July 15, 2021
Color of Law
Executive Editor
In a country that cannot control its white supremacy problem, an existential threat to this nation’s multiracial democracy, the focus is always on the Black boogeyman.
Six months after a mob of white folks tried to take over the federal government, white right-wing domestic terrorism remains the greatest threat to America. And…
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View from the Battlefield
Editorial Board
We are in awe of their talents yet we know that they - in the words of Simone Biles - have targets on their backs.
The suspension of Sha’Carri Richardson stirred up a flurry of emotions for me. I was angry, saddened, disgusted. The fastest woman in the U.S.was stopped cold…
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Commentary
Columnist
To justify oppression and repression, the White power structure created a series of origin stories—Big Lies—to explain their inequitable treatment of their brothers and sisters of darker racial hues.
The eminent Harvard legal scholar and historian, Dr. Annette Gordon-Reed, in her well-received book, On Juneteenth (2021), traced the origin stories of America’s development which were…
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Commentary
Editorial Board
The Biden-Harris team has much to celebrate. Unfortunately, the uneven pace of recovery means that Black America has less to rejoice about.
There is lots of great news in the June Employment Situation report. Eight hundred and fifty thousand jobs were created! And while the unemployment rate remained…
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Commentary
Columnist
The question, then, is why aren’t they being treated as essential workers now?
Although it may seem that universal child care is a new concept, one that is held in contempt by Republicans across the country, it is an…
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Commentary
Editorial Board
The Black Church purported to preach and practice a prophetic social gospel. However, in truth, it preaches and practices a heteronormative conservative gospel tethered to a model no longer relevant to a younger generation that embraces LGBTQ+ social justice issues.
Every once in a while a reader will ask me to please respond to their question in my column. This reader asked, "What should be the…
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Sharp n’ Blunt
Columnist
I understood Obama’s Black reign of socialist terror had created this delusional perception across White America that the sky was falling,
I’m sorry, but no, I’m not a Nawleans Creole sorcerer nor a “Good book” toting (Gucci wrapped) Pentecostal “showtime” prophet...but merely an engaging contemporary agnostic Aquarian…
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