Issue: 935
Dec 10, 2022
Guest Commentary
Cartoonish Candidates Aside, the Far Right Is No Laughing Matter
Guest Commentator
The far right in the United States is potentially just one election and one declared "state of emergency" away from dismantling the "deep state" and subverting democracy from within.
It's easy to dismiss Herschel Walker as the hapless face of the far right. Yes, he lost. But he lost by less than 1 percent of…
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View from the Battlefield
The Future of Water
Editorial Board
Based upon the trauma we are putting on the planet, it will become more difficult - and more expensive - to guarantee safe water to residents.
When I became politically aware that water was a commodity, I was outraged. As a kid, you turn on the tap, you jump into the swimming…
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Color of Law
Will a Provision in the Inflation Reduction Act Help Black Communities Get Environmental Justice?
Executive Editor
Black people, other people of color and low-income communities face the most environmental devastation from climate change and live in neighborhoods where polluting power plants are built.
In what is being hailed as a victory for the Biden administration andDemocrats, the Inflation Reduction Act has been framed as a “game changer” for a…
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Sharp n’ Blunt
The Rigged Supreme Court
Columnist
America’s xenophobic 4th Reich will not concede to tolerance, logic, or decency. What they desire is absolute domination and control of all society.
As we breathe, the Supreme Court’s contrived and concocted conservative bloc sits unquestionably sympathetic to a Colorado graphic designer who argues a state law prohibiting discrimination…
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Cover Story
Lessons From 2022 Midterms for Statewide Blacks and Democrats
Columnist
Sen. Warnock was singularly excellent in rallying his base voters and a respectful number of Independents, Republican dissidents, unaffiliated voters, and ethnic minorities to support him.
Democrats in statewide political races have much to learn from outcomes in 2022 midterm races. While the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) has been taking a…
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Guest Commentary
Senator Warnock’s Re-Election is a Victory for Social Security
Guest Commentator
It is a loss for Republican politicians and their Wall Street donors who are determined to reach into our pockets and steal our hard earned benefits.
f Social Security was on the ballot in Georgia’s December 6 run-off election. Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock’s re-election is a win for working families. It is…
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