We have systematically oppressed a group of people for 400 years — from the slave ships of 1619 to the Three-Fifths ...
Sometimes when reading The Union one encounters a statement that seems to explain much of the political mire in which we find ourselves. One such appeared in Manny Montes’ response ...
Reparations. For what? For whom? What does this word mean? At its basic level, Reparations means to make someone whole for ...
By Texas law, for instance, “a teacher, administrator, or other employee of a state agency, school district, or ...
People often don’t realize the revolutionary nature of the 13th Amendment, and conservatives in particular downplay its revolutionary nature. American historians have for a long time treated the ...
President Trump has issued an order banning federal funding of “indoctrination of children,” but his definition of indoctrination is subjective and he is imposing his own views on ...
According to Esri, from the start of slavery in 1619 until emancipation, plantation owners set aside marginal plots for burial sites of enslaved people. Nearly a century after the Civil War ...
Manny Montes responded to me in his Jan. 25 Other Voices submission. I know he doesn’t write the headlines, but that’s the largest I’ve ever seen my name in print!
"Make America Great Again" resonates with voters because so many Americans believe that our country is no longer great. Too ...
Anyone who has been following this series faithfully would no doubt be impressed by the vast quantities of money or if you prefer, the loot which was flooding the coffers of a few countries in ...
President Donald Trump has issued multiple executive orders attacking diversity, equity and inclusion and baselessly suggested diversity hiring could have caused the Washington, D.C. plane and ...