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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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We can't remember if we don't know. If we don't know about the atrocities of slavery, we can't fight for reparations.
I heard about the United Nations General Assembly’s resolution on slavery about the same time I finished reading The Zorg: A Tale of Greed and Murder…
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The MAGA monsters have repulsed us all by treating the war like a video game that has no real-life consequences.
Operation Epic Fury was MAGA’s version of shock and awe. The coordination of the US-Israeli obliteration of Iran’s military infrastructure, including its nuclear capabilities, would be…
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A discerning look at the U.S. capitalist system leaves no room to believe that once a female is in positions of power, everything changes for the better.
One of the most heated debates that I’ve ever had was one about feminism, which I had with a young brother who was a Queen B…
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Their abuse of power dehumanizes society, justifying capitalist contradictions like homelessness, hunger, mass incarceration, and police violence.
For over thirty years, Jeffrey Epstein has been a known pedophile. We can reasonably conclude that by the time he was finally convicted in 2008, his…
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Most people in this country don't know these are stolen lands and that the indigenous people have never given up their right to sovereignty and self-determination.
Gil Scott-Heron warned us in1970 that the “revolution will not be televised,” but he could not foresee the cultural hijackings of a corporate world stage by…
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When people of color hear these phrases about what this country is not, it exposes either the political naivete of the speaker or their dormant racism.
“This is not who we are.” “This is not the America we know.” “This is not how the Leader of the Free World acts.” These are…
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I don't think Dr. King would be able to contain his outrage at MAGA and its Project 2025 plan, which are driving people into poverty and endangering lives by eliminating affordable healthcare. The sight of trump deploying the military against unarmed citizens and immigrants would make his stomach turn.
It seemed that this year’s federal holiday recognizing the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. got lost in the confusion and chaos that have consumed…
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Black people are beyond tired to the bone. Our fatigue of playing the citizenship game goes all the way to the marrow.
Black people have remained loyal and patriotic to America for centuries, enduring extreme brutality, an unpredictable existence, and uncertain futures. No matter what we have accomplished,…
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This situation is not just a policy issue; it is a matter of life and death that can have severe consequences for working people.
I know it seems like the destructive government shutdown was light-years ago, but the longest shutdown in history ended only about a month ago. There is…
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