How much would you have bet on Rosa Parks moving to the back of the bus? This is the kind of information that Kalshi, a U. S. prediction market, wants […]
Category: Opinion
Posted inPractical Politics
The politics of trying to preserve this democracy in spite of
Not many of us—at least not enough of us—have been paying enough attention. We have become so used to things being the way they are that we no longer recognize […]
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The politics of being the mayor of Los Angeles
I know we live in an age in which it seems that everyone can do anything. All they need is the desire to do it, as they say. We just […]
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Don’t Juneteenth our community
Juneteenth is more than a commemoration of delayed freedom. It is a warning about what happens when people are denied timely access to truth, power, and the information they need […]
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The politics of resisting the ‘crazy old man syndrome’
The crazy Trump train continues this week unabated. First, he claims, as usual without supporting logical evidence, that California’s current voting system, which delays the final vote totals in statewide […]
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The Politics of the New Civil Law Wars
In the continuing battle for political respect and inclusivity that Black folks in the U.S. have been immersed in since the end of the U.S. Civil War, a little bright […]
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The Politics of pondering our place
In the United States, Black Americans have for long put our faith in a better, respected life coming in the U.S. based on three things: the Black church, strong public […]
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The politics of willful political ignorance
Since 1963 L.A. City Council Districts 8th, 9th, and 10th have been considered the Black Districts, i.e., the residential representation in city government for most of the Black population in […]
Posted inCounting the Cost
From Reconstruction to the SAVE Act
Frederick Douglass did not know the day he was born. Like many enslaved people, he was denied even the dignity of documentation. Birth dates were approximations. Family lines were severed. […]
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The politics of Trump, China, and the Strait
Trump’s current shouting match with the Pope—Trump’s loudness, not the Pope’s—is childish and rather silly and will not really matter much in the long run. Really, this is only Trump […]
