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Opinion: LANDSLIDE? TRUMP'S ULTIMATE GOAL IS MINORITY RULE.

by Elwood Watson on November 26, 2024 Donald Trump kept telling us he'd be a threat to democracy if re-elected president. Now he's showing us. Several...

28.11.2024 8

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Guest Column: Harris remains an inspiring figure, even after election loss

20.11.2024 6

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Gust Column: America is heading into uncharted territory

For some people, November 5, 2024, was one of the greatest days in American history. Others may well remember it as a day that will live in political...

13.11.2024 4

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Opinion: Newspapers miss the point by skipping out on presidential endorsements

by Elwood Watson on October 29, 2024 Both the Washington Post and Los Angeles Times have attracted significant attention for their decisions not to...

31.10.2024 5

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Guest Column: Obama’s condescending message to Black men

Former President Barack Obama stirred up some attention last week when he suggested lackluster support for Kamala Harris among Black men is mostly...

25.10.2024 5

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Opinion: What about Trump's mental fitness

by Elwood Watson on October 22, 2024 Donald Trump's public appearances follow a typical direction. He has a speech in mind he intends to deliver with...

25.10.2024 5

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Guest Column: Trump’s racism isn’t new, but it’s still dangerous

Over the past few months, Donald Trump has stoked the flames of white resentment on the campaign trail. Speaking to conservative radio host Hugh...

22.10.2024 5

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Guest Column: Suddenly birther claims are back. I wonder why.

What is old is new again, at least in the world of politics. Recently, Fox News host Jesse Watters made a quip questioning the veracity of Barack...

24.09.2024 6

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Guest Column: JD Vance couldn’t be more wrong about parenthood

One can only wonder about JD Vance’s peculiar and freakish obsession with people who do not have children. The Ohio senator and Republican vice...

13.09.2024 10

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Opinion: JD Vance couldn't be more wrong about parenthood

by Elwood Watson on September 4, 2024 One can only wonder about JD Vance's peculiar and freakish obsession with people who do not have children. The...

06.09.2024 5

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Opinion: Why did Tim Walz's son and his affection trigger conservatives?

by Elwood Watson on August 26, 2024 Like millions of Americans, my heart melted watching Gus Walz, the teenage son of vice presidential candidate Tim...

29.08.2024 5

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Guest Column: Trump is getting worse. Will the media notice?

Donald Trump’s campaign is in a fierce tailspin as his failed attacks on Kamala Harris haven’t been able to slow down her growing popularity....

24.08.2024 8

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Guest column: The Republican attack against hungry school kids

Democratic Vice Presidential nominee Tim Walz and his fellow Democrats ratified ample changes during the two years they’ve had control of the...

19.08.2024 5

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Guest column: Kamala Harris is a mirror to the racist right

One would be hard-pressed to think of a vice president in recent memory placed under as much of a political microscope as Kamala Harris. She can...

06.08.2024 7

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Guest Column: Biden remains the better choice in the election

When it comes to the issue of debates, perception is often just as crucial as reality and substance. There is no way to codify the fact that Joe...

10.07.2024 5

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Guest Column: The Ten Commandments and the creep of Christian nationalism

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry was brimming with pride and arrogance recently when he signed into law a requirement that every classroom in his state –...

02.07.2024 7

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Guest Column: The fight doesn't end with celebrating Juneteenth

Here we are. Another year, another June and the nation is celebrating another Juneteenth holiday. On June 17, 2021, President Biden signed the bill...

19.06.2024 7

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Guest Column: After Trump conviction, Bragg becomes the target

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg deserves to take a bow following his undeniable victory. A New York jury delivered a guilty verdict in a trial...

07.06.2024 5

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Guest Column: A troll in Congress

To state the 118th Congress is an exercise in debasement, dereliction, and dysfunction would be an understatement. But what happened on the House...

25.05.2024 10

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Guest Column: Republicans of color aren't standing up to racism

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Guest Column: Trump's vileness on race is hardly new among Republicans

For almost a decade, Donald Trump has sent the Republican Party and much of the mainstream media into a political whirlwind. Trump’s bombastic...

