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BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board member and Columnist, Sharon Kyle, JD, is a formerpresident of the Guild Law School and is the publisher and co-founder of the LA Progressive. For years before immersing herself in the law and social justice, Ms. Kyle was a member of several space flight teams at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory where she managed resources for projects like Magellan, Genesis, and Mars Pathfinder. Sharon sits onseveral boards including the Board of Directors of the ACLU. She is a contributing writer to Black Politics Today. Follow @SharonKyle00. Contact the LA Progressive, Ms. Kyle and BC.
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Many consider the demise of this FCC policy to be a contributing factor to party polarization in the United States and the rise of the radical right.
Back in January 2020, before we were quarantined, I was at a social event where I overheard two men talking about progressive media. Being within earshot…
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the other side of the coin is that once one is aware, a moral imperative arises.
In trying to explain systemic racism, I’d like to use a metaphor. Sometimes I compare racism to having a significant carbon footprint. The population of the…
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So, what can we do? Understanding what goes on behind the scenes after the general election is a good first step.
2020 compares to 1968 as among the most tumultuous in American history. True, in ’68 there was no pandemic, yet that year witnessed the greatest loss…
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Trump’s Twitter attacks against Governor Whitmer fanned the flames of discord — a tactic that keeps his base coming back for more and mobilizes them to build a united front. His refusal to commit to a peaceful transfer of power gives him the rogue outlaw image his base loves — that unwavering bunch of 40 million.
A good indicator of the credibility of these polls is the outbreak of partisan violence that’s already happened at political rallies and otherwise peaceful protests. Another…
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“just say no?”
Last week, Donald Trump hosted more than 100 people in the White House Rose Garden to celebrate his third nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court, Amy…
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Ginsburg spent a considerable part of her legal career as an advocate for the advancement of gender equality and women’s rights, winning multiple arguments before the Supreme Court.
We lost a giant on the American legal landscape when the Honorable Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed away. Justice Ginsburg was one of only…
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Today, the Census Bureau maintains the spirit of the objectives established in 1879 which was to count everybody – citizens, non-citizen legal residents, non-citizen long-term visitors and undocumented immigrants.
It happens every ten years. The United States conducts a census—a systematic set of procedures we use to count the number of people living in the…
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One of the “perks” of being a black woman married to a white man is that some white people seem to think that my opinion on these matters carries weight.
Former Vice President Joe Biden probably regrets telling Charlamagne the God, “if you have a problem figuring out whether you’re for me or for Trump, then…
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all too often, it seems as if we (older Black people) are only an afterthought. I cannot count the hundreds of events I’ve attended to support progressive causes where I’ve been the only older Black person in the room.
What’s happening in the Democratic Party saddens me. If Joe Biden secures the party’s nomination it will have been because of one demographic – older Black…
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