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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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.
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.
THERE ARE MORE MASS SHOOTINGS TO COME”
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.”
The Founding Fathers sought to prevent our Nation from ever being ruled by a King or dictator. Thus, they established and codified in the Constitution three separate co-equal branches of government: the Legislative, Executive, and the Judicial. Notably, to this system of government, the highest power for managing the country resides with the people. Also, Congress, which is comprised of the Senate and House of Representatives, has the power to remove an unfit President from office.
Pale Terrorists
In 2018, Ex-Mayor Andrew Gillum of Tallahassee ran for Governor of Florida and lost by less than 40,000 votes. This is a phenomenal achievement, and the Florida Democratic leadership should be courting and talking to local Black Democratic leaders about a plan to get more grassroots Blacks to the polls.
A second major disclosure of major consumer data breach was announced on July 29 by Capital One Bank. That same day, the FBI arrested a suspect charged with stealing the personal information on March 22 and 23. The apparent focus of the financial theft was credit card applications filed with the bank between 2005-2019.
The Mass Shootings: