David A. Love, JD

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.

Much like American civil rights icon Rosa Parks - who was arrested six decades ago by breaking the law for refusing to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama bus to a white man - Tamimi has become the face of a nonviolent movement against injustice.

The U.S. comes in first place in guns per capita, and has the highest firearm homicide rate of the most advanced countries in the world. Our firearm murder rate is 25 times higher than 22 other developed nations, and our gun suicide rate is eight times higher.

It is common among families who own communal land through heirs’ property for developers to entice relatives to sell their share, opening the door for developers to auction off all the land at a profit.

there has been a major realignment, and long story short, the GOP has emerged as the party of white American fascism, anti-Blackness and domestic terrorism.

It is not enough to declare what we abhor. The question is, what do we wish to uphold, and who do we hope to uplift?

Just as America is being forced to address its legacy of enslavement, segregation and systemic racism, the nation must confront the genocide of Indigenous people — who are rendered all but invisible in society — and the role of settler colonialism in building the country.

Whether in college or on the K-12 level, the ongoing purge of Black teachers, professors, educators, administrators and Black studies will have a devastating impact not just on Black students but on all students, society in general and the educational system as a whole.

As some Congressional Black Caucus members accept AIPAC contributions, AIPAC spends millions to bring down Black candidates in primary and general elections, particularly progressive women of color who could align with “the Squad.”