26.04.2024 40

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Guest Column: What you might have forgotten about OJ Simpson and his trial

For those too young to fully remember the OJ Simpson trial, it was a television spectacle with all the makings of a Hollywood blockbuster. Sex and...

20.04.2024 20

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Guest Column: Defending higher education against cynical politics

Thanks to the so-called culture wars, debates about events on college campuses are being employed as useful weapons for attacking the gradual...

13.04.2024 5

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Guest Column: Kamala Harris and the twin evils of 'Jim Crow and Jane Crow'

From the minute President Joe Biden selected her as his running mate, Kamala Harris has been the subject of intense scrutiny. Harris is often the...

04.04.2024 30

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Guest Column: Katie Britt and the cult of the kitchen

It was “The Stepford Wives” meets “The Handmaid’s Tale.” People are still talking about the State of the Union response given by Alabama...

22.03.2024 5

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Guest Column: The creep of Christian nationalism

Historically viewed as a fringe belief system, Christian nationalism has become a considerable force in American politics, particularly as it relates...

15.03.2024 10

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Guest Column: Black voters aren't buying Trump's racial pandering

Being the ever-menacing carnival barker that he is, former president Donald Trump said the four criminal cases he faces have garnered him significant...

06.03.2024 20

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Guest Column: Women and the future of politics

It should probably come as little surprise that a majority of American millennial and Generation Z women identify as liberal. A Gallup Poll released...

24.02.2024 4

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Guest Column: Congressman shows we still have a long way to go on race

From the Duchess of Sussex and actress Meghan Markle to former Harvard President Claudine Gay to Vice President Kamala Harris, Black women have been...

21.02.2024 20

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Guest Column: Taylor Swift and the Republican love affair with conspiracy theories

Several years ago, Taylor Swift was far from the femme fatale some members of the MAGA far right now consider her to be. Many conservatives used to...

16.02.2024 10

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Guest Column: Historic Miss America sidesteps controversy

In news you might have missed, 22-year old Madison Marsh – a second lieutenant in the Air Force and master’s student at the Harvard Kennedy...

07.02.2024 20

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Historic Miss America sidesteps controversy

By Elwood Watson In news you might have missed, 22-year old Madison Marsh – a second lieutenant in the Air Force and master's student at the...

06.02.2024 30

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Guest Column: In his lust for power, Trump once again turns to xenophobia

In just the latest example of his tendency to employ passive-aggressive racially coded dog whistles, former President Donald Trump referred to...

30.01.2024 20

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In his lust for power, Trump once again turns to xenophobia

by Elwood Watson, = In just the latest example of his tendency to employ passive-aggressive racially coded dog whistles, former President Donald Trump...

24.01.2024 7

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Guest Column: Trump and his dangerous ideas offer a mirror to too many

Donald Trump is on track to once again secure the Republican presidential nomination, as he did in 2016. No surprise here. Anxiety and weariness are...

24.01.2024 3

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Guest Column: The real reason Republicans are cheering

Let’s talk about Claudine Gay, the first Black person and just the second woman to serve as Harvard University’s president, who resigned after...

16.01.2024 7

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Guest Column: What's driving Nikki Haley?

Americans routinely plugged into the news cycle are aware of the fact that much ado was made about something (yes something) when Nikki Haley...

10.01.2024 20

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Guest Column: Generation X is almost 60

Latchkey kids. Slackers. Caffeine lovers. Grunge. That’s how a lot of people have referred to Generation X, the 46 million Americans, like myself,...

04.01.2024 20

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Guest Column: When Trump says he'll be a dictator, believe him

The late author Maya Angelou once stated, “When people show you who they are, believe them.” Nowhere is that saying more applicable than the...

20.12.2023 6

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Guest Column: The continued hypocrisy of so-called family values conservatives

Do as I say, not as I do. This sort of Victorian philosophy seems to be par for the course among many of the so-called family values conservatives....

13.12.2023 7

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Guest Column: The end of the Republican Party

Waterloo. The apocalypse. The Titanic. These are just some of the terms observers are employing to describe the current state of the Republican party....

09.12.2023 4

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The end of the Republican Party

BY ELWOOD WATSON Waterloo. The apocalypse. The Titanic. These are just some of the terms observers are employing to describe the current state of the...

06.12.2023 6

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