Issue: 963
July 6, 2023
View from the Battlefield
The High Court Goes Low
Editorial Board
The idea of using the constitution to inform fair and inclusive decisions has become laughable.
The now clearly consolidated conservative U.S. Supreme Court ended its term in a blaze of catastrophic, far-reaching decisions. The three Democratically appointed women were solid in…
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Guest Commentary
Supreme Court Preserves College Preferences for Wealthy Whites
Guest Commentator
In its recent ruling on affirmative action in college admissions, the Supreme Court’s conservative justices squarely came down on the side of race and class-based preferences—for wealthy whites.
The United States Supreme Court’s recent ruling striking down race as a factor in college and university admissions was in response to a case brought by…
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Guest Commentary
SCOTUS – Driven by Its Conservative Right-Wing
Guest Commentator
While America is indeed a very colorful, racially diverse, and a pluralistic society, our history has been anything but racially progressive, open and tolerant. Past and present.
On June 29th, after decades of aggressive and strategic efforts from influential right wing forces, the US Supreme Court, by a 6–3 supermajority, outlawed race conscious…
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Commentary
Will the GOP Turn Away From Evangelical Christians? – Inclusion
Editorial Board
Since Trump’s indictment, many Republican leaders who had pledged fealty to him for political survival are now distancing themselves.
In today’s political landscape, where there is a blurring of church and state, white Evangelicals call the Republican Party the Party of Trump. As a core…
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Sharp n’ Blunt
The “No Gays, Blacks, Mexicans and Jews” Signs Are Being Dusted Off
Columnist
We’re witnessing a fabricated, stacked, and stolen Supreme Court, the highest court in all the land, in a cold and calculated manner, reverse time and reverse history.
I’ve spent most of my adult life talking and writing about America and its “problem.” i.e., Black people. Yes, there’s little debate about it, WEB DuBois…
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