by dglqp | Aug 18, 2023 | Thinking Out Loud
Joe Biden will soon make one of the most important decisions of his candidacy, and the former vice president and presumptive Democratic presidential nominee promised to pick a woman as his running mate. While there are several outstanding women across the country,...
by dglqp | Aug 18, 2023 | Thinking Out Loud
The novel coronavirus has given Black Americans something we don’t need — another stereotype. Suspicions of black people because of false and ignorant beliefs are bad enough, but now we face a pandemic that has disproportionately impacted us. Of the 600,000...
by dglqp | Aug 18, 2023 | Thinking Out Loud
After a swell of voter participation of young, poor, and minority voters in 2008, more than 25 states have put into place restrictive voting laws. These voter suppression efforts, ranging from voter ID to early voting restrictions, disenfranchise marginalized...
by dglqp | Aug 18, 2023 | Thinking Out Loud
Who would have thought a move to grant convicted felons a second chance to regain their voting rights back would be the most sensible amendment question on Florida’s November ballot? Amendment 4 would end an unfair, draconian clemency procedure that has its roots...
by dglqp | Aug 18, 2023 | Thinking Out Loud
It’s time the NRA addressed Florida’s Stand Your Ground statute. The nation’s premier gun-rights group flashed a brief spark of common sense in reacting to a decision by Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri who cited the controversial law as his reason for not making...
by dglqp | Aug 18, 2023 | Thinking Out Loud
In a competition between immigration and incarceration, it isn’t really much of a contest. Incarceration in America significantly tips the scales. For those who believe the Trump administration’s family separation immigration policy is an un-American aberration, think...