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Issue: 886

November 4, 2021

Cover Story

Public Education and Racial Dog Whistles Determine VA Gov. Race

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

Youngkin deftly deflected all questions about his relationship with Trump, bobbing and weaving like the late Muhamad Ali, while discretely tossing red meat to MAGA supporters.

The deployment of K-12 public education as the lead racial dog whistle in Virginia determined the Republican victory in the 2021 gubernatorial race. Glen Youngkin, the…

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Guest Commentary

Will Critical Race Theory Hysteria Influence Future of Affirmative Action?

By Ebony Slaughter-Johnson, JD Guest Commentator

Conservative politicians, pundits, activists, and parents united during the summer of 2021 to face a common enemy.

The end of abortion rights in the United States seems to be a foregone conclusion. After rejecting efforts to temporarily halt the Texas abortion law on…

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Commentary

The Working Class Finds It in Their Hearts To Defend the Rich – Solidarity America

By John Funiciello Columnist

There is no accounting for the generosity of wage-working men and women, who defend the right of millionaires and billionaires to accumulate riches without end when their neighbors and co-workers are suffering to make ends meet, paying the rent or mortgage, putting food on the table, and deciding whether to take a child to a doctor, whose bill cannot be paid.

A recent letter to the editor of a local newspaper warned against “demonizing” wealth or “demonizing” prosperity, apparently referring to the attempt to make the rich…

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Color of Law

Charlottesville Trial Will Be a Verdict on White Supremacy in America

By David A. Love, JD Executive Editor

This nation must now decide if it will allow organized white supremacist violence to run the show.

More than four years after the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, the victims of the white supremacist mob are seeking justice. And the lawsuit they…

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Guest Commentary

Our Unhealthy Obsession With Cuba

By Rosa Miriam Elizalde Guest Commentator

Public funding for the anti-Castro industry in the United States seems inexhaustible.

The piggy bank was rattled again. In September 2021, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) gave $6,669,000 in grants for projects aimed at “regime…

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Sharp n’ Blunt

When Do We Get To Use the Guns

By Desi Cortez Columnist

This “loaded” question was asked at a recent Turning Point USA event, where the cult members cheered or clapped.

When do we get to use the guns?” That’s not a joke. How many elections are they going to steal before we kill these people?” This…

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