How should we commemorate Black History Month? Should corporations, universities, and nonprofit organizations bring in speakers, beat drums, and eat soul food? Should folks take out ads in the media […]
Category: Opinion
Posted inOpinion, Practical Politics
The politics of Serena at 40
During this weekend of the Super Bowl and the Beijing Winter Olympics (let alone the NBA All Star Game on the way), there are plenty of sports-related issues to talk […]
Posted inGuest Opinions, Opinion, Opinion-OW
The President and the spread of voter suppression
With the failure to overturn the Filibuster Rule in the United States Senate, it would appear that the John Lewis Voting Act and the Voting Rights Act are dead because […]
Posted inOpinion, Practical Politics
The politics of mandating Ethnic Studies in ‘Trumpian’ times
Even for those paying very close attention, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s signing of AB 101 three months ago is something that slipped through many informational cracks. It was the culmination of […]
Posted inOpinion, Opinion-OW
The politics of returning to the ‘Wild, Wild West’
Although the original “Wild, Wild West” of the John Wayne-type movies never really existed in the U.S. (most of those depictions were based on the imaginations and embellishments of eastern […]
Posted inOpinion, Opinion-OW
Landmark $1.85 billion in relief for federal and private loan borrowers
A broad coalition of state attorneys general (AGs) recently secured student loan debt cancellation and restitution against Navient, the nation’s largest student loan servicer. Pending federal court approval of the […]
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The politics of more info, more problems
Just when we think we’ve got a bit of a handle on what’s going on, we get sucker punched again. In an unkindness of ravens, the very smart blackbirds always […]
Posted inCounting the Cost, Opinion
Warrior lawyer like Lani Guinier
Lani Guinier, an amazing attorney, law professor, lawyer, author, and activist, made her transition on Jan. 7, 2022, even as Black folks and our allies were engaged in the legislative […]
Posted inCounting the Cost, Opinion, Opinion-OW
Our broken democracy
Flaws reach back to the founding of America A year ago, on Jan. 6, 2021, a mob of crazed insurrectionists descended on the United States Capitol. Armed, angry and bent on […]
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The politics of putting on a new face representing the United States
More and more, the edge of the cliff keeps drawing near. As much as the United States means to us now, in spite of the whirlwind of nastiness and bad […]
