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April 14, 2022

GOP Orgy

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GOP Orgy

By Chuck Siler

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Guest Commentary

Shameful Allegations and Antics

By Dr. Elwood Watson, PhD Guest Commentator

Accusing the esteemed judge of coddling child pornographers and aiding and abetting terrorists are scurrilous allegations that could be grounds for libel.

Just when you though they couldn’t go any lower, some Republicans have taken to labeling Democrats as the pro-pedophilia party. Yes, you read that correctly. On…

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Color of Law

The Lawsuit Against DeRay McKesson Would Have a Chilling Effect on the Right To Protest

By David A. Love, JD Executive Editor

Conservative Republican judges are coming for your right to protest and making up laws to punish racial justice movements. And you should be concerned about this.

The right to protest in America is under attack, and it all involves a case against a Black Lives Matter activist. Conservative Republican judges are coming…

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Commentary

Brother Biden, Please Keep Another Promise or Two

By Dr. Julianne Malveaux, PhD Editorial Board

What is preventing you from honoring a campaign promise and helping needy people?

I do this thing in my head with President Joe Biden. When he gets on my nerves, I often call him President. When I want something…

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Resolute

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Resolute

By Margaret Warfield

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Invasion

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Invasion

By Eric Garcia Cartoonist/Artist

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Guest Commentary

Learning the Wrong Lessons from Ukraine

By David Swanson Guest Commentator

The world has had incredibly good luck and a ridiculously high number of near misses with nuclear weapons. The mere passage of time makes nuclear apocalypse extremely likely.

NATO didn’t add Ukraine, which was attacked. Therefore every country or at least lots of them should be added to NATO. Russia has a bad government.…

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View from the Battlefield

The Judicial Collusion in the Attack on Voting Rights

By Jamala Rogers Editorial Board

It is still a conservative court and with civil and constitutional rights laws under unprecedented assault, we are poised to witness legislative and judicial decisions that will take us backward real fast.

We celebrated the confirmation of Ketanji Brown Jackson as the new US Supreme Court Justice. Jackson’s endurance of the GOP’s venom had little to do with…

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