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The Department of Education under attack, by David W. Marshall
U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) recently introduced legislation to abolish the U.S. Department of Education in a not-surprising move since it was part of Project 2025. It also aligns directly with President-elect Donald Trump’s repeated pledge to dismantle the federal agency.
Human cost of restricting abortion access, by David W. Marshall
During the crack epidemic of the ’80s and ’90s, children exposed to crack cocaine be- fore birth were often referred to as “crack babies.”
Breaking the glass ceiling in November, by David W. Marshall
People can be pleasantly unpredictable at times, so our politics is equally unpredictable.
Sonya Massey should still be alive, by David W. Marshall
In many ways our nation has changed, but it hasn’t changed.
President Harris would represent new era of leadership, by David W. Marshall
Fearmongering, when used as a political tool, has always been an effective means of swaying voters and winning elections.
Black athletes are Black men, women first, by David W. Marshall
During a recent Fox Sports pregame show appearance, Major League Baseball Hall of Famer Reggie Jackson was asked about his return to Birmingham, Ala.’s Rickwood Field, where he played 114 games in the minor leagues. His powerful response was a stark reminder of how sports, as a social institution, is not immune to the darkest side of bigotry. To appreciate Jackson’s response, we must remind ourselves of the simplicity of sports in general and the complexity of sports when it is intertwined with a community’s prevailing social order, defined as the tendency of a social institution to resist or regulate change.
