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Tax policies have disparate racial impact

Posted onApril 1, 2023April 1, 2023AuthorRonda Lee

Tax breaks and tax enforcement are not agnostic when it comes to race, according to a pair of recent studies. White taxpayers disproportionately benefit from five studied tax breaks versus Black Americans, in many cases when adjusting for income, according to a Treasury study from the Read More …

CategoriesFeature, Personal Finance, Race, Taxes

Juneteenth: Neo-slavery & Jim Crow

Posted onJune 19, 2022July 3, 2022AuthorRonda Lee

Juneteenth is a somber reminder that the institutions and systems that kept free Black citizens enslaved more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation – allowing Texas plantation owners to delay freedom so freed slaves could bring in the harvest – still exist today. In Read More …

CategoriesRace

Anti-Racist: What Would Peter Norman Do

Posted onJuly 27, 2020July 3, 2022AuthorRonda Lee

In light of the Black Lives Matter protests following the death of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, and Breonna Taylor, many are questioning their prejudice, bias, and role in perpetuating systemic racism. It is not enough to not be a racist, you must strive to be Read More …

CategoriesPolitics, Politics, Race, Sports

History Lessons: 1918, 1944, 1960

Posted onJuly 26, 2020July 3, 2022AuthorRonda Lee

“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”–George Santayana, The Life of Reason, 1905. “What history teaches is that men have never learned anything from it.” — Hegel Movies and television programs in the 1960s had us thinking that by the year Read More …

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The Flag & America’s Desecration of Black Veterans

Posted onJune 9, 2020March 5, 2023AuthorRonda Lee

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” – US Declaration of Independence Unfortunately, America does not seem Read More …

CategoriesMilitary, Politics, Politics, Race

Understanding Over-Policing & Defunding the Police

Posted onJune 7, 2020March 5, 2023AuthorRonda Lee

During the protests, people are talking about systemic racism, over-policing, school-to-prison pipeline, police brutality and defunding the police. You need to understand where this is coming from. This is but a primer to understand a small portion of the issues leading to cries for defunding Read More …

CategoriesPolitics, Race

Punishing Impunity and Judging Discretion: Police Brutality

Posted onJune 2, 2020March 5, 2023AuthorMustapha Ndanusa, Esq.

“Burn this B*tch Down,” Louis Head shouted in anger after learning of St. Louis County Prosecutor Robert (Bob) McCulloch’s announcement that the Ferguson grand jury returned a no true bill against Officer Darren Wilson for the death of Michael Brown. The protests began and so Read More …

CategoriesPolitics, Politics, Race

George Floyd, Protests & America

Posted onMay 31, 2020March 5, 2023AuthorRonda Lee

I wanted to be silent because anger and rage is high. I am fed up and tired of being sick and tired of America’s racism, prejudice, faux political correctness, liberal whites who only give lip service to the black community but want our votes and Read More …

CategoriesRace

White Feminists & LGBTQ Community: It’s Time to Pull Up

Posted onMarch 1, 2020March 8, 2023AuthorRonda Lee

March is Women’s History Month. I am always conflicted about it. It follows Black History Month and there’s a natural angst because I rarely see feminists highlight the contributions of women of color. Every election cycle there is an interesting spectacle of candidates who claim Read More …

CategoriesFeature, LGBTQ, Race, Women

Rahm Emanuel Inherited Arne Duncan’s Chicago Public School Failure

Posted onSeptember 5, 2018September 16, 2018AuthorRonda Lee

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced that he is not running for re-election. One response has been that he is the culprit for all these schools closing. I am a Chicagoan and spent half of my education in Chicago Public Schools. I am intimately aware of Read More …

CategoriesChicago, Education, Politics

Western Democracies Push Towards Nationalism Bolsters Russia

Posted onSeptember 2, 2018April 20, 2020AuthorRonda Lee

2019 Update: In his address to the United Nations, Trump pushed nationalist rhetoric. The world has gone mad as we collectively decide that nationalism is more important than humanity. In the age of the greatest technological advancements in our history, mankind has decided to revert Read More …

CategoriesPolitics, Politics

BlacKkKlansman: White Nationalism in Law Enforcement & Military

Posted onAugust 11, 2018February 21, 2019AuthorRonda Lee

2019 Update: Newsweek reports that the Portland Police is accused of ‘collusion’ with alt-right group Patriot Prayer. “Just make sure he doesn’t do anything which may draw our attention,” [Officer] Niiya wrote [in a text message]. “If he still has the warrant in the system (I Read More …

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