Trade enforcement creates American jobs
Roughly one in four American workers has filed for unemployment since the pandemic began. To stem the historic tide of unemployment, policymakers quickly put together …
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Patriotism and the Pandemic: putting the pain on pause
“O say does that star-bangled banner yet wave, over land of the free and the home of the brave?” No doubt, when those words ring …
We breathe, reproduce, excel, protest, struggle
When I hear folks, who look like me say, “I’m not Black, I’m (fill in the blank country),” I get it. They are saying they …
Japan, New Zealand march to mourn Floyd, seek change
Tokyo (AP) – Holding handmade signs that read “Black Lives Matter,” hundreds of people marched peacefully in Tokyo on Sunday, highlighting the outrage over the …
After Floyd death, a reckoning for immigrant store owners
George Floyd was killed after employees at a convenience store owned by a Palestinian American Muslim – with a Muslim prayer space in its basement …
Trump’s piecemeal policing order is woefully inadequate
On President Trump’s executive order on policing: Donald Trump and his administration have taken every opportunity to dismantle federal police reform efforts, undercut accountability, and …
Monuments under attack worldwide glorify racism and white supremacy
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, whose non-violent activism ended 200 years of British rule over his native India, was honored in Africa as a revered adopted son …
What Liberals don’t get: Defunding won’t reform police
Yes, there is a need for police reform to prevent what happened to George Floyd from happening to any American — ever again. There is …
Police officers wash feet of black pastors in N. Carolina
Cary, N.C. (AP) – Police in North Carolina have washed the feet of black religious leaders during a prayer walk that was aimed at ending …
Romney’s racial justice march spotlights faith groups’ role
Mitt Romney’s participation in a racial justice march Sunday brought the startling sight of Republicans’ 2012 presidential nominee avowing that “black lives matter” – a …