Issac J. Bailey
By Issac J. Bailey
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Opinion I spent 20 years in a white church. I’m done trying to persuade people.
This article is part of a new series called “On Persuasion.” We asked thought leaders to consider what persuasion means to them. What works in terms of persuading people? Is it moot in 2020? What is the Jewish value of persuasion? Should we be opening our minds to other points of view, or closing them…
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Opinion Tim Scott refuses to call out Trump’s racist behavior — again
Today, the President once again made a racist statement on Twitter. Tweeting about the only black NASCAR driver, who mistakenly thought a noose was intended as a hate crime against him, Trump then tweeted disapprovingly of NASCAR’s recent decision to ban the Confederate flag. “Flag decision has caused lowest ratings EVER!” He wrote. Has @BubbaWallace…
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Opinion Democrats must demand Joe Biden respond to the sexual assault allegation
On the merits, the substance, Tara Reade had no case. That is until a former neighbor of Reade’s went on record saying Reade told her in 1993 that Joe Biden had sexually assaulted her. That doesn’t mean Biden is lying when he says the allegation is false, just that Reade’s story seems more plausible today…
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Opinion Coronavirus is exposing the plagues of American society
BG IMG LINK Previous Article Next Article If God sent coronavirus to our shores, it isn’t because he’s punishing us. He’s simply forcing us to look into a mirror so we can finally take a good hard look at who we really are rather than what we’ve long pretended. Or maybe it’s because he was…
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Opinion I’m just so angry
I’m angry and I can’t help but be angry about what this country faces. I’m not angry at the coronavirus that threatens to cause so much havoc it might unleash a second Great Depression. It’s just a virus, after all, that likely lurked in a bat somewhere in China until it was transferred into another…
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Opinion What if a woman can’t win the presidency?
No matter how you slice it, the United States is a dinosaur when it comes to electing women to the highest office. Not only has the U.S. never elected a woman to serve as president, a woman has never served as vice president. Nor has a woman ever even temporarily become the head of state…
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Opinion Black People Are Very Forgiving. We Will Not Forgive Bloomberg.
Black people maybe the most forgiving group in America. It’s why some relatives of the victims of the Emanuel A.M.E. Church shooting in Charleston, during which nine black people were gunned down by a young white supremacist, felt compelled to forgive Dylann Roof almost immediately. It’s why the younger brother of a black man, Botham…
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