Commentary

As a native of Youngstown, Ohio, I believe that former President Donald Trump may win the 2024 presidential election.  Why do I say this? I was visiting relatives in Ohio when Trump was campaigning for the 2016 presidential election. Many white people wore red baseball caps with the slogan, Make America Great Again, hoping for jobs based on his promises.

With our nation still grieving from the deaths of 10 African Americans who were senselessly murdered while shopping in a Buffalo supermarket on a warm day in May amongst other tragic mass killings, Congress recently passed “The Bipartisan Safer Communities Act.”

From Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to Rosa Parks to Congressman John Lewis, many Black leaders have chosen peaceful ways to improve America. This is in stark contrast to the insurrectionists that overtook the Capitol at the behest of former President Donald Trump who intended to disrupt American democracy. As his second impeachment trial begins in the Senate today, Trump must be held accountable for his sedition.

Happy New Year Grassroots Wire readers!

As we try to forget a terrible 2020, let’s remember an important, untaught history lesson and the landmark document that delivered one of the most important developments in world history.

As we wait for President Elect Joe Biden and Vice President Elect Kamala Harris to be sworn into office, the topic of reparations is on the minds of many in the African American community. While other groups have easily received a remedy from the government for some of the atrocities committed against them, the need for reparations for African Americans is often met with scorn and hostility.