978 – Black Commentator

Color of Law

Biden and the Democrats Are Failing To Read the Room on Gaza

By David A. Love, JD Executive Editor

while Black people are always told to mind their business and keep quiet about foreign affairs that supposedly don’t concern them — the way they told Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to shut up about the Vietnam War and stick to civil rights — we should know and we should care.

Judging from the recent events in Israel and Gaza — and the failure of American political leadership to stop a Palestinian genocide funded by the U.S.…

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Cartoon

Trump’s Trials

By Mark Hurwitt

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Commentary

First Married and Black Gay Couple Received AARP Award – Inclusion

By The Reverend Irene Monroe Editorial Board

They have made a difference in the lives around them, sharing their knowledge, experience, talent, and skills to enrich the lives of our community.

On November 12, Paul Glass and Charles D. Evans of Falmouth were honored with this year’s AARP Andrus Award for Community Service. It’s AARP’s most prestigious…

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Guest Commentary

Making Peace and Unmaking Prejudice

By David Swanson Guest Commentator

It doesn’t matter which mass-murder spree you’re looking at. It’s a war.

Note: Remarks at Muslim Community of the Quad Cities in Bettendorf, Iowa, November 10, 2023 In the popular Western imagination war resembles a sport with what…

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Sharp n’ Blunt

How Can Any American of Color Vote for Hitler Wannabe Donald Trump?

By Desi Cortez Columnist

This means people of color are going to have to step up and vote in unprecedented numbers.

Here we are, mid-week, and MSNBC and CNN are parroting my column from last week. Trump is a die-hard fan of Adolph Hitler, wants to be…

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Guest Commentary

Seeing Through the Economic Bait and Switch

By Sonali Kolhatkar, Independent Media Institute Guest Commentator

The values of the U.S. public are not the same as those of the wealthy and corporations. It took a UN official—an outsider—to point out the dissonance.

Olivier De Schutter, the United Nations special rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, recently issued a scathing statement about the shameful state of the United…