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Sep 11, 20244 min read
School Shootings and Parental Accountability
This time it occurred in Winder, Georgia. Another school shooting with an assault-style rifle, more “thoughts and prayers” and another...


Sep 11, 20243 min read
Trump Falls Apart
I rarely think of Irish poets, but I could not help thinking of William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) as I watched the 45th president unravel...


Sep 9, 20243 min read
Republican Party Attempts to Strike 225,000 Voters from North Carolina Election Rolls
A group of civil rights organizations announced Sept. 5 they are challenging a lawsuit by the Republican Party, which seeks to deem...


Sep 5, 20242 min read
The Disenfranchised Voter
My name is Lydia Alston-Murphy, and I am a political editorial writer for the Minority Reporter. I will be writing thought provoking...


Sep 3, 20244 min read
Abandoned Babies and the Mothers Emotional Health
Crack babies sometimes became border babies abandoned at the hospital by parents who could not care for them. For months, hospital...


Aug 30, 20244 min read
Kamala Harris’s Chicago Convention and Illinois’ Unique Place in Civil Rights History
The modern civil rights movement hit a new peak last week in Illinois. It marked the movement coming full circle, in a way, back to the...


Aug 26, 20243 min read
Sometimes We Laugh; Sometimes We Cry!
During the past week, many of us were glued to our televisions. The National Democratic Convention was going on in Chicago. There was a...


Aug 26, 20245 min read
What Was Wrong with Michelle Obama’s Much Praised Speech at the DNC
So, Michelle stole the show, and a show it was, on the second night (8/20/24) of the Democratic Party's National Political Convention. It...

Aug 20, 20243 min read
In Wake of Mass Shooting, Rochester Must Reclaim Maplewood Park as a Sacred Space
The recent tragedy at Maplewood Park has left an indelible mark on the community and a deep void in the lives of those who knew and loved...

Aug 20, 20242 min read
Illinois Sheriff, Who Hired Killer of Sonya Massey, Quits
The Sangamon County Sheriff, who hired Deputy Sean Grayson who killed a chronically mentally ill woman in her Springfield, Illinois home,...


Aug 18, 20243 min read
We Must Decide Soon!
As a rule, I usually just call Donald Trump the Orange Man, but make no mistake, I am talking about Donald Trump now, and it's time to...

Aug 15, 20243 min read
Kamala Harris - Grace and Joy
When did politics become such fun? While Democrats will roll up our sleeves to win the November election, in the meantime our candidates...
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