871 – Black Commentator

Commentary

The Black Commentator Applauds 22½ Year Sentence of Derek Chauvin

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

We must be vigilant and ensure that the conviction of Derek Chauvin is not a one-time event designed to quell the public so the system can return to business as usual, that business being the brutalization of Black and Brown bodies and the exploitation of the poor for the sake of white supremacy.

The Black Commentator applauds the 22½ year sentence of former officer Derek Chauvin for the May 25, 2020 murder of George Floyd, a Black man, in…

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Color of Law

Juneteenth Federal Holiday Is a Start, but Black America Isn’t Free

By David A. Love, JD Executive Editor

while we should not trivialize the symbolism of a federal Juneteenth holiday, it is no substitute for federal legislation that would help make Black people truly free.

The good news is that Juneteenth is a federal holiday. The bad news is that Black people still need that freedom, which a June 19 celebration…

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Commentary

Not Jumping for Juneteenth

By Dr. Julianne Malveaux, PhD Editorial Board

It is easier to support a holiday than to support the principle of democracy, which is allegedly at the foundation of our democracy.

High props go to 94-year-old Opal Lee, the Texas woman determined to make Juneteenth a national holiday. Thanks to her efforts and those of others like…

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Guest Commentary

Making Juneteenth a Holiday Was Easy – Will Real Justice Follow?

By Sonali Kolhatkar, Independent Media Institute Guest Commentator

Neither party appears to have the political courage to truly respect the idea of racial justice for Black Americans.

After the United States Senate and House in quick succession passed a federal bill to make “Juneteenth” a federal holiday to commemorate the end of slavery,…

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Cartoon

CRT

By Chuck Siler

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Commentary

Critical Race Theory and the Politics of the 2022 Midterms

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

Depending on whom you believe, CRT is either an examination of the role of race in the shaping of America’s public policy or an attack on White people by pitting ethnic minorities against them.

Critical Race Theory (CRT) has become a touchstone of Republican efforts to disenfranchise the New American Majority - ethnic minority citizens (Asians, Latinx, Indigenous, and Black…

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Cartoon

Cuba Embargo

By Carlos Latuff

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Commentary

Teaching Truth Won’t Hurt the Children – Solidarity America

By John Funiciello Columnist

The young need to know their own history before they can continue to struggle for equality and freedom for all.

In so many ways, the children are far ahead of their parents and their parents’ generation. One way that this is evident is in the young…

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Sharp n’ Blunt

Congress of Afro-Americans for Solidarity and Empowerment Officially Strip Trump’s Uncle Toms of “Black” Status

By Desi Cortez Columnist

Let them eat, sleep, and shop amongst their people; Trump’s klan of 21st Century Confederates will surely welcome their black behinds as neighbors and in-laws...

Press Release: The century-old Black Power organization, “CASE” - The Congress of Afro-Americans For Solidarity And Empowerment just issued a proclamation stripping this current crop of…

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Cartoon

Mt. Pulitzer

By Eric Garcia Cartoonist/Artist

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Issue: 871