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February 16, 2023 10:40 am | By 52560Florida Is Just the Latest Battlefield in Right’s War on Education
This op-ed was distributed by Trice Edney Newswire. It’s been a few weeks since a mess started boiling over in Florida with the rollout of the new AP African American Studies course, and no one involved is looking good: not the…
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February 9, 2023 6:19 pm | By 52560What I Wish We Heard in Biden’s State of the Union
This op-ed was distributed by Trice Edney Newswire. Reviews are rolling in for President Biden’s latest State of the Union address, with many of them focusing on a highlight of the evening: the moment the President got Republicans to cheer for…
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February 7, 2023 11:40 am | By 52560I Know There’s a Solution to Police Reform Because I’ve Seen It
In the wake of the tragic death of Tyre Nichols, yet another young Black man killed by police, I feel frustrated over the conversations happening around public safety reform. On one side, some progressives advocate for a complete abolition of…
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February 2, 2023 12:18 pm | By 52560Yes, Voting Does Work
This op-ed was distributed by Trice Edney Newswire. As I’m writing this, 29-year-old Tyre Nichols has just been laid to rest. The pain and heartbreak we feel over the needless killing of this beloved and loving young man, son and father…
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January 27, 2023 5:25 pm | By 52560Private Acts, Public Shaming: Decoding the Far Right’s Attack on Who Can Access Bathrooms
This op-ed was distributed by Trice Edney Newswire. Over the past few years, we’ve all become painfully aware of the Far Right’s attacks on trans people, often centered around the right to use the restroom. So-called “bathroom bills” have popped up…
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January 19, 2023 5:08 pm | By 52560What’s an Eruv – and What Can It Teach Us?
This op-ed was distributed by Trice Edney Newswire. If you’ve been watching news or social media recently, it’s hard to miss a disturbing trend in American culture. It seems like antisemitism is back in a very public way – and not…
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January 12, 2023 10:35 am | By 52560A Magic Made by Many
This op-ed was distributed by Trice Edney Newswire. For many of us, the Martin Luther King holiday every year brings memories of Dr. King’s great speeches and the incredible power of his words. Dr. King was a master orator who gave…
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January 5, 2023 12:22 pm | By 52560Get Ready, Congress: Here Comes Gen Z
This op-ed was distributed by Trice Edney Newswire. When 25-year-old Maxwell Frost of Florida takes his seat in the U.S House this month, he will be the nation’s first Gen Z member of Congress. That -- in and of itself --…
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December 16, 2022 4:17 pm | By 52560Somebody Feed Us More “Somebody Feed Phil”
Who knew that we needed to watch the writer of “Everybody Loves Raymond” eat his way around the globe? If you haven't seen the hit Netflix show, then perhaps you haven’t met goofy, sometimes-corny, but always endearing comedy writer Phil Rosenthal.…
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December 14, 2022 4:12 pm | By 75043Far-Right School Board Candidates: “We’ll Be Back”
Back in August, I wrote that getting “back-to-school” this year would also mean getting back to fighting far-right attacks on education. The threats included a rising number of efforts to ban books, and the Right’s efforts to take over local…
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December 8, 2022 1:51 pm | By 75043Sen. Warnock’s Victory Is a Win for Georgia and America
If you haven’t watched Sen. Raphael Warnock’s speech on the night of his reelection in Georgia on December 6, stop everything you’re doing, and watch it now. Then tell your kids to watch it. And your neighbors. What you’ll…
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December 6, 2022 6:12 pm | By 52560Celebrating Progressive District Attorneys and Their Contributions to Public Safety Reform
The progressive movement is not always the best at celebrating our wins, or repeating winning tactics. Compared to the Far Right, who can’t seem to get enough of hammering home the same topics over and over ad nauseum, we sometimes…
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December 1, 2022 6:16 pm | By 75043Stay Alert: Trump, Ye, and Nick Fuentes?
By now you may have heard who President Trump had as dinner guests at Mar-a-Lago over Thanksgiving week. Among them was the 24-year-old Nick Fuentes, who has spent several years building an online following among by promoting a poisonous mix…
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November 23, 2022 10:52 am | By 75043How We Can Influence the Courts that Influence Our Lives
As I write this, the final few races are being called in the midterm elections that were held weeks ago. It’s clear that that the House will be closely divided, with Republicans holding a very small majority. History shows that…
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November 10, 2022 5:46 pm | By 75043Seven Top Takeaways from this Year’s Midterms
As the dust settles on the midterm elections and the warnings of a “Red Wave” evaporate, it’s time to take a deep breath and take stock of what we’ve learned. There are many takeaways from the elections this year –…
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November 4, 2022 1:11 pm | By 525603 Reasons Why Every Election is the Most Important Election
This coming election is the most important of our lives — just like the last one and the one before that. We say it a lot, and it’s always true, especially now when we’re dangerously close to losing our democracy…
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November 3, 2022 11:27 am | By 75043Tell the Supreme Court: We Still Need Affirmative Action
One of the great joys of my life is teaching. I’m fortunate to teach classes on social justice at the University of Pennsylvania, one of the most respected schools in the country. Penn has a longstanding commitment to affirmative action,…
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October 26, 2022 10:29 am | By 52560Why the Far Right Tries So Hard to Disenfranchise Black Voters
Of all the awful acts perpetrated by the Far Right, attempting to prevent certain groups from voting might be the most insidious. Voting is power, and voter suppression is a blatant effort to remove that power from people who would…
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October 20, 2022 10:41 am | By 75043Georgia Is Ground Zero for Democracy
Like so many of us right now, I’ve got Georgia on my mind. As I write this, I’ve just gotten back from meeting with Black ministers who are working nonstop to get out the vote across the state. And with…
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October 14, 2022 3:09 pm | By 75043Modeling the Spirit of Democracy
Some things are unthinkable—until they happen. For Jamie Raskin, a congressman and father, the first unthinkable thing was the loss of his beloved son Tommy to suicide on New Year’s Eve 2020. As a father myself, my heart breaks when…