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on August 20, 2015

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Bush or Bell? For me, it’s a Matter of Principle

by Sylvester Brown, Jr. St. Louis County Prosecutor, Wesley Bell is an affable, articulate, good-looking, polished politician. I like him. But I can’t vote for him in Tuesday’s Primary election. For me, it’s a matter of principle. I have no choice but to support Bell’s opponent, 1 st District Congresswomen Cori Bush mostly because of her principled, courageous positions. First, let’s do away with the hyperbole and misinformation. The millions raised to defeat Bush has nothing to do with her record of achievements in office; it’s because she had the temerity to call for a ceasefire in Gaza right after Israel was attacked by Hamas last year. With nearly 40,000 Palestinians-mostly civilian women and children-killed and another 2.3 million driven from their homes and facing starvation, Bush’s clarion call for a cessation of hostilities should have been heeded. Pro-Israeli organizations like AIPAC vowed to end...

Response to PD Statement about my Termination

The Editor of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Arnie Robbins, and Managing Editor Pam Maples have issued a statement about my termination: "Sylvester Brown Jr. is no longer writing a column for the Post-Dispatch. Brown accepted the offer of a free trip to Washington from supporters of a group that he had written about in a column the day before ... Brown also had not notified his editors of his trip or the offer ... our ethics policy clearly states the parameters regarding conflict of interest, and what our journalists can and cannot do. Brown declined an opportunity to write a farewell column." "Supporters of a group ..." Now, that's an interesting spin. Yes, there are literally dozens of organizations that support the Illinois renewable energy effort as well as other efforts aimed at eliminating poverty world-wide and creating sustainable, reinvigorated urban communities. You know, sort of like the United Way supports hundreds of organizations working to serve th...

Beyoncé’s anthem offers "Freedom" for the Bone-Tired

By Sylvester Brown, Jr. Aren't you tired? I know I am. I’m tired. Bone-tired of the ignorance, the backward thinking, the lies, the hate and the reignited racism in the freakin’ 21 st Century. I’m so done with the stereotyping of Blacks, Jews, women, soldiers and immigrants as criminals, as “dumb,” as stupid, as worthless and as wanton murderers. I’m sick and tired of listening to angry white parents at school board meetings attempting to beat up on the LGBTQ+ community, erase black history, ban books or rid classrooms of a “theory” that was never ever taught in the nation’s classrooms. How did we evolve (or devolve) into a country where Nicholas Fuentes, a white supremacist, was invited to dinner with the leading GOP presidential candidate who-by the way-thinks Nazi-loving, white nationalists are “very fine people?” It saps my soul that my granddaughters must endure similar indignities of their grandfather, his father and their long-gone ancestors. ...

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