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Remedies for years of neglect, by Marc H. Morial

Filibuster. Cloture. Reconciliation. The chatter surrounding President Biden’s landmark infrastructure investment and Build Back Better agenda seems endlessly focused on the legislative process, on political maneuvering, on faceless numbers taken out of context.

‘Vote yes for ONE Casino’

I am writing to express my unconditional support for ONE Casino.

‘Vote now!’

As an activist and engaged pastor, I am appalled at the lack of voter excitement in the Black community.

Voting is taking place now

Voting is critical.

U.S. asylum policy needs to be clear, by Jesse L. Jackson Sr.

Today, the makeshift migrant border camp in Del Rio, Texas, is virtually empty, cleared of thousands of Haitian refugees who went there seeking asylum in America. State troopers now line the border area to discourage others from gathering.

Police policing themselves, by David W. Marshall

I wish Cariol Horne had been on the scene when Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin kept his knee on George Floyd’s neck for more than 9 minutes. If she had, George Floyd may be alive today.

Republicans and the Santa Claus strategy

Re: Editorial “Playing politics,” Free Press Sept. 30-Oct. 2 edition:

Dissatisfied voter calls for write-in support

I am very dissatisfied at the choice of candidates we have for governor this fall. There are many Virginians who don’t trust Republican Glenn Youngkin for governor and believe he is a RINO, a Republican in Name Only.

Don’t let up

There is good news from the COVID-19 battlefront.

Playing politics

Another U.S. government shutdown is imminent this week if Senate Republicans don’t end their blockade of an agree- ment to fund government operations beyond the last day of the federal fiscal year on Sept. 30.

Flexibility for whom?, by Julianne Malveaux

I had not planned to have a policy conversation when I boarded my connecting flight from Detroit to D.C.

Learning Black history to build upon it, by A. Peter Bailey

One of the main reasons for knowing Black history is so important.

‘I don’t like where things are headed’ with U.S. Supreme Court

Former President Trump added three conservative justices to the U.S. Supreme Court during his tenure in office.

Another lost cause loser

The self-declared “very stable genius” and former social media influencer Donald Trump loves slavery and the lost cause of Robert E. Lee’s defeated Confederacy so much, he just can’t keep his ignorant mouth shut.

The brotherhood of male bullying

Now that 11 people have been indicted and arrested recently in connection with the hazing death of Virginia Commonwealth University student Adam Oakes, universities have to become more involved to establish bylaws that would abandon fraternity hazing and dismantle its …