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Issue: 948

Mar 23, 2023

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Women’s History Month – Sojourner Truth Ain’t I A Woman? – Delivered 1851 – Women’s Convention, Akron, Ohio

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

If the first woman God ever made was strong enough to turn the world upside down all alone, these women together ought to be able to turn it back, and get it right side up again! And now they is asking to do it, the men better let them.

Well, children, where there is so much racket there must be something out of kilter. I think that 'twixt the negroes of the South and the…

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Deregulation

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Deregulation

By Mark Hurwitt

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Color of Law

Schools Nationwide Should Teach Ethnic Studies

By David A. Love, JD Executive Editor

Ethnic studies present history from the standpoint of underrepresented groups in America, and acknowledges the pivotal role of race and racism in society, along with gender, class, sexual orientation, and other identities.

In Philadelphia and across the country, 2020 was a year of public awakening on issues of institutional racism and long-standing socioeconomic inequities plaguing Black people and…

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Guest Commentary

Michigan Opens the Door to Restoring Union Power

By Sonali Kolhatkar, Independent Media Institute Guest Commentator

For the first time in nearly 60 years, a state is poised to reverse its “right to work” law and begin to undo the damage of a corporate-driven anti-union trend.

Michigan is expected very soon to reverse its so-called “right-to-work” (RTW) law. The repeal, led by Democrats and passing along strictly partisan lines, is a concrete…

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Guest Commentary

Meet the New Holocaust Missile and Armageddon Submarine

By WJ Astore, Bracing Views Guest Commentator

Names Like Minuteman, Peacekeeper, and Sentinel Are Diabolically Dishonest.

Ever think about names of U.S. weapons of war? Rarely are those names honest. I do applaud the relative honesty of Predator and Reaper drones, because…

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