The world has become far more complex than it was in 1945 when the current global governance system, based primarily on the UN Charter, was created.
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Even though the demonstrations in which I participated were peaceful, we were often told we were “anti-American” if we were against war. “Love it or leave it,” we were told. My dad was a veteran of World War II. He wasn’t happy with my participation in the protests, and he was especially upset when I wrote a letter to the editor of my hometown newspaper, publicly stating I was against the war. Indeed, he threatened to pull me out of college.
The Gantt Report
“The world is on fire” is no longer a metaphor. In the United States, that means almost 16,000 deaths per year from wildfire smoke. That number could nearly double by mid-century, according to an April analysis by the National Bureau of Economic Research. Another study this year out of Yale found that we could already be near 30,000 deaths per year, when factoring in all the additional harm to heart, lung, kidney, and mental health in the aftermath of smoke exposure.
As much as July 2, 2024, the 60th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, is an occasion of triumph, it is also a perilous time, a time of trepidation. Contemporary Americans of African heritage are experiencing liberties and freedoms our ancestors who arrived in 1619 could never have dreamed, but our liberation may be tentative.
African American and African families have a long history of respecting their elders. All of us have gone to grandma and grandpa, at some time, to give us answers to life questions that no one else could give.
On Monday, July 1, 2024, the Supreme Court ruled that all presidents are immune from prosecution for certain acts committed within the scope of their official duties. However, by selectively identifying acts vital to Trump’s previous convictions and pending criminal trials, they’ve blatantly ruled with extreme partiality in Trump’s favor. They handed Trump an olive tree instead of a branch, thus anointing Trump as President, Mafia Boss, & King.
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