Tag: equality
Juneteenth 2019: The US must repair historic and current racism
On this Juneteenth, we must confront the impacts of racism dating back to the founding of the United States with the slave...
The Various Shades of Black… and Green
The hit film of 2018 was Peter Farrelly's Green Book. The film takes place in 1962, and was based on a true story...
In an unequal America, empathy, not just housing, has become too...
Empathy for the plight of the homeless, meanwhile, is withering away, particularly among society’s most fortunate, as the social distance between that top and the rest of society widens.
LGBTQ advocates cheer historic victory after US House passes equality act
"This vote is a monumental step forward in the fight for true, lived equality for LGBTQ people."
New era for the ERA? 35 years later, will Equal Rights...
A bill by Rep. Jackie Spear would eliminate the 1982 deadline, leaving the ERA just one state away from becoming a part of the U.S. Constitution.
Happy ThanksGetting Day
This column is just about one tiny example of the unfairness of this current corporate/capitalist system.
Trump admin. attempts to erase existence of trans people after years...
If enacted, the proposal would reverse the expansion of transgender rights that took place under President Barack Obama.
Money (always) talks…
If working stiffs out there, regardless of labeling themselves as conservative or progressive, stop supporting this decayed electoral system...
Dead end Amerika
We who ‘know better’ should teach our young that Socialism is not totalitarianism, or fascism. Rather, it can be a solution to this terrible and deadly income polarization our nation has been operating under.
‘Focus’ on the Neo Nazi revival
Many will state, and perhaps rightly so, that we have come a long way since the 40s, 50s and 60s. Yet, the hate is still there, engrained in the minds of white Christian Americans... or should I say Amerikans.
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Could Trump’s Iran fiasco be America’s Suez crisis?
The U.S. war on Iran today, but similarities in the larger context, suggest that the United States is facing the same kind of “end of empire” moment that the British Empire faced in that historic crisis.
Nearly all plant-based meat alternatives Contain mycotoxins
The researchers found that 100 percent of the plant-based meat substitutes contained at least one of 19 different types of mycotoxins, often showing high "co-occurrence" (multiple toxins in a single product).
Trump DOJ subpoenas reporters after Iran war leaks trigger escalating clash with the press
The Trump administration has reportedly issued subpoenas targeting journalists and news organizations over Iran war reporting, intensifying concerns that the Justice Department is being used to expose confidential sources and pressure outlets covering national security issues
Wow! Losing the war PLUS losing the peace – the frenzy of fiascos ravage...
What other blundering buffoons ever lost a war (of choice), then willfully lost the peace via threats, phony bluffs and tin-ear, belligerent BS?
Supreme Court rulings and new Southern maps intensify battle over Black voting power before...
A series of redistricting fights in Alabama, Tennessee, and Virginia is reshaping the struggle over voting rights and congressional control as critics warn that recent Supreme Court decisions are accelerating the erosion of protections for Black voters.