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To address discrimination, we need to examine ourselves

July 13, 2020July 14, 2020Miranda Marquit

One of the most important things we can do as citizens is to engage in our rights to peaceably assemble and petition the government for redress. Those rights are enshrined in the First Amendment — and many people right here in Idaho Read More

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Voting: Our patriotic duty

July 7, 2020July 8, 2020Bonneville Democrats

Tomorrow we will celebrate the most famous protest in the history of our country. The founders of our country tried in vain for years to reason with a government that had little incentive to listen to them, had lost touch with the Read More

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Idaho Falls: Where should we go from here?

June 30, 2020February 6, 2021Bonneville Democrats

When nationwide demonstrations against racial injustice began after George Floyd’s death under the knee of a Minneapolis policeman, America tried in vain to have a dialogue about systemic and structural racism while emotions were running high. As demonstrations cooled from fiery anger Read More

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Now, let’s have the conversation about racism

June 22, 2020June 22, 2020Bonneville Democrats

The gruesome and horrendous murder of George Floyd in full view of the entire world has brought our nation to a tipping point in race relations. In spite of the tragedy of these times, my heart is filled with hope. Watching millions Read More

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Seize the moment

June 15, 2020June 22, 2020Bonneville Democrats

As a kid I grew up in a single-parent family. My mom, after her divorce, went back to school to receive her general education development (GED) diploma. That saying, “It takes a village,” was never truer than in my childhood days in Read More

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Institutional racism enabled the treeless lynching of George Floyd

June 8, 2020June 9, 2020Pat Tucker

Revolting, inhumane, brazen. The video of George Floyd’s last minutes shows unmistakably that he was publicly murdered by an officer of the law whose job it was to protect him. George Floyd is never seen resisting, and Officer Derek Chauvin kept his Read More

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