Issue: 926
Oct 6, 2022
Color of Law
Why Indigenous Peoples’ Day Should Resonate With Black People
Executive Editor
When armed white supremacist thugs are the last line of defense for Columbus, what more do you need to know about Columbus?
Indigenous Peoples’ Day is gradually replacing Columbus Day, and we as a culture are here for it. In fact, we have been for quite some time.…
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Commentary
Black Wombs Matter: See Aftershock
Editorial Board
The issue of Black maternal health care is tackled in the film, Aftershock,
Did you know that Black women are three or four times more likely to die from childbirth complications than white women? Congresswoman Robin Kelly (D-IL), who…
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Guest Commentary
Tech Billionaires Are Actually Dumber Than You Think
Guest Commentator
ranking multibillionaires is a meaningless exercise that obscures the absurdity of their wealth.
In mid-September, for just a few days, Indian industrialist Gautam Adani entered the ranks of the top three richest people on earth as per Bloomberg’s Billionaires…
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Guest Commentary
No Matter What the Charter School Movement Says, Parents Like Their Public Schools
Guest Commentator
Republicans have long made public education a whipping post going back to at least the presidency of Ronald Reagan.
Who would have imagined that after the past two tumultuous years, when so much was written and said about how the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic…
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Guest Commentary
Fascism: Hello, Goodbye
Guest Commentator
Meloni has not been following a historic model of Italian fascism so much as the current model of American neo-fascism, courtesy of Trump himself.
Italy just elected a far-right leader. Is this the beginning of a resurgence of fascism, or the beginning of the end? The telegenic star of Europe’s…
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