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Lady Liberty takes America 250 to therapy and comes away with the only diagnosis that matters. iPINIONS contends that America is tired, tested, and frayed, but not finished. Read my full take on Substack: https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/happy-fourth-of-july-america-the Read more.
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.
Frederick Douglass asked what the Fourth of July meant to the slave. In 2025, the question still haunts Black Americans, especially as MAGA celebrates with fireworks, beer, and denial. iPINIONS marks this Independence Day by echoing the founding contradictions Douglass indicted. Read more on my Substack:https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/what-to-the-black-is-the-fourth-of Read more.
