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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.

Democrats Must Fight Republican Redistricting Fire with Fire

Tuesday, May 12, 2026 at 8:46 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Republicans aren’t just redrawing congressional districts. They’re drawing new political realities. From Florida’s whitewashing of Black history to the Supreme Court’s gutting of voting rights, the GOP is waging civil war by other means. iPINIONS argues that Democrats must stop mistaking restraint for principle and start fighting Republican redistricting fire with fire. Read my full… Read more.

Trump Deploys National Guard in DC — Laying Groundwork for Coup 2.0

Wednesday, August 13, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Trump just deployed the National Guard in DC and told cops “if they spit, we hit”… even as he pardoned over 1,000 Jan. 6 loyalists who spat on and brutalized police. He claims DC is “more violent than Baghdad,” but FBI data shows violent crime is falling. iPINIONS contends that this isn’t about safety; it’s… Read more.

Clarence Thomas for Thurgood Marshall: The Worst Bait and Switch of All Time

Thursday, June 13, 2024 at 7:31 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Thurgood Marshall, the first Black Justice On this day in history, Thurgood Marshall became the first Black Supreme Court Justice, shattering racial barriers. He was the brilliant mind behind the strategy that eradicated state-sponsored segregation in the landmark Brown v. Board of Education case. He founded The Legal Defense Fund to aid the Civil Rights… Read more.

Historians Are Raising Alarms About Another Civil War. What Took Them So Long?

Monday, August 15, 2022 at 8:16 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Much is being made about the eminent historians who met with President Biden last week. According to The Washington Post, they felt compelled to raise alarms about currents events in American politics bearing unnerving parallels to those of the 1850s, namely the years preceding the Civil War. Their galvanizing fear is that we are polarizing… Read more.