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     It’s sad to imagine that Half Moon Bay and Monterey Park will join a list with Uvalde and Buffalo and Orlando and Charleston and Sandy Hook and Columbine, reference points for a national epidemic we haven’t mustered the will to end despite decades of tragedies. But they likely will unless we can confront both the symptom that is gun violence and the underlying disease that causes it.

     Memphis is once again a city with the eyes of the nation focused on it!

Frankly Speaking, instead of Speaker of The House he should be called CPA ( Constant Pain in the Azz)

       The Babayka is a nickname given to former President Donald Trump for his love and support for the President of Russia.

     Over the past few years, we’ve all become painfully aware of the Far Right’s attacks on trans people, often centered around the right to use the restroom. So-called “bathroom bills” have popped up in a number of states, including right now in Arkansas. These bills are obvious attempts by the Far Right to attack an already marginalized group and score some culture war points with the most hateful members of their base. And the tactic isn’t even new.

By Dr. Mark James   Introduction       Throughout American history, exploitation of African talent has flowed from the rivers of inequality to the backs of people who…

  The truth about slavery days is not the only history that politicians desire to negate. They don’t want the facts about Native American genocide, Asian American incarceration or America’s roles in worldwide colonialism to be taught in schools either.

    Republicans chose to play Russian Roulette with raising America’s budget deficit. It’s as though they can’t wait to kill the economy. Just in case any of you’ve forgotten, the game of Russian roulette is a high stakes game for gamblers.  One could call it a game of life or death.

Will Gov. DeSantis Support Black History Month for Black Floridians?

     After being driven past the White hospital during two previous labors, my Mom was determined to force change. She purposefully waited until her contractions were advanced and called the ambulance, which seeing her state, took her to the nearest hospital, the White hospital. When the White nurses tried to refuse service, the examining doctor said it was too late and ordered, “We got to deliver this baby.” Thus, my Mom defied the “Whites Only” designation and ultimately won as she gave birth to me, the first Black to force the integration of the now closed Seaside Hospital in Long Beach, California.