The iPINIONS Journal

Welcome! This is an unapologetic, agenda-free zone. Just commentaries on current events that’ll move you to think, laugh, rage, and even cry.

© Copyright 2005-2026 (Images appear pursuant to 17 U.S.C. sec 107)
You are here: Home / Archives for Civil Rights

Civil Rights

Fourth of July: Frederick Douglass, America’s Ill-begotten Founding Son

Friday, July 3, 2026 at 8:32 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

America turns 250 as Trump turns the Fourth of July into a vanity grift of passports, pageantry, caste, and resentment. iPINIONS contends that Frederick Douglass, America’s ill-begotten Founding Son, still exposes the country’s original sin and its ongoing failure to honor the promise of equality. Read my full take on Substack: https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/fourth-of-july-frederick-douglass Read more.

Trump Is Making Juneteenth More Cause Than Commemoration

Friday, June 19, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Trump stripped Juneteenth and MLK Day from the national parks’ free-admission calendar while making his birthday a free-admission day. iPINIONS notes that’s not an administrative tweak. That’s a confession. Meanwhile, Obama opened a monument to Black achievement as Trump wages war on Black history. Read the full take on Substack: https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/trump-is-making-juneteenth-more-cause Read more.

Dr. Phil and Dr. Oz Making Oprah Look Like Their TV Mammy

Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 8:42 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Oprah built an empire on diversity, equality, inclusion, and the gospel of living your best life. But the political afterlife of her two most famous protégés is making a mockery of all she preached. iPINIONS notes how Dr. Phil and Dr. Oz go from Oprah-made TV stars to MAGA cheerleaders for a movement hostile to… Read more.

The Supreme Court Just Gutted Voting Rights for Blacks and Latinos

Thursday, April 30, 2026 at 8:35 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

The Supreme Court just signed the death certificate of what remained of the Voting Rights Act. iPINIONS argues that the Roberts Court has turned democracy into a demolition derby, with Clarence Thomas serving as Pied Piper for a MAGA majority determined to recast protections for Black and Latino voters as racism against Whites. Read my… Read more.

MLK Day in MAGA’s Jim Crow 2.0 America

Monday, January 19, 2026 at 10:13 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

On MLK Day, Donald Trump isn’t honoring MLK’s legacy; he’s dismantling it. From scrubbing MLK Day and Juneteenth from the National Park Service calendar, to whitewashing American history under an Orwellian “sanity” order, to weaponizing DEI bans as grievance-driven affirmative action for Whites, Project 2025 amounts to a full-scale rollback of civil rights. iPINIONS damns… Read more.

What Do You See in This Cartoon?

Wednesday, December 17, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

In this Substack post, iPINIONS breaks down a deceptively simple cartoon that exposes how race, indifference, and moral responsibility are read very differently depending on who’s doing the looking. What begins as a visual narrative quickly becomes a mirror, forcing viewers to confront not just what they see, but what they choose to ignore. Read… Read more.

No Kings: March Against Tyranny, Not Into Its Trap

Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

iPINIONS hails the millions marching today under the banner No Kings. This promises to be the largest nonviolent protest in US history, marching in the spirit of MLK against Trump’s creeping authoritarianism. And here’s to the MAGA false-flag provocations proving no match for the power of peaceful resistance. Read my full take on Substack:https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/no-kings-march-against-tyranny-not Read more.

Why My New Profile Pic Says More About Papa Renty Than Me

Wednesday, July 2, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

I hate taking selfies. But I finally caved, and ended up being happily upstaged by the image of Papa Renty. He’s a Black founding father too many want to whitewash from history. iPINIONS explains the backstory behind my new profile pic. Read more on Substack: https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/my-new-profile-pic-says-more-about Read more.

Trump Marks Juneteenth by Removing Bust of MLK and Eliminating Civil Rights

Wednesday, June 18, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

He once flaunted the MLK bust like a prop. Now he’s removed it, while gutting DEI and pretending Juneteenth is woke fiction. iPINIONS exposes how Trump is now erasing the civil rights of Black Americans as brazenly as he once exploited Black voters for political gain. Read my full post on Substack:https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/trump-marks-juneteenth-by-removing Read more.

NCAA Finally Paying Student-Athletes: iPINIONS Called It Years Ago

Friday, June 13, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

For years, iPINIONS called the NCAA’s treatment of student-athletes the greatest injustice in American sports. Now a federal judge has approved a $2.8 billion settlement that finally forces colleges to pay. It’s not just a legal shift; it’s a moral reckoning. Read my full post on Substack:https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/judge-approves-historic-ncaa-settlement Read more.