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Issue: 997

April 18, 2024

Color of Law

Black People, Be a Part of Something Greater Than Yourself

By David A. Love, JD Executive Editor

Black Lives Matter started with a few sisters and a social media hashtag, and the rest is history.

This is the year to plan to join something and get involved. With inflation, student loans, paying the bills, climate change, police violence and so many…

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Guest Commentary

O.J. Is Gone – His Trial Exposed the Large Racial Divide in Our Nation

By Dr. Elwood Watson, PhD Guest Commentator

His popularity was such that whenever he walked into restaurants, athletic or other public events, many people stood up and cheered at his presence! And that intense admiration was reciprocated by him.

It did not take long after his death on April 11th that Orenthal James Simpson (better known as OJ Simpson to the public), became the immediate…

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Sharp n’ Blunt

OJ and Trump… The Enemy of My Enemy… Is My Friend

By Desi Cortez Columnist

It is so graphically and dramatically illustrated, in stark black and white - that we see the world around us in extremely contrasting ways.

Mainstream White America loves Trump, and still hates OJ - both those two facts speak World Book Encyclopedia volumes about this empire. The love for Trump…

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Commentary

Does Amazon Really Need Another Political Giveaway?

By Dr. Julianne Malveaux, PhD Editorial Board

The big retailers used their influence to push a regulation that has made them nearly $100 billion at working families’ expense over the last dozen years.

The Fed should refrain from putting its thumb on the scales to determine which businesses boom and fail. Americans on both ends of the political spectrum…

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Guest Commentary

Zombie Tests: Is the SAT Back From the Dead?

By Sonali Kolhatkar, Independent Media Institute Guest Commentator

As some elite colleges resume SAT requirements in admissions, will we ever see an end to the outdated practice of weeding out prospective students on the basis of race, gender, and class?

When the COVID-19 pandemic began in 2020, higher education institutions throughout the United States started adopting a progressive standard of education that advocates had demanded for…

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