After 294 days in Russian custody, including the past several weeks in a dreaded and dangerous penal colony, WNBA star Brittney Griner is free.
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Russia transfers Brittney Griner to dreaded penal colony
Attorneys for Brittney Griner said they don’t expect to know her exact location for a couple of weeks.
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Biden administration finally moves to free WNBA star Brittney Griner from Russian detention
After nearly three months of silence on Brittney Griner, the Biden administration on May 3 declared that Griner had been ‘wrongfully detained.’
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Black lives also matter in the Russia-Ukraine war
“Like America, Russia is a settler-colonial state, and we as Black folks need to understand how leaders of such states operate because we aren’t that far behind…”
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The unforeseen economic impact of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
The implications of rising prices following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has many economic analysts wary of the future.
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America’s cost of ‘defending freedom’ in Ukraine: Higher food and gas prices, risk of recession
Americans may be tempted to view the war in Ukraine as an unfortunate, but far away, crisis but the world is too connected for that to be true.
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Could Trump allegations lead to a constitutional crisis?
As this column is being written, the nation is on edge, waiting to know whether to trust President Trump with the protection of America and its constitution.
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Could we be on a path toward a red America?
Those of my generation remember the 1950s and the two fear-causing terms, HUAC (the U.S. House of Representatives’ House Un-American Activities Committee, and the name of U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy, Republican, from Wisconsin. HUAC was created in 1938 “to investigate alleged disloyalty and subversive activities on the part of private citizens, public employees, and those […]