his insanity for more than four years.…
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