As we celebrate America's 250th birthday this week, our nation is stronger with President Trump at the helm— a leader who believes that people who work hard every day deserve to keep more of what they earn. One year after President Trump signed the Working Families Tax Cuts into law, this once-in-a-generation legislation is delivering on its promises and unleashing a blue-collar BOOM. The success of President Trump’s widely popular tax breaks, like No Tax on Tips, No Tax on Overtime, No Tax on Social Security and Made in America Car-Loan deductions, is undeniable. A look at the first-year’s results shows that nearly 70% of filers who received a tax cut earned less than $100,000. President Trump and Republicans are rewarding hard work, strengthening families, and restoring the American Dream by putting more money back into the pockets of the people who earned it. The American people will not forget; while Republicans fought for the largest tax cut in history for middle and working...
By Mona Austin | The Slice News PART 1 In America's hierarchy of social value dark skin resides on the bottom while light skin is always at the top. This prejudicial system was designed by pioneers of the country and people in power in other parts of the world. The divisive effects linger today. Currently, the United State is undergoing a period of racial metamorphosis that beckons attention. What happens when the rules of racial identity change? Colonial society introduced a color caste system that assigned value to race. By law the enslaved were of lesser value than enslavers. It was never about respecting, preserving or protecting Black people or blackness. Let us be clear about that from the beginning. The legal architecture that defined Blackness in America consisted of real laws that determined which children were enslaved, which bodies were property, and which bloodlines were considered contaminated — was ...