Nov 19, 2022
View from the Battlefield
Editorial Board
It sounds like betting on the horse races, but the betting seems to be against the people and about concentrating power in the hands of a few.
The prediction of a mid-term red wave has petered out. In survival mode, most working-class voters don’t remember one election to the next unless it’s really…
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Commentary
Columnist
Despite the Republican assertions that the economy was the core of voters’ anxieties, their post-election responses revealed that ‘saving democracy’ and a ‘woman’s right to choose’ topped their lists.
The 2022 Midterms have concluded, and the Democrats were able to hold on to the Senate, and might gain a seat, but narrowly lost the House…
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Color of Law
Executive Editor
Although he has benefited from affirmative action, the man compared affirmative action to slavery and said the program had stigmatized and disadvantaged him in his legal career.
OPINION: It was recently revealed that former President Trump’s lawyers viewed the justice as key to helping overturn the election — further proof that Thomas needs…
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Commentary
Editorial Board
Rita lived large and loved big, but she could have never imagined her life and her death would mean so much to so many.
In the pantheon of slain civil rights activists, Rita Hester, an African-American transgender woman, is among them. There had been several transgender murders prior to Rita’s…
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Guest Commentary
Guest Commentator
Permanent war is the new normal in America, justified as always in terms of making the world safe for democracy.
W.J. Astore In 1961, in his famous farewell address, President Dwight D. Eisenhower warned America about the military-industrial complex. He said it potentially posed a grave…
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