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1. Article · Sep 22, 2026 · TARRIS WOODS

   Guest commentary: Justice coalition supports impeaching Clarence Thomas (opens the original)

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   Today marks the 35th anniversary of Justice Clarence Thomas taking the Oath of Office as the 106th associate justice of the United States Supreme Court. Thomas is the second African American to sit on the Supreme Court and his judicial philosophy is totally opposite from Justice Thurgood Marshall, the first African American to sit on the Supreme Court. Within most of the African American community, Marshall is affectionately called “Mr. Civil Rights” and a legal champion who used the law to

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2. Article · Aug 4, 2026 · TARRIS WOODS

   Guest commentary: Democracy is a use-it-or-lose-it proposition (opens the original)

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   Historian Deborah Lipstadt once said “The best time to save a democracy is before it is lost.” As the United States marks 250 years, we can reflect on a nation that has a long and complex history. America is the oldest and most influential democracy in the world. And, some people tend to think our democratic republic reached that milestone because of its invincibility. Not so. Our republic has been threatened five times before and it survived. Benjamin Franklin also knew a self-rule democrac

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