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Issue: 904

March 31, 2022

Color of Law

Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine Is Causing a Global Food Crisis

By David A. Love, JD Executive Editor

The situation in Ukraine is affecting the world’s food supply, with the threat of a grain shortage that could cripple countries in Africa, Asia and the Middle East that depend on Russia and Ukraine for their wheat.

The Russian invasion of Ukraine might seem like a world away for some people—out of sight, out of mind and not their problem. However, in an…

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Guest Commentary

Blaming ‘Evil’ Putin Misses Chance for a Lasting Peace

By Erika Schelby Guest Commentator

Pointing fingers won’t help—an attitude shift is what the world needs now.

The old long war in Afghanistan has barely ended and already there is a new one, this time in Europe. Most governments, the media, and the…

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Guest Commentary

Ending the War in Ukraine

By John Feffer, Foreign Policy in Focus Guest Commentator

No diplomatic solution is possible without serious pressure on Putin.

Vladimir Putin has a very clear strategy for ending his war in Ukraine. He intends to wipe the country off the map. Initially, he’d hoped to…

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Commentary

Women’s History Month – Black Women Under Attack

By Dr. Julianne Malveaux, PhD Editorial Board

despite Judge Brown’s composure and amazing grace, there were too few who had her back.

Chris Rock crossed the line when he ridiculed Jada Pinkett Smith for her alopecia in his mediocre Oscar performance last week. But I fell off the…

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View from the Battlefield

Lessons of the African Liberation Support Committee

By Jamala Rogers Editorial Board

America as we threw off the shackles of oppression—one with the gun and the other with direct actions. Incredible strides were made and African Liberation Day lives on.

You can tell things were popping in the late sixties and early seventies by all the anniversaries we’ve been celebrating over the last couple of years.…

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Guest Commentary

Corporations Are Suppressing Wages…There’s an Easy Fix for That

By Sonali Kolhatkar, Independent Media Institute Guest Commentator

In the United States, the value we attribute to shareholders is somehow greater than the value we attribute to the workers who make our society function,”

Amidall the good news about succesful labor organizing and job growth in the United States is the stark reality that wages continue to remain inexcusably loweven…

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