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         We are a few days away from one of the biggest elections in our community and country.   After the election of President Barack Obama in 2008, low turnout and apathy led to many candidates losing the 2010 midterm elections which ushered in and legitimized 12 years of grievance politics and radical hate.  

     Intimidation should not be allowed at any poll locations, but it is happening right now across the country. Many election chiefs have left their jobs because of threats and harassment. On October 28th the Department of Homeland Security warned MAGA Republicans could attack election officials to prevent votes from being counted or certified.

     While many of us have been focusing on voter suppression and the many efforts around the country to stop or frustrate the Black and Brown votes in particular and the votes of anyone who does not agree with the MAGA (Make America Great Again) attack on democracy as we know it, we seem to have overlooked, in some quarters, the issue of having enough people of color as Poll Workers for election day.

     One definition of recovery is, “a return to a normal state of health, mind, or strength.” Another is, “the action or process of regaining possession or control of something stolen or lost.” I can’t think of any more appropriate descriptions of the first 20 months of President Joe Biden’s Administration. History records President Franklin Delano Roosevelt as the creator of the New Deal, President Harry S. Truman as the initiator of the Fair Deal, and President Lyndon Johnson as the mastermind of the Great Society. I believe historians will one day recognize President Joseph R. Biden as the engineer of the Great Recovery.

The Gantt Report By Lucius Gantt This column will probably be the last Gantt Report column before the 2022 elections. As usual, no matter how many…

Artists Help Capture Our Political Chaos

By Oscar H. Blayton In my hometown of Williamsburg, Virginia, there is a living museum whose stated motto is: “That the future may learn from the…

      You are voting by mail or standing in a long line. Your “bad angel” says stop the hassle because you can lie to your family and friends and say you voted. Your “good” angel is saying we need every vote, STAY IN THAT LINE. Six groups of our ancestors are looking down from “Heaven” at you and saying STAY IN THAT LINE.

    America’s voters aren’t naive nor stupid. However, an overwhelming number of white voters are racist to their core; thus, knowingly they’re loyal to the Republican Party that attempted to overthrow our government. The upcoming mid-term elections are about whether voters will cast their ballots for democratic candidates who  embrace policies of “inclusivity. Or embrace Republican candidates who tout policies“  of exclusivity.” Their policies are meant to deny equal  opportunities and resources to non-members of their base, especially immigrants and Black people.

   “When entertainer Tracy Morgan realized his nine-year-old daughter, Maven Sonae, dreams of becoming a marine biologist, he built a 20,000-gallon tank in their backyard, with more than a dozen sharks. Now, Maven can study marine biology – a science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) component – at home, in her community, with her family around to assist.