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Sophia A. Nelson is a CNN Legal & Political commentator, a USA Today opinion writer, and an award-winning journalist and the author of three non-fiction books.Sophia was the first African American woman to serve as a US House of Representatives Republican Congressional Committee Investigative Counsel. After a stint in private practice at the International law firm of Holland & Knight, LLP Nelson went on to cover the Obama White House as a correspondent for the iconic JET Magazine 2010-2012, and after that, writing award winning columns for Essence Magazine. She is the author of Black Woman Redefined: Dispelling Myths and Discovering Fulfillment in the Age of Michelle Obama, The Woman Code:20 Powerful Keys to Unlock Your Life, and, most recently, e Pluribus One: Reclaiming Our Founders' Vision for a United America.
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They’re Carting Robert E. Lee Away. It’s About Damn Time
NOT JUST WHISTLIN’ DIXIENow that’s progress: A state commission has recommended that Virginia’s Lee statue be removed from Statuary Hall and replaced by a Black female civil-rights icon.

White Male Conservatives Think They’re the Real Victims
FOUL HYPOCRITESThey are victims of the younger, more diverse America that rejected Trump and voted for Biden. They are victims of their own white male aggrievement and resentment.

GOP Snowflake Melts Over Neera Tanden’s Mean Tweets
NEW NORMALThe same guy who managed to hear no evil when it comes to Donald Trump is shocked, shocked than a Democrat said mean things about Republicans.

Go Big, Joe, and Wipe Away All Student Debt
ZERO IT OUTI could have gotten a better loan rate from the Mafia and actually paid it back by now.

The Authoritarian Threat in This Country Isn’t Socialism
GUESS WHO?Socialism reverberated like crazy in this election, but it was ironic that Trump supporters couldn't recognize what a threat to democracy he posed.

The Time to Stop Trump’s Power Grab Is Right Now
ENOUGHIf we can do it to protest the horrific death of George Floyd, we can do it to demand that Donald J. Trump and his sycophants respect the will of the American people.

Now It’s Madam Vice President Kamala Harris
HISTORY MAKER“It’s not your time yet.” “Wait your turn.” Thank goodness Kamala Harris never listened to those words.

In Praise of Mr. Kamala Harris & Other 21st Century Real Men
ANTI-RETRODoug Emhoff (Mr. Kamala Harris) and Jesse Barrett (Mr. Amy Coney Barrett) aren’t weak or emasculated. They’re what men today should be.

Breonna Taylor Grand Jurors Expose Justice System Gone Wrong
JUST USNot one officer has had to answer for killing an innocent young woman, in her own home.

The Media Only Likes Women When They’re Liberal
ROLE MODELAll of us as women have been subject to gender discrimination, sexual harassment in some form, disrespect from male colleagues, and on and on. All of us. Not just some of us.
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