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### Why Can’t America Make Democracy Work? Group Rights!

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on April 01 2021.

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## [Racism: Complicity is Guilt](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21458:racism-complicity-is-guilt&catid=312)

Suppose we were to give the Republicans in Georgia the benefit of the doubt. Imagine that they don't really hate and fear Black voters the way their…

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Written by Phyllis M. Daugherty on March 29 2021.

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Written by Daniel Guss on March 29 2021.

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Written by Zack Linly on March 29 2021.

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Written by Eric Preven on March 29 2021.

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Written by Sara Roos on March 29 2021.

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Written by Robert C. Koehler on March 29 2021.

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Written by Eve Ottenberg on March 29 2021.

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Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on March 29 2021.

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Written by Chris Rowe on March 29 2021.

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Written by John Mirisch on March 25 2021.

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Written by Bob Gelfand on March 25 2021.

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Written by Eric Preven on March 25 2021.

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Written by Andrea Germanos on March 25 2021.

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Written by Joel Kotkin on March 25 2021.

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on March 25 2021.

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