One of my favorite quotations is from Harper Lee, who wrote: “To Kill A Mockingbird.” She said, “you can choose your friends, but you sho’ can’t choose your family, and they’re still kin to you no matter whether you acknowledge them or not, and it makes you look right silly when you don’t.” Political parties […]
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With apologies to the Doors and Jim Morrison When I was back there in law school, there was a person there who put forth the proposition that you can petition the Supreme Court without despair The disingenuous and cynical opposition to President Biden announcing he would select a Black woman as his nominee to serve
Fighting racism and inequality was all the rage in May 2020 when approximately 15 to 20 million Americans took to the streets in at least 200 cities in the United States. Books and videos about anti-racism flew off the shelves, and there was what some observers saw as a seminal moment, a national recognition of
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The current practice of categorizing political groups or ideologies people belong to needs a complete overhaul. We have the Right-Wing versus the Left-Wing, we have Conservatives versus Liberals, and we even have Liberals versus Progressives. Then we debate between those who support capitalism and those who support socialism. Of course, this debate centers around the
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When I think about our current predicament in the United States, the lyrics of the late, great Amy Winehouse come to mind, “What kind of fuckery is this?” A catastrophe looming on the horizon will be more devastating than any airborne virus. COVID-19 has been the most catastrophic medical and economic crisis our country has
During the past 18 months, the Covid 19 virus wasn’t the only outbreak that occurred. An outpouring of cries for social justice has rung out globally. Much of America has been forced to deal with an issue that Black people have been dealing with since the “White Lion” arrived in Jamestown, Virginia, with 20
During the period 1956-1971, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) conducted the Counter- Intelligence Program (COINTELPRO). COINTELPRO was a government-funded fascistic operation designed to silence political movements and shut down political and social change. COINTELPRO was a series of government projects developed to destroy many of the movements and organizations responsible for much of the
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