Women’s Rights: A Double Burden
A Double Burden and “The Rising of the Race” Minority women faced a double burden or double...
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The Black Panther Party: Last Thoughts on Huey P. Newton
And yet, who among us could have stood up and faced him, eye to eye? Who among us could have answered his quest for knowledge and change? Who could have matched him truth for truth, soul to soul, at the time his power was at its greatest? When the Dream was still before him, the rebellion imminent, and all seemed possible?
Whether one agrees or disagrees with Newton and the philosophy of the Panthers, such sterling courage in the face of adversity still deserves our recognition and respect.
For those of us who remember him, his death will continue to give us pause. His life invites us to take another long hard look at the society into which he was born. What can we say of the pervasive racism that has hounded so many millions of Black people over the decades, young and old, male and female, educated and uneducated alike?
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What does the president imply when he cries out “fake news”? He means that the news media have made up a story about him: that the story is fiction, something someone dreamed up out of whole cloth; it is an “imaginary story” with no factual basis in reality, in other words.
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Women’s Rights: The Fight Goes On!
It is up to us to keep alive the story of the courage and determination they showed in the face of great opposition and the limiting inequalities of the past. It is our turn to share, and pass on to others, this heroic story of their fiery commitment to the American promise of justice and equality for all people everywhere!
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Trump No Draft Dodger He
Let’s get one thing straight: The president is Commander-in-Chief so how could President Trump ever be a “draft-dodger”?
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