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December 2, 2021

Color of Law

The US Must Deprogram Its Thanksgiving Mindset and Honor Native Americans

By David A. Love, JD Executive Editor

We all live on stolen land, land which was built over ancestral burial grounds. But do we know who came before us, and who cultivated the land for thousands of years? I live in Philadelphia on the traditional lands of the Lenape people. Whose land do you occupy? Do you know? And do you care?

As we recognize the 400th anniversary of the first Thanksgiving, now is the time for the United States to deprogram itself from the myth of the…

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BLMurdered

Cartoon

BLMurdered

By Chuck Siler

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Commentary

How Many Pastors Can We Have?

By Dr. Julianne Malveaux, PhD Editorial Board

How many pastors do I have? As many as will claim me. Hundreds of Black pastors have claimed the Arbery family because they relate to their pain. Whether you are a pastor, you should claim them, too.

Rev. Jesse Jackson and Rev. Al Sharpton are doing the right thing when attending the Amaud Arbery trial. They demonstrate the solidarity that the Black community…

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Commentary

Increase in Strikes May Signal Awakening of American Workers – Solidarity America

By John Funiciello Columnist

They are tired of promises. They want action by both employers and their governments at every level. A promise of full health care benefits...someday...is not enough.

There have been enough strikes across the U.S. in 2021 that some have even called October “Striketober.” By one count, by Oct. 19, there have been…

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Freedom

Art

Freedom

By Margaret Warfield

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Commentary

Democrats Are Failing Their Base!

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

Democrats are taking an aerial view of their supporters’ interests and needs rather than interacting with them regularly.

The Congressional Progressive Caucus and other leftward-leaning House members could learn a lot about messaging strategy from Linda Dunikoski, the Senior District Attorney, who prosecuted the…

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Sharp n’ Blunt

No Rights Which the White Man Is Bound To Respect

By Desi Cortez Columnist

The Confederacy isn’t a long-dead historical geo-location but a present-day contemporary coast-to-coast heartfelt mindset and mentality based on white supremacy and nationalism - and it is entrenched in the very fabric of European American culture.

Kyle Rittenhouse for President…?! It’s an awfully scary thought, imagining the “America '' that Trump’s 100 million-plus cult members most European Americans are wishing for. The…

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