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February 17, 2022

Guest Commentary

Racism and the NFL

By Dr. Elwood Watson, PhD Guest Commentator

Flores described the plethora of emotions he harbored, which ran the gamut between humiliation, anger, and disbelief.

Even in the wake of the Super Bowl, the one story that won’t go away involves Michael Flores, Roger Goodell, and the NFL drama that’s been…

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Guest Commentary

Is Democracy Going Down?

By WJ Astore, Bracing Views Guest Commentator

War, as Orwell saw it, was a way of making huge sums of money for a few at the expense of the many, who would be left in a state where they simply couldn’t fight back or take power. Ever.

In my lifetime of nearly 60 years, America has waged five major wars, winning one decisively, then throwing that victory away, while losing the other four…

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Cover Story

Black History Month When Zora Calls

By Dr. Julianne Malveaux, PhD Editorial Board

We can’t afford to throw away our geniuses, especially not Zora Neale Hurston.

Zora Neale Hurston has been calling out to Black women since she started writing, collecting our folklore, insisting on our presence. She was a literary sensation…

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Hiccups

Cartoon

Hiccups

By Chuck Siler

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Color of Law

Malcolm X and the Black Lives Matter Movement

By David A. Love, JD Executive Editor

the way in which the victims of racism are treated in the U.S. reflects a refusal to come to terms with it. While institutional racism is hardwired into the fiber of America, the victims of racial injustice are left to prove that someone intended to discriminate against them.

February 21 marks the anniversary of the assassination of Malcolm X who articulated a message of racial justice that made him far ahead of his time.…

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Guest Commentary

Memo to Congress: Diplomacy for Ukraine Is Spelled M-I-N-S-K

By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J.S.Davies, CODEPINK Guest Commentators

You would think Congress would be echoing the public sentiment that a war with Russia is not in our national interest.

While the Biden administration is sending more troops and weapons to inflame the Ukraine conflict and Congress is pouring more fuel on the fire, the American…

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Ukraine

Cartoon

Ukraine

By Carlos Latuff

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