By Dr. Aaron Horne, MD Structural and Interventional Cardiologist, Summit Health More than a year and a half into a global pandemic that has disproportionately impacted communities of color, we […]
Category: Opinion
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Put the brakes on the West Oak Cliff Area Plan
by Victoria Ferrell-Ortiz Growing up in Oak Cliff, Texas is something I’ve always been proud of despite others’ reactions. When I told a classmate at the University of North Texas […]
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Put the brakes on the West Oak Cliff Area Plan
By Victoria Ferrell-Ortiz Growing up in Oak Cliff, Texas is something I’ve always been proud of despite others’ reactions. When I told a classmate at the University of North Texas […]
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From Celebration to For Sale: How America is Already Commercializing Juneteenth
By Marlissa Collier Were y’all able to get your Great Value Juneteenth ice cream, plates and napkins before Walmart pulled them off the shelves? Yeah, me neither. It all happened […]
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Rap & Misogyny: How Do We Reconcile Artists Actions with Their Work?
With figures like Kodak Black, Tory Lanez and Da Baby in the rap industry, there is a reminder that what you hear an artist’s songs is at times an uncomfortable misogynistic reality. As the music industry continues to progress and has conversations about these artists, we should question how we reconcile the way an artist speaks and at times behaves, with the work they have produced.
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The Paradox of Medication
Prescription medication is a complicated issue for those with mental illnesses to navigate in a time of opioid epidemics and more emerging knowledge of how pharmaceutical companies are run to improve their mental health without running the risk of addiction.
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Racist ‘Replacement’ Rhetoric is Deadly and Republicans Must Stop Using It
By Ben Jealous The young man who murdered 10 people in Buffalo, New York on May 14, was out to kill Black people. He chose a grocery store because he […]
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Preserved by Purpose: A Prayer for Healing our Nation
By Shewanda Riley When I wrote my column last week about the Buffalo shooting, I had no idea that there would be another even more horrific mass shooting that would […]
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Preserved by Purpose: The Sadness Lingers
By Shewanda Riley “10 killed in shooting at Buffalo grocery store.” When I read this headline on social media last week, I thought “Here we go again with another mass […]
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Editorial: Racial Violence, Hate Crimes, and “Us”
By Dr. John E. Warren Publisher, The San Diego Voice & Viewpoint The recent slaughter of Black people at the TOPS Grocery Store in Buffalo, New York carries a number of […]