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Schumer OP-ED Congress Must Act to Address Gun Violence

October 1, 2019 Carma Henry 0

The conclusions are clear: Black Americans face a grea-ter risk of being victims of gun violence compared to their peers. The only question that remains is what will be done about it. It is obvious that our current laws are not doing enough to prevent guns from falling into the wrong hands. Now, more than ever, we must do more to protect our children from the scourge of gun violence. […]

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“Hell No!” That is my message to those who would divide us

October 1, 2019 Carma Henry 0

In framing the profound impact that organized labor has had on the civil rights movement and why this relationship must be shored up and strengthened at every turn, I wanted to start with Nelson Mandela, the African National Congress leader, Nobel Peace Prize winner and first president of the new South Africa. Mandela, upon being released from the South African jail where he spent 28 years, made Dearborn, Michigan, one of his very first stops on a trip that included addressing the United Nations. He stopped to speak to UAW Local 600 members to thank them for their anti-apartheid efforts to bring freedom to South Africa and to extol the America labor movement. […]

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Impeaching a President

October 1, 2019 Carma Henry 0

  “An impeachment process is a viable option for the current House of Representatives given that the hearings will force several people in or close to the Trump Administration to testify before Congress under oath,” said D. Gilson, a writer who has taught popular cultural studies. […]

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The Trump Effect – is this administration a present danger to the Black psyche?

October 1, 2019 Carma Henry 0

“Vast segments of the psychiatric community, including the editorial staff of Psychology Today, and the eminent Yale psychiatrist Bandy Lee, have expounded on the potential harm of the Chief Executive’s mental fitness, on our collective psyche. That said, we have reached out to a cross section of (non-White) mental health clinicians to get their take on the man in the Oval Office and his impact on people of color in these United States.” […]

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Hope and necessity this International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons

October 1, 2019 Carma Henry 0

Today is the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons. Recognizing the growing concerns over the catastrophic humanitarian effects of even a single nuclear weapon and the findings of the “Nuclear Famine” scientific studies, the U.N. General Assembly declared the International Day in 2013 as part of a series of efforts to raise public awareness and to seek deeper engagement on nuclear disarmament matters. […]