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Issue: 931

Nov 13, 2022

Guest Commentary

Republican Infighting Has Already Begun

By Dr. Elwood Watson, PhD Guest Commentator

across nearly all regions of the nation, Republicans did not do as well as expected.

The Republican Party endured considerable humiliation on election night, as their much-anticipated “red wave” turned out to be a red thud. There are races yet to…

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Guest Commentary

Democrats Didn’t Win—They Simply Held the Line

By Sonali Kolhatkar, Independent Media Institute Guest Commentator

Democrats made greater gains than expected, winning races in both the Senate and the House that they didn’t expect.

Yes, it was a relief that increasingly fascist Republicans didn’t sweep the midterms. But our democratic standards cannot fall so low as to accept a split…

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Results Flip

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Results Flip

By Mark Hurwitt

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Commentary

A Progressive Movement in Los Angeles – Really? – The Invisible Woman

By Sharon Kyle, JD Editorial Board

the belief that some people matter and are deserving of justice and humane treatment while others don’t gets infused into our policies.

As bell hooks used to say, “we live in a First World, imperialist, white-supremacist, capitalist, hegemonic, cis-gendered, patriarchy” - so why should L.A. be any different?…

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Guest Commentary

Wes Moore Jr Becomes the First Black Governor of Maryland

By Larry Matthews Guest Commentator

His personal history, the values he grew up with, his magnetism, his intelligence are now in service to the people of Maryland. Fairness, equity, justice.

In November of 1981, Wes Moore Sr. and I were reporters for a Washington, D.C. radio station. We were sent to Richmond to cover the election…

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Guest Commentary

Democrats Keep Control of the Senate – Democracy Is Saved!

By WJ Astore, Bracing Views Guest Commentator

What we can look forward to is two more years of divided, do-nothing government in Washington, DC, with politics being dominated by Donald Trump’s new run for the presidency

I woke up to the news the Democrats will keep control of the Senate through 2024. Democracy is saved! I guess the Russian bots didn’t steal…

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Sharp n’ Blunt

Countdown to Doomsday

By Desi Cortez Columnist

I go to bed on the eve of the end of America with that vision of a chaotic America on the horizon and on my mind. Good God.

Monday evening, November 7th, “Countdown to Doomsday.” Perhaps the last “full day” in the life of America as we’ve come to know it. I’m left to…

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Color of Law

Meet Edward Blum, the Man Who Wants To Take Down Affirmative Action

By David A. Love, JD Executive Editor

This is about people who want to ensure that even bare-minimum programs for racial justice, diversity, equity and inclusion are cast aside so that this is once again a country solely for, of and about white men.

The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Monday to decide whether to throw college affirmative action programs in the dustbin of history, and the highest…

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