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Arm our Cities with Military-Grade Healthcare, not Weapons

Arm our Cities with Military-Grade Healthcare, not Weapons  American police are armed to the teeth with military-grade weapons, and the results are in. The more combat gear, the more combat.  So how about we arm our...
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A Culture of Violence? The US Can Switch

“Culture of violence,” “culture of violence.” If I hear that phrase wheeled out one more time to excuse a mass shooter, I’ll scream. That doesn’t mean I’ll head to the gun shop.  Which is to...
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Royalty, Racist? Really?

Royalty, Racist? Really? Shock, horror! There is racism among the royals. I know sarcasm is the laziest form of humor, but is there something about a hereditary white monarchy that we don’t yet understand?  In what’s...
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In Indian Country, it’s not the Weather, it’s the Racism That’s Leaving Thousands in...

  Around 30,000 homes in Texas still have no power, and millions of Texans remain under a boil-water mandate days after a deadly winter storm wiped out that state’s weak water and energy systems.  In Texas,...
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Impeaching Racism Needs to Happen Everywhere

Impeaching Racism Needs to Happen Everywhere The second impeachment trial of Donald Trump began just as we were learning of the death, on February 7, of the bold and brilliant labor leader Karen Lewis.  As president...
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Time to Take the Mittens Off!

Time to Take the Mittens Off! I like as good meme as much as the next person who likes memes, but I have my qualms about the Bernie mitten moment.For those who have been paying...
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Learn From Georgia

The answer to what happened in Washington last Wednesday is what happened in Georgia last Tuesday. The answer to the yell and the noose of white macho supremacy is the slow, hard labor of making...
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Bob Dylan: The Times They Ain’t a Changing

Bob Dylan: The Times They Ain’t a-Changing  I’ve never been a Bob Dylan fan, and the Nobel Prize winner’s sale of his archive to Universal Music changed nothing about that. In fact, sing as he...
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The Media’s Quadrennial Eclipse

The Media’s Quadrennial Eclipse Whatever will he do next? The cable newscasters cry, eager to ply their audiences with more of the drip, drip that keeps advertisers hooked. If you’re feeling withdrawal from Disaster Don’s...
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Remember Those We’ve Lost

Click here for a list of all those we've lost.And click here for more of Laura's commentary.

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