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America Defeated Abroad, Democracy Unraveling At Home

      America can now add the Afghanistan War,  including Korean and Vietnam, as another tragedy and costly defeat. The premise for the first two wars was to stop the spread of communism. The war in Afghanistan resulted from our efforts to capture and punish Osama bin Laden. History revealed Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld’s ill-fated decision to rely on airstrikes and untrained Afghan militias to attack bin Laden’s hideout and to seal his escape routes failed. This failure caused ripple effects which led to 20 years of senseless struggles in Afghanistan. […]

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To Labor Day and Labor Days Ahead

     This is a time of tremendous evolution in our industries. We are on the cusp of a complete transition in mobility. A transition to clean energy and clean vehicles. At the UAW, we have been heavily involved in the national discussion on how we can successfully navigate this transition. […]

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  PREPARING FOR THE UNEXPECTED

       How can we better prepare? It is the question every public safety professional asks and the motivation behind everything we do. Better preparation allows for the best possible response to any incident. Often the incidents or disasters we prepare for are unplanned, happening with little to no warning. However, by training for the unexpected, we remain ready to respond. […]

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Letter To The Editor

     Your brother the Senior C.E.O. Publisher of your father’s Black publication Empire for Broward County, Florida. It was, and still is, the most highly recognized informative news head-quarters in the hood. Beside hearing underground, first or second-hand information from the streets (on the wire), The Westside Gazette has remained undesputeably and invincible with African American authentic, in our community. […]