Browsing: Opinions

Ā Ā Ā Ā  The Black vote was particularly decisive in three gubernatorial races: Florida, Georgia, and Maryland. Each of these races had three extremely credible, impressive Black Democrat candidates facing white Republicans.

Ā Ā Ā Ā  No freedom in this homeland of the free, but this Congress offers freedom possibilities. It offers the possibility of fixing the Voting Rights Act, even as the Supreme Court has attempted to erode voting rights, even as at least two elections were stolen in 2018, those of Stacey Abrams in Georgia and Andrew Gillum in Florida.

Ā Ā Ā Ā  No, can’t do that! Can’t do that! This screws everything up. ā€œ. . . we must be resolute and unambiguous in our approach to those countries whose strategic interests are increasingly in tension with ours,ā€ writes Defense Secretary Jim ā€œMad Dogā€ Mattis in his resignation letter to Donald Trump over the issue.

The success for proponents has been increasingly measured in terms of the career, stature, title or reputation loss experienced by the growing group of the (mostly men) accused in the media and a much smaller segment of accused that have been charged and/or convicted of crimes.