Actress Lori Loughlin was taken into custody by the FBI Wednesday in Los Angeles after she, fellow movie star Felicity Huffman, and 48 others were charged in a $25 million college admissions scam. ABC News said the repercussions are being felt from Hollywood to the boardrooms of major corporations. A former cast member on the […]
Opinion
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Parenting while poor is no crime
In spite of the fact that being poor is not a crime, America tends to treat people in poverty as though it were.
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Where is the outrage?
New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft has been accused of going to massage parlors in Jupiter, Fl. and having sex with women who are being held against their will and being coerced into prostitution.
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College admission scandal grew out of a system ripe for corruption
Dozens of people, including Hollywood actresses and wealthy businessmen, stand accused of having bought their children’s way into elite colleges and universities.
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Why are you paying more in taxes than Amazon and Netflix?
This tax season, millions of Americans will be receiving smaller refunds from the IRS — or worse, a bill. At the same time, two of the most profitable companies in the country are not only avoiding paying taxes altogether, but one is receiving a federal rebate check of hundreds of millions of dollars. Both corporations […]
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A Tale of Two Crises: Venezuela and Trump
With soaring disease, hunger, and mass emigration, Venezuela is experiencing its worst socio-economic crisis in history. As I predicted a month ago, conflict, violence, and death have further erupted along the Venezuela-Colombia border. No one knows the true casualty figures, although foreign news media are indicating it is, so far, a small number of persons […]
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Pulling back the curtain on legal double standards
Bigots and racists use our system of laws and law enforcement to police Black and Brown bodies, making it clear to people of color that we are neither welcome nor expected to exist in White spaces.
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A time for transitions is at hand
I recently announced my plans to transition from my role at Voices for Racial Justice, moving to Race Forward as vice president of movement and capacity building.
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We must stop criminalizing the poor
Beginning in the 1990s, the [United States] adopted a set of criminal justice strategies that punish poor people for their poverty.
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April Sellers’ lawyer responds to Kevin Powell’s harassment claims
‘Kevin Powell and Jinah Parker are not the victims in this case.’
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Changing the rigged game that perpetuates inequality
In essence, the concept of the “iron cage” is that people are forced and confined to their social condition based on the “teleological” agenda of a government or bureaucracy.
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New voting laws can disrupt GOP’s ‘power grab’
Allowing American voters a more accessible and a stress-free trip to their voting precincts should be a no-brainer.
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What role will the U.S. play in Venezuela’s crisis?
Over the three days of researching and writing this column, the NYT published over a dozen separate articles on how Venezuela current political crisis will impact the world’s nations and cities.
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Trump’s America rewards abuse and discrimination
Whether it’s Jeff Sessions, Stephen Miller, or Sheriff Joe Arpaio, the Trump administration has a real knack for empowering and absolving people who push discriminatory law enforcement and immigration policy.
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Frequent income ‘dips’ shown to have adverse health effects
Poverty is the biggest killer on the planet, hands down.
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Big tech needs to sound the alarm on face recognition
A top Google executive recently sent a shot across the bow of its competitors regarding face surveillance. Kent Walker, the company’s general counsel and senior vice president of global affairs, made it clear that Google — unlike Amazon and Microsoft — will not sell a face recognition product until the technology’s potential for abuse is […]
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There must be a price for the ‘softcore lynching’ of Blacks
There must be a substantial price paid by these racists who choose to call the police when there is absolutely no evidence of a crime, intended or otherwise.
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SCOTUS’ transgender military ban highlights America’s war with itself
Military readiness is not a heterosexual cisgender calling.
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Food insecurity on rise among college students
Students surviving in college on ramen noodles and pizza is hardly new. What is new is that universities are no longer shrugging off the issue. Food insecurity on a college campus can be anything from missing a few meals to forgoing meals several dozen times in a semester. — Chris Bowling In spite of what […]