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November 12 , 2009 - Issue 350
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Cover Story: The Fort Hood Massacre and Islamophobia - The African World - By Bill Fletcher, Jr
Cartoon: Berlin and Israel Walls By Carlos Latuff
Profiting from Hungry Children - Represent Our Resistance - By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD
PTSD Creates Fort Hoods Everywhere - Color of Law - By David A. Love, JD
Think First About the Unemployed, Not the Politicians ... and Act - Left Margin - By Carl Bloice
The Ignored Lessons of the Fort Hood Tragedy - Keeping It Real - By Larry Pinkney
The Economic Crisis Elections - African American Leadership - By Dr. Ron Walters, PhD
Cartoon: Uphill for the Nobel Peace Prize Winner By Zapiro, South Africa
Children on Food Stamps - What Does it Mean for America? - Solidarity America - By John Funiciello
Struggling Against Cultural Surrender - Worrill’s World - By Dr. Conrad Worrill, PhD
The Black Men’s New "Little Black Book" - Between The Lines - By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD
Art: L.E.A.D. UGANDA By Shepard Fairey (Login not needed)
Osama bin Laden: Zbigniew Brzezinski’s Star Pupil - By John Hayakawa Török, Jd, PhD
Art: Mother Palestine - September 2010 By Carlos Latuff (Login not needed)

 


November 5 , 2009 - Issue 349
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Cover Story: And What of the Black Underclass? - Keeping It Real - By Larry Pinkney
Dear Reader - A message about the new BC Subscription Plans
Cartoon: US Aid to Pakistan By Carlos Latuff
A Personal Look at Healthcare Reform - The African World - By Bill Fletcher, Jr
350.Org - Represent Our Resistance - By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD
Obama, the Karzai Brothers & the Ghost of Najibullah - Left Margin - By Carl Bloice
Absolute Corruption is the Rule in America - Color of Law - By David A. Love, JD
Obama’s Leadership Style - African American Leadership - By Dr. Ron Walters, PhD
Will Rev. Bernice King’s Bully Pulpit at SCLC Bash Gays? - Inclusion - By The Reverend Irene Monroe
Cartoon: Obey Windmill By Shepard Fairey
Piper Will Stand to be Paid in New York’s 23rd C.D. - Solidarity America - By John Funiciello
Discrimination: Now You See It, Now You Don’t - The Invisible Woman By Sharon Kyle
The Concept of Mentacide and Dr. Bobby Wright - Worrill's World By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill, PhD
Art: World for Palestine Calendar - Free Palestine - May 2010
Book Review: The Black Panthers and the Assassination of Fred Hampton - By Hans Bennett
Quote to Ponder: "We have guided missiles and misguided men." - Martin Luther King

 


October 29, 2009 - Issue 348
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Cover Story: ‘Child Witches’ - Inclusion By The Reverend Irene Monroe
Cartoon: Death by Healthcare By Mark Hurwitt
The Lawyers Who Would Torture - Color of Law By David A. Love, JD
Listening to Justice Goldstone - The African World By Bill Fletcher, Jr
Desegregation, Again - Represent Our Resistance - By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD
Black Turnout Looking Mild for Nov Elections - African American Leadership By Dr. Ron Walters, PhD
Fake Symbolism vs the Reality of Change - Keeping It Real - By Larry Pinkney
Cartoon: Healthcare is A Human Right By 29
U.S. Chamber: Caught with its Rolls Down - Solidarity America - By John Funiciello
When Lady Justice Rewards a Pimp & Punishes Victim - The Substance of Truth - By Tolu Olorunda
Most Black Married Mommas Could Have Been Statistics By K. Danielle Edwards
Cartoon: Whitening By Carlos Latuff
The Struggle Against Free Trade Continues By Gabriela Campos
Hispanic Panic By Jessica Watson-Crosby
The Siege on Gaza Continues - By Nadia Hijab - BlackCommentator.com Guest Commentator
Quote to Ponder: "Philanthropy is commendable, but it must not..." - Martin Luther King
Art: World for Palestine Calendar - Silence Kills - July 2010 By Carlos Latuff for Resistance Art

 


October 22, 2009 - Issue 347
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Cover Story: The Texas Death Machine Is In Big Trouble - Color of Law By David A. Love, JD
Cartoon: Get the Bugs Out of the System - Demand Single Payer By Doug Minkler
Morehouse’s Non-Tolerance for Gays - Inclusion - By The Reverend Irene Monroe
The Crisis Pimps versus the Obama Puppet - Keeping It Real - By Larry Pinkney
BlackCommentator.com and On-Line Journalism - The African World - By Bill Fletcher, Jr
Afghanistan - African American Leadership - By Dr. Ron Walters, PhD
The Next Nasty Attack from the Right - Left Margin - By Carl Bloice
Peaceful Coups Are Our Business - Represent Our Resistance - By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD
Cartoon: Obama Nobel Peace Laureate By Carlos Latuff
When Will Adults Take Responsibility for Youth Violence? - The Substance of Truth - By Tolu Olorunda
Politics of Prison Culture - Politics and the Subversive Imagination - By Dr. Henry A. Giroux, PhD
When the Brothers Blast You ... - Black Married Momma The Anti-Statistic By K. Danielle Edwards
Union Busters Gearing Up for a Big Payday on EFCA - Solidarity America - By John Funiciello
Black Unity: Can It Ever Happen? - Between The Lines - By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD
Mack and Jackie: Pasadena’s Twin Heroes - Worrill’s World - By Dr. Conrad Worrill, PhD
Cartoon: Global Warning By Shepard Fairey
Obama's Peace By Joseph Massad, The Electronic Intifada
"Sal Si Puedes!" - Barack Obama and an Election for Empire - By John Hayakawa Török, Jd, PhD
Shariah in Lawless Somalia - By Abukar Arman
Quote to Ponder: "I can’t give you freedom. Nobody can..." - Malcolm X
Art: World for Palestine Calendar - Victory Sign - March 2010 By Carlos Latuff for Resistance Art

 


October 15, 2009 - Issue 346
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Cover Story: Toward a More Perfect Nobel By John Feffer
Cartoon: Obama Gets Nobel Peace Prize By Zapiro, South Africa
Can We Charge Governor Rick Perry With Murder? By Jamala Rogers
Block Bad Healthcare Bills - Let’s Try Democracy By David Swanson
Kathleen Cleaver: High Priestess of the People’s Struggle - Keeping It Real - By Larry Pinkney
Is Barney Frank Relevant? - Inclusion - By The Reverend Irene Monroe
Obama, Honduras and the ‘Other’ OAS - The African World - By Bill Fletcher, Jr
290 "Enemies" in Chicago! - Represent Our Resistance - By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD
Will Obama Save America From Capitalism? - Color of Law - By David A. Love, JD
Nobel Prize for Obama Deserved? Yes! - African American Leadership By Dr. Ron Walters, PhD
Cartoon: Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan By Doug Minkler
The Other N Word: NAPPY - The Invisible Woman By Sharon Kyle
Do Corporations Already Rule the World? - Solidarity America - By John Funiciello
A Conversation with Cornel West - The Substance of Truth - By Tolu Olorunda
The Despair of Childcare - Black Married Momma - The Anti-Statistic By K. Danielle Edwards
Why Obama Won The Nobel Peace Prize - Between The Lines By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD
The Omission of Racism+Sexