Practical Politics Quite easily this week’s column could analyze the latest developments in California’s modern Reparations adventure, given the recent reports rendered by the California Reparations Commission, and the San […]
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The remedy to continued attacks on democracy
Removal of American basic rights It is becoming increasingly clear that the only people who appear to believe in our form of democratic government are those who fight to uphold […]
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The politics of understanding what we do here, will just not be enough
Practical Politics A couple weeks ago, Our Weekly announced the publication of the 2023 edition of the National Urban League’s signature report to the people, “The State of Black America.” […]
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The politics of moving backward as we try to move forward
Practical Politics Boy, there are some head-scratching moments these days: Public legislators not checking for live microphones as they speak openly about how they really feel about constituents who helped […]
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The politics of trying to change history
It is a very strange phenomenon, this continuous attempt at re-writing history. It is illogical and dangerous. Telling the same lie over and over will not make the lie the truth. If it did not happen, it did not happen. History moves forward, not backward.
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Black men must honor Black women
Diverse, beautiful, fabric of nation It is fitting and proper that we have a Women’s History Month. Just as Black History Month which precedes it, there is an opportunity to […]
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The politics of ‘The King is not the law, the law is King”
Practical Politics Lest we forget, the current United States was at first a series of colonial territories owned and governed by England and English law. England itself did not become […]
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The politics of losing more stalwarts
Ahh, the wins and the losses.We have been in a steady losing streak lately, losing many California behemoth sequoia trees that had survived hundreds, even a few thousand, years.
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The Black press, business and public policy
The Black Press has existed for 196 years because it understands service to our communities, and the business of how we pay for it is a part of our survival.
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The politics of California water amid more water
The rhymes of childhood are well remembered these days, as Los Angeles, and California itself, are experiencing a very watery early springtime. Calling them “atmospheric rivers,” the various weather forecasters seem to be singing from the same hymnbook lately. And yet, it rains still.
