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You are the one
You are the one […]
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New EPA rule could wreck your engine this summer
Most cars can’t handle this high-ethanol gasoline. So, by pushing more E15 into the fuel supply, the EPA could wreck vehicle engines and put drivers on the hook for costly repairs. Let’s hope officials reverse their decision before it’s too late. […]
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Look up the word Genocide with your Smart Phone
Look up the word Genocide with your Smart Phone […]
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There is Something Uncivilized About Living in America in 2019
In America in 2019, there is something fundamentally frightening about leaving your home, because you are not sure you will return. You can be on the way to the park, the supermarket or the movies, and you may meet up with a crazy man dressed in body armor, and an assault rifle. […]
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Cowards
The president was quick to label the latest mass shooters co-wards. This seems like an oddly careless, even Orwellian, use of the word, because it implies that there is a courageous way, as opposed to a cowardly one, to act out hatred. The late cultural critic Susan Sontag rightfully got herself into hot water when she argued that the 9-11 hijackers were not cowards because they were willing to die for a cause. But killing innocent people randomly in churches, mosques, and malls or by smashing airplanes into buildings seems pretty far outside the uncertain territory between cowardice and courage that most of us occupy. […]
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IMMIGRATION IS CONGRESS’S ALBATROSS
Throughout history, America has always welcomed immigrants. Clearly, immigration has fueled the growth of our Nation and has contributed much to what is great about America. If all of this is true, why has immigration become an albatross around the necks of Congress; thus, threatening to create a political division within the Nation? […]
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While wealth from government assistance
The 2016 Federal Reserve Survey of Consumer Finances, indicated the median net worth of Whites with a HS diploma is $100,600, compared to $68,300 for Blacks with a bachelor’s degree. This gross inequality in wealth is the result of America’s failure to pay monetary reparations for 246 years of slavery and decades of systemic racism. […]
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Who Cares About Fair Elections?
people are organizing and attempting to overcome interference by mobilizing the Democratic base of voters. Barbara Arnwine, who founded and leads the Transformative Justice Coalition (www.tjcoalition.org) gathered dozens of activists to participate in a day-long strategy session on voting rights on August 7, fifty-four years after the Voting Rights Act was passed in 1965. Arnwine’s organization is among the many planning to ensure both voter turnout and election fairness in the upcoming elections. […]
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“HATRED and GUNS: THERE ARE MORE MASS SHOOTINGS TO COME”
THERE ARE MORE MASS SHOOTINGS TO COME” […]
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Response to Trump Ohio rally speech
In his Youngstown, Ohio Rally Speech, President Donald Trump said, “I talked to my African American friends and I said, vote for me, what the hell you have to lose? African Americans and teenagers are enjoying their lowest unemployment.” […]