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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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opinion

They’re Carting Robert E. Lee Away. It’s About Damn Time

NOT JUST WHISTLIN’ DIXIE

Now 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.

Sophia A. Nelson | Published Dec 18, 2020
opinion

White Male Conservatives Think They’re the Real Victims

FOUL HYPOCRITES

They 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.

Sophia A. Nelson | Published Dec 08, 2020
opinion

GOP Snowflake Melts Over Neera Tanden’s Mean Tweets

NEW NORMAL

The 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.

Sophia A. Nelson | Published Dec 02, 2020
opinion

Go Big, Joe, and Wipe Away All Student Debt

ZERO IT OUT

I could have gotten a better loan rate from the Mafia and actually paid it back by now.

Sophia A. Nelson | Published Nov 23, 2020
opinion

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.

Sophia A. Nelson | Published Nov 15, 2020
opinion

The Time to Stop Trump’s Power Grab Is Right Now

ENOUGH

If 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.

Sophia A. Nelson | Published Nov 10, 2020
opinion

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.

Sophia A. Nelson | Published Nov 07, 2020
opinion

In Praise of Mr. Kamala Harris & Other 21st Century Real Men

ANTI-RETRO

Doug Emhoff (Mr. Kamala Harris) and Jesse Barrett (Mr. Amy Coney Barrett) aren’t weak or emasculated. They’re what men today should be.

Sophia A. Nelson | Published Oct 31, 2020
opinion

Breonna Taylor Grand Jurors Expose Justice System Gone Wrong

JUST US

Not one officer has had to answer for killing an innocent young woman, in her own home.

Sophia A. Nelson | Published Oct 25, 2020
opinion

The Media Only Likes Women When They’re Liberal

ROLE MODEL

All 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.

Sophia A. Nelson | Published Oct 15, 2020

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