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Issue: 952

Apr 20, 2023

Color of Law

Removing Black Lawmakers From Office Has a Long, Sordid History

By David A. Love, JD Executive Editor

America has a long history of removing Black lawmakers from office, quelling dissent and subverting the will of the voters — all for the sake of raw power, resisting demographic change and maintaining White dominance through antidemocratic and dictatorial means.

As shocking as these expulsions were to many, America has a long history of removing Black lawmakers from office, quelling dissent and subverting the will of…

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Commentary

Another Lynching in Tennessee

By Dr. Julianne Malveaux, PhD Editorial Board

Like Wells, the two Justins were undeterred by the potential consequences of their anti-gun protest. Like Wells, they are a profile in courage and conviction.

The abolitionist journalist Ida B. Wells’s quest to document lynchings began when three of her friends, Tommy Moss, Calvin McDowell, and Will Stewart, were lynched because…

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Guest Commentary

Clarence Thomas Proves It’s Time for Supreme Court Term Limits

By Sonali Kolhatkar, Independent Media Institute Guest Commentator

If justices can be bought by billionaires, lifetime terms only enable corruption rather than protect the U.S. Supreme Court from undue influence.

A pair of new investigative reports from ProPublica about Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas are a testament to not only the importance of good journalism in…

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Guest Commentary

Shootings Are Us – Fear, Fantasy, Fun–and Guns

By WJ Astore, Bracing Views Guest Commentator

America has so many deadly shootings on a daily basis that they hardly qualify as news anymore. What gives?

Shootings are all over the news today. A young woman killed in rural New York when she drove up the wrong driveway and the owner of…

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Guest Commentary

To Fight Inequality, Tax the Patriarchy and Invest in Care

By Rebekah Entralgo, Inequality.org Guest Commentator

If billionaires and corporations pay their share of taxes, there would be more than enough revenue to invest in child care, paid leave, and home care.

While millions of households across the United States were scrambling to file — or extend — their taxes by the April 19th deadline, members of our…

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