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The attacks on childless women by Republicans may lead to their downfall

Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. Like Vice President Kamala Harris and millions of women, I’ve never given birth to a child. But contrary to the insulting views of Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance and Arkansas Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, this doesn’t make us inferior to biological mothers. Sanders, who was then-President Donald Trump’s White House press secretary, criticized Harris last month […]

todayOctober 11, 2024 2

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Let’s pray that false and racist rhetoric about Haitian immigrants by Trump and Vance don’t lead to racist violence

Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. Former President Donald Trump’s false claim that Black immigrants from Haiti are eating dogs and cats kept as pets by their neighbors in Springfield, Ohio, is dangerous incitement that I fear could lead to racist violence.  The false claim resulted in bomb threats to three medical facilities and another site in Springfield on Saturday, led a college in the […]

todaySeptember 17, 2024

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Water Crisis in Flint

By: Emily Guiles The city of Flint Mich. is currently going through an ongoing battle with their water and piping. Virginia Tech professor Marc Edwards, who has dealt with these circumstances before in Washington in 2010, has been investigating the water and its lead levels and has confirmed that they are some of the highest he had ever seen. Edwards shared this information with the Environmental Protection Agency, but was ignored by a high ranking EPA official who in turn […]

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