Great summer reading for youth The park shelter has been reserved. You’ve told everyone where to be and what to bring (Grandma’s favorite dessert!) and someone will set up games […]
Category: Op-ed
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The death of America as we know it
What is Project 2025? By now most Americans, but not all, have either heard of Project 2025 or seen some reference to it. But too many still don’t know how […]
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Supreme Court affirms consumer protection laws
Predatory lending industry dealt a blow A recent 7-2 ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court gave consumers a long-sought victory that ended more than a decade of challenges over the constitutionality […]
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Biden-Harris urgent reset with African-American voters
Must convey accomplishments over past four years As President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris ramp up their 2024 re-election campaign, concerns are mounting among prominent Black Democrats and operatives […]
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How to help a relative with their anxieties and depression
Be understanding and patient Do you know a friend or loved one who suffers from fear, anxiety, and depression and do not know what to do to help them? It […]
Posted inOp-ed, Practical Politics
Practical Politics
The politics of the 2024 Olympics Okay, next month, July, in Paris, individual and team athletes from most of the world’s countries will compete against each other in sporting events […]
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The politics of not changing the Post Master General
Practical Politics In the run-up to the 2020 presidential election, one very frenzied topic was the new appointment of Louis Dejoy, a known major Republican Party fund-raiser and Trump loyalist, […]
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Why are we here? What truly matters?
By Joy Le page Smith, While Gary and I were having lunch with our friend, a retired military man, we talked about a book titled Why the Universe Is the Way […]
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The politics of continuing the fight for reparations
Practical Politics This coming weekend, May 17th through May 20th, this year’s National Reparations Convention will be held at Lincoln Temple United Church (Shaw Community Center) in Washington, D.C. The […]
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The politics of Black literature
Practical Politics This past Monday, the Pulitzer Prize winners for American Literature 2023-24 were announced. There were no Colson Whiteheads (“The Nickel Boys”), Alyssa Cole (“When No One is Watching”), […]
