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Time to Act on Crime, Violence and Police Reform in America

The truth is, crime is out of control in this country, especially in too many of our cities. While many choose to turn a blind eye, it is people of color who are the majority of the victims: People of color account for 73 percent of rape victims; 72 percent of robbery victims; and 80 percent of felony assault victims; and 68.7 percent of the people in prison are Black and brown and 44% percent of the people killed by police in the United States are Black and brown. […]

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Republicans’ Cultural War- Pro-life, Pro- Death & Anti – LGBTQ

Republicans and their base of white Nationalists appear to have infused their white supremacy morality-ideology with  an element  from the witchcraft trials of the 16th Century. Their divisive social weapons, which included pro-life and guns, have now become even more sinister. Their sense of  morality has become as vilifying as a Shakespearean  tragedy. It should be labeled  “Republicans’ Cultural  Wars,”  with the addition of Pro-death and “Don’t say Gay or Trans Laws (LBGTQ). […]