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Issue: 869

June 10, 2021

Color of Law

Senators Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema Are a Threat to Black Americans

By David A. Love, JD Executive Editor

Corporate lobbyists are compensating the two moderate Democrats for voting against Democratic policies that seek economic and racial justice.

U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) stand in the way of justice, freedom and democracy, and pose a threat to the lives of…

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Texas GOP

Cartoon

Texas GOP

By Chuck Siler

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Commentary

Does the Arc Bend Toward Justice: From Tulsa to George Floyd

By Dr. Julianne Malveaux, PhD Editorial Board

When repeat offenders are not fired, it signals other "bad apples" that brutal behavior is okay. And when politicians make excuses for inhuman behavior, it is a signal that too many are willing to look the other way.

Just one year ago, George Floyd was brutally murdered on the streets of Minneapolis at the hands of a rabid “law enforcement” officer who kept his…

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Guest Commentary

Biden’s Commemoration of the Tulsa Massacre Deserves Fierce Applause

By Dr. Elwood Watson, PhD Guest Commentator

If we are being honest, there were plenty of other places in America where armed mobs of unhinged Whites unleashed searing amounts of unprovoked and unjustified violence on Black citizens without suffering any consequences.

CNN, PBS, The History Channel, MSNBC, NPR, The New York Times, and The Washington Post were among the sizable number of media outlets that devoted considerable…

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Commentary

Will Good White People Stand Up Again in 2022?

By Dr. Walter C. Farrell, Jr., PhD, M.S.P.H. Columnist

without significant White votes in the key states of Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, a Democrat would not be in the Oval Office.

President Biden's agenda is being canceled by the Republicans. Sen. Mitch McConnell has built a solid wall of Senate opposition to current Biden initiatives—voting rights, infrastructure,…

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Commentary

Bezos Shoots Into Space; His Workers Try To Adapt to Being Cogs in His Warehouses – Solidarity America

By John Funiciello Columnist

As in so much of modern industry, workers are subject to the constant surveillance of cameras and computers and Amazon is no different. The goal is to maximize profits and that means squeezing every last ounce of work out of every worker.

In one unique version of distraction from earthly problems, Jeff Bezos, the world's richest man, will have himself taken into space July 20 aboard his own…

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Guest Commentary

Rural Teacher Pedro Castillo Poised To Write a New Chapter in Peru’s History

By Medea Benjamin and Leonardo Flores, CODEPINK Guest Commentators

Castillo’s victory will be remarkable not only because he is a leftist teacher who is the son of illiterate peasants and his campaign was grossly outspent by Fujimori, but there was a relentless propaganda attack against him that touched on historical fears of Peru’s middle class and elites.

With his wide-brimmed peasant hat and oversized teacher’s pencil held high, Peru’s Pedro Castillo has been traveling the country exhorting voters to get behind a call…

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Sharp n’ Blunt

Americans of Color Are Being Sold Out by the Lamb-Like Weak, Meek White Folks in the Democrat Party

By Desi Cortez Columnist

These masks wearing Benedict Arnolds are way, way...way too willing to sacrifice the political goals and objectives of Black and Brown folks to appease and please their husbands, fathers, sons and brothers

Americans of color are being sold out by the lamb-like, weak, meek, mild-mannered White folks in the Democrat Party and across the political “Left.” We’ve got…

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