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Issue: 883

October 14, 2021

Color of Law

Alabama’s Use of COVID Funds To Imprison More Black People Is Very On-Brand

By David A. Love, JD Executive Editor

it is incomprehensible, or very much on brand, for a state such as Alabama to invest in incarcerating more (Black) people in the middle of a most devastating pandemic. The needs are great, yet the priorities are all wrong.

Alabama is exhibit A in the case against southern white people who have not managed to move beyond their ignorance, hatred, greed and racism. Still fighting…

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Commentary

American Jurisprudence Warning – Solidarity America

By John Funiciello Columnist

Suffering sickness, disease, and death, the people who have to live in the despoiled region of Ecuador deserve justice, as Donziger deserves justice, but that is, so far, not to be found in American courts.

If there have been two cases in which the evidence is profound, that the U.S. judiciary is solidly in support of the rich and Corporate America,…

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Commentary

Labor Shortage or Pay Shortfall?

By Dr. Julianne Malveaux, PhD Editorial Board

If we need more workers, employers should consider offering better wages or providing better working conditions and benefits.

Walking down a busy urban street, one cannot help but notice the number of “help wanted” signs that grace the front of many establishments. Restaurants, grocery…

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Commentary

K -12 Poor Students’ Pandemic Fail

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

They already trailed behind their working- and middle-class counterparts, but there have been major declines in reading and math during the past 18 months.

The COVID-19 pandemic is causing massive academic failure among poor students in K-12 public education. They already trailed behind their working- and middle-class counterparts, but there…

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Commentary

The Black Church Was One of R. Kelly’s Enablers

By The Reverend Irene Monroe Editorial Board

Black women have decried how black pastors have used self-serving theological reasoning in supporting Kelly and the deleterious effects it has had on them, reporting sexual abuse and rape, especially by their male parishioners, deacons and pastors.

The long-awaited justice for R. Kelly’s survivors finally came last month when a New York federal jury found him guilty of racketeering and sex trafficking. For…

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Guest Commentary

Facebook’s Quest for Profits: Paved With Hate and Lies

By Sonali Kolhatkar, Independent Media Institute Guest Commentator

It isn't as though Facebook is selling hate because it has an agenda to destroy democracy. It's just that destroying democracy is not a deal-breaker when huge profits are at stake.

Facebook’s former employee Frances Haugen, in an interview on “60 Minutes,” explained to host Scott Pelley that the social media giant has conducted internal experiments that…

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Guest Commentary

Racist Anti-Voter Laws: A Weapon To Maintain the Class Status Quo

By Lois Danks, The Freedom Socialist Party Guest Commentator

The underlying goal is not just to turn Democratic blue states Republican red, but to ensure that voting is a privilege — not a right — to be bestowed at the pleasure of those in power.

A tidal wave of racist anti-voter legislation is being generated by U.S. state legislatures. Reminiscent of the Jim Crow era, the laws are mainly aimed at…

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Dempublians

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Dempublians

By Chuck Siler

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