Major League Baseball first announced on Dec. 9 that it would finally incorporate all of the players, statistics and records from the “Negro Leagues” (NL) into its present-day records. Many said it was about time and that this recognition is long overdue. Both sentiments are justified. Pennsylvania’s Homestead Grays, founded . . .
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Cleveland It’s official. And it’s about time. After months of discussions and rumors, Cleveland’s Major League Baseball team announced Dec. 14 that 2021 would be the last season for the racist, offensive name “Indians.” With it will go the team’s demeaning mascot, which was being phased out after it was . . .
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To spotlight the need for COVID-19 vaccinations of hospital workers, Stanford Medical Center in Palo Alto, Calif., staged a photo op on Dec. 18. Front line medical residents and fellows demand vaccine access, Dec. 18. A group of medical residents created a media event of their own to protest their . . .
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The reported reaction of many to the CARES Act 2 — which is about to be passed as we write this editorial — is that it’s too little, too late and, sigh, better than nothing. In truth it is the minimum that a ruling-class dominated Congress could pass — just . . .
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¿Por qué 74 millones de personas votaron por Trump, dada su desastrosa respuesta a la pandemia y el colapso económico? En el Buffalo Pride Parade de 2019, el contingente del Bloque de Solidaridad de Izquierda Anticapitalista, incluido el Workers World Party, marchó para luchar contra el racismo. La respuesta, en . . .
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