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Student Loan Forgiveness – Most Americans Support It but Republicans Don’t…Care

Tuesday, March 14, 2023 at 6:43 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Biden's loan forgiveness headed to Supreme Court

President Biden is redoubling efforts to enact his student loan forgiveness plan. It promises to forgive $400 million in debt for tens of millions of Americans. So it enjoys popular support. But Republicans oppose it as much as they opposed President Obama’s healthcare plan. Student loan forgiveness Biden’s debt forgiveness plan delivers on a campaign… Read more.

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: Blacks, Joe Biden, loan forgiveness, Republicans, student debt, Whites

The Supreme Court Has No Legal Reason to End Affirmative Action. But Its Political Reason Is Compelling.

Tuesday, November 1, 2022 at 6:12 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
People for and against Affirmative Action protesting with image of congressman calling for Justice Clarence Thomas to resign inset.

Based on legal reasoning, precedents, and the justices’ sworn representations, the Supreme Court has no legal reason to end Affirmative Action in college admissions. But it had no legal reason to end a woman’s constitutional abortion rights. Yet the Court did so anyway. Mend, do not end, Affirmative Action Those arguing to end Affirmative Action insist… Read more.

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: Affirmative Action, Blacks, Civil Rights, Clarence Thomas, Equal Protection, Legal Hypocrisy, Originalism, reparations, Roberts Court, Supreme Court

In South Africa, xenophobic blacks prove almost as deadly as Apartheid whites…

Friday, May 23, 2008 at 9:39 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

I am proud of the fact that I participated in the US-led international protests during the 1980s that precipitated the end of white rule (Apartheid) in South Africa. And I remember thinking back then that a South Africa ruled by liberated blacks could be the beacon of hope and the land of opportunity for Africans… Read more.

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: Blacks, Nelson Mandela, South Africa, Xenophobia

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