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Republicans’ Anti-Democracy Tactics

 America’s Democracy is facing  an even deadlier threat. Unfortunately, this threat is emanating from the Republican Party. It’s as though they’re infected with an anti-Democracy virus, which is like autothysis. This is a condition whereby insects intentionally inject themselves with their own venom as a defense mechanism to kill enemies attempting to devour them. […]

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Yuletide Carols

 It’s the time of year that you may be suffering the Christmas parking blues. Don’t fret, pull up your chair and get out the wrapping paper. Get a glass of eggnog and put a splash of rum in it. Readers, a splash does not mean half the bottle of rum. Here is a red flag if after your 2nd glass of eggnog, you find yourself guzzling the open bottle… It is officially “Nap-time” friend.  Put the rum down and go sleep it off!  […]

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How Many Pastors Can We Have?

So how many pastors does the Arbery family have? As many as they want. Black folks around the nation and the world are praying for a just result in this trial. We are praying for a judicial ruling that the massacre of Black people is unacceptable. We are praying for an examination of this nonsense called “citizen’s arrest.” And we are praying for our leaders, our pastors, our brothers to keep the faith and keep representing. […]

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Why Are Guns so Prominent and Important to Certain Americans?

     The right to own a gun responsively is protected in the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution. “In the United States, access to guns is controlled by laws under a number of federal statutes. These laws regulate the manufacture, trade, possession, transfer, record keeping, transport, and destruction of firearms, ammunition, and firearms accessories,” says the Wikipedia Encyclopedia. […]

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Supreme Court’s Enshrined White Supremacy Ideology

     President George Washington proposed creating the Supreme Court. It was  then established as law by the Judiciary Act of 1789. Washington nominated to the Court one chief justice and five associates. Of the six, four were slave owners; thus,  the Supreme Court  was enshrined with the white supremacy ideology. In 1869, the court was set at nine. […]

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Black Seminole Nation John Horse

     All of the Black escaped slaves did not use the Underground Railroad to migrate North. From 1700-1850, most of the slaves in Alabama and Georgia fled to the safe haven of Florida. At this time Spain owned Florida and they abolished slavery in 1693. Florida became a land of respite for our Black forefathers. Several hundred families of the Black Seminoles still remain in their nation. After the abolishment of slavery in 1864, these families continued to live in their camps and homes deep in the Everglades. […]

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THE APOTHEOSIS OF WHITENESS

     This theme of some white person becoming a god is repeated throughout the history of art in Western civilization. “The Apotheosis of Homer,” “The Apotheosis of Saint Ignatius” and “The Apotheosis of Hercules” are just a few. The concept of deification was a great tool for myth building that exalted cultures and religions. But in all these representations of man becoming God-like, there is one common thread: They are all white. […]

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Right Wing Judges Put Millions’ Rights and Access to Health Care at Risk

     On Dec. 1, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in the case of a Mississippi abortion ban. That law was written by a right-wing legal group. It was part of a long-term strategy to get the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 ruling that recognized that pregnant people have a constitutional right to make decisions about whether or not to terminate a pregnancy. […]