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BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board member and Columnist, Jamala Rogers, founder and Chair Emeritus of the Organization for Black Struggle in St. Louis. She is an organizer, trainer and speaker. She is the author of The Best of the Way I See It – A Chronicle of Struggle. Other writings by Ms. Rogers can be found on her blog jamalarogers.com. Contact Ms. Rogers and BC.
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The country which beats its chest about being the beacon of democracy for the world continues to inch toward a police state.
Sweeping the country is a wave of legislation that puts a chill on the freedom to assemble and engage in direct action. This is the devilish…
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Black and Brown people have been put in harm’s way by trump, his noisy collaborators and his quiet abettors. In the days ahead, we’ll be thinking about self-defense.
The failed coup was well planned and well telegraphed. It will go down as the most blatant act of domestic terrorism ever orchestrated by a sitting…
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Our task is to intensify the organizing work over this last year and get to the source of the massive oppression and suffering.
If you’re reading the column, that means you survived COVID-19 and that you still have some wits about you. What a year! The forced isolation severed…
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The demands have not been significantly different over the last 50 years. Stop the occupation. Stop the profiling. Stop the killing.
City’s top cops are going through the grinder. They are under heavy criticism; some are getting their pink slips. We saw a similar phenomenon when urban…
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Wishing, hoping and ignoring facts are not the solutions to taming the beast. It starts with using common sense, being determined to survive and taking care of our communities.
A recent report in Mississippi cited a tip in the COVID-19 scales favoring African Americans. This affirms what I know about my people: they are pragmatic.…
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The burden of trumpism has fallen squarely on people of color and white people are required to step up and truly lead. I’m suggesting two white-led efforts that must yield some tangible results.
Since Election Day, I have constantly been asked why the vote is so close in the presidential battle. Clearly, the nation has always been divided. The…
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He wakes up everyday unfazed by the tragic situation fueled by his inaction.
It has been 28 weeks since the pandemic hit U.S. shores and still, no national coordinated plan has been developed or implemented. COVID-19 cases have exceeded…
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Despite our persistent efforts to contribute to U.S. society and fit in as full-fledged, respected citizens, Black people are continuously met with contempt and cruelty. That we’ll never be considered equals is a hard pill to swallow given all the hoops and hurdles that we’ve gone through.
Winter in America. It’s the title song from the album of the same name written and performed by urban poet Gil Scott-Heron. Released in 1974, Scott-Heron’s…
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The National Registry of Exonerations reports that there have been 2,644 exonerations since 1989 when it started tracking the injustices. There are thousands more languishing in U.S. prisons while trying to prove their innocence. That’s a total of 23,500 years lost by victims and their families due to a racist, unjust system. The time and missed life experiences can never be recovered.
The man in the White House masquerading as a president flaunted his blatant disrespect of the law when he pardoned another one of his felon friends.…
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