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February 29, 2024

View from the Battlefield

Black History Month Cover Story: How We Organize Does Make a Difference

By Jamala Rogers Editorial Board

Those who want to make America white again aka MAGA have waged a successful coup of the Republican Party. And won!

On the anniversary of Malcolm X, new details about the assassination emerged. Around that same time, trump snatched the South Carolina primary from his opponent’s home…

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Color of Law

Black History Month: Black Wall Street Wasn’t the Only Racial Massacre

By David A. Love, JD Executive Editor

Before, during and after Tulsa, lynchings and racial violence were taking place across the country.

The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 has received much attention, at a time when America comes to terms with its legacy of systemic racism and racial…

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Commentary

Black History Month: Gospel Music in the Key of Queer – Inclusion

By The Reverend Irene Monroe Editorial Board

The Black church applauds its LGBTQIA congregants in the choir pews yet excoriates us from the pulpits. It pimps our talent yet damns our souls with the theological qualifier of “love the sinner but hate the sin.”

Every Black History Month, there is always a tribute to the Black Church and its gospel music. The contribution of LGBTQIA singers to the canon of…

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Sharp n’ Blunt

The Orange King on Day One

By Desi Cortez Columnist

If, by some twist of fate, Trump claims the Oval Office, God bless us all. Yet, if he is denied, God help us. Either way, he’ll unleash a legion of fervent White hate, primed for a diabolical uprising.

I hate to interrupt Black History Month, but Satan called; he wants his brother Donald back! Straight from that jackass’ Trump’s mouth: “Your victory will be…

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Guest Commentary

Countering Corporate Propaganda

By Sonali Kolhatkar, Independent Media Institute Guest Commentator

We are steeped in the cultural glorification of capitalist exploitation. What if we rejected economic individualism and instead embraced ideas rooted in collective well-being?

Streaming television channels these days are increasingly inserting advertising into their paid subscriber content. Thus, I recently found myself sitting through several commercials that struck me…

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