Florida fights ethnic cleansing King’s dream denied
Lest it be forgotten, every African American woman, man and child, whether a single mother struggling in desperate poverty, one of the six billionaires or …
‘Definitional theft’ and the ‘DeSantis-izing’ of history have legal status in Florida
Florida has rejected an AP African American history course as having no academic value, according to Gov. Ronald Dion DeSantis. But there is a track …
No excuses for Santos, political deceit long preceded his ‘enhanced’ résumé
George Santos, aka George Anthony Santos, aka Anthony Devolder, aka George Anthony Devolder Santos, aka Kitara Ravache came under the national spotlight after winning election …
End in sight for racist cocaine sentencing, time to do right by victims
Decades ago, drug-fueled violence was ravaging many neighborhoods so much that some pastors and other community leaders described it as “a new form of genocide.” …
Oregon governors continue state’s progressive attitude towards capital punishment
On Monday, Dec. 12, agents of the theocratic dictatorship which has ruled Iran for 43 years executed a young man in public by hoisting him …
California’s reparations task force paints grim picture of slavery without shackles
In the debate over “critical race theory,” some Americans reject the idea that the nation should be held accountable for slavery’s aftermath. They insist that …
Democrats have a lot of work to do if they want to reverse low voter turnout
Even though Democrats did not suffer a widely anticipated wipeout in the Nov. 8 midterms – partly because of displeasure with the Supreme Court’s ruling …
Florida still among states benefiting handsomely from prison slave labor
In the Nov. 8 midterm elections, Alabama, Oregon, Tennessee and Vermont approved ballot questions to finally abolish slavery – yes, slavery, in the year 2022 …
Democrats defied history with midterm showing but democracy still at risk
My wife recently started feeding a duck that frequents our backyard with several other wild birds. The duck has an injured leg and cannot compete …
Midterm results show decades-long GOP takeover plan still stalled
The votes are still being counted but it looks like a hurricane did not blow away Democrats in Tuesday’s mid-term elections and a decadeslong stealth …