Janice Ellis
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Opinion: Will Juneteenth have broader, enduring meaning as a national holiday?
In June 2021, Congress, with a unanimous vote in the Senate and support of all but 14 Republicans in the…
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Opinion: The abortion debate is filled with misinformation, hypocrisy
Embedded in the protracted abortion debate are many existing conditions and facts that are often omitted or distorted, along with…
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Opinion: Now is the time to remember the good our government does for us
With higher gas prices, rising food costs and near record inflation as we emerge from the worst pandemic in a…
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Opinion: 2022 midterms give voters power to change state legislatures, Congress
How long are we willing to tolerate the obstructionism, stonewalling, half-truths and downright lies that are being used to pass…
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Opinion: Faith plays an integral role in American politics, and we can’t ignore that
A cursory review of American history shows the central role God and religion played and continue to play in our…
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Opinion: Appointing a Black woman to the Supreme Court is not affirmative action
The distorted misinformation about affirmative action is once again raising its ugly head around the potential nomination of a Black…
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Opinion: What if we regarded and treated America as our family?
Like it or not, we all are members of a larger family: America. As residents of a community, city and…
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Opinion: Next year will not be better unless we get involved
As a new year dawns, many of us may find it difficult to be very hopeful about anything as we…
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Opinion: Celebrate the bipartisan infrastructure bill for more than new roads, bridges, jobs
Is it safe to say that most Americans are sick and tired of all the partisan fighting dominating the national…
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Opinion: Funding prisons is a higher priority than funding education; why?
In America, the land of the free, there are more prisons and more prisoners than any other country in the world. This…
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Opinion: Denying history is a major impediment in state legislatures, Congress
If you do not know your history or, worse still, know it but deny it, how on earth do you…
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Opinion: Can you identify national values that unite us as Americans?
Just weeks ago, we paused to remember those who lost their lives on Sept. 11, 2001, as the unthinkable happened: America was…
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Opinion: Is America experiencing a different kind of ‘civil war’?
Wars are not always fought by armed military forces with guns, bombs, stealth fighters, and sophisticated weaponry. And the enemy…
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Opinion: COVID brings front and center the tug between individual rights, the public good
It seems that getting control of the coronavirus has brought front and center the question: When should an individual’s right…
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Fight for voting rights shows that weeds of aristocracy are alive and well in U.S.
America just recently commemorated its birthday, Independence Day, celebrating freedom from the oppressive monarchy and aristocracy from which its forefathers…
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Opinion: What the ‘Show Me State’ is showing its citizens and the nation
The state of Missouri, the “Show Me State,” is in the heart of America. In addition to the sass and…
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