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November 30, 2023

View from the Battlefield

Black Liberation Is Real Work

By Jamala Rogers Editorial Board

Neither extreme is helpful for our liberatory work nor to those committed to that work.

Recently, I had a conversation about some young people’s obsession with getting paid for volunteer work. My friend who works with several community groups asked a…

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Color of Law

Republicans Will Throw Democracy Under the Bus When They Don’t Get Their Way

By David A. Love, JD Executive Editor

speaking of criminals, Trump — who has caught more cases than a mob boss — is running for the White House once again, promising to go full fascist with mass deportation raids, a purge of thousands of federal employees, an end birthright citizenship, and a return to the Muslim travel ban.

The Republican Party is no friend of democracy. When they don’t have the votes to support their unpopular policies, they try to force them on us…

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Commentary

Pope Francis’s Community of Transwomen – Inclusion

By The Reverend Irene Monroe Editorial Board

Have both Pope Francis and the Vatican come to understand that their denunciation of our present-day gender theories and the fluidity of human sexuality not only perpetuates spiritual harm and alienation to our trans community but also unwittingly invites physical harm - done in the name of God?

It’s a rare opportunity to meet the pope. It’s even rarer if you’re a transgender Catholic. However, on November 19, in Torvaianica, Italy, a community of…

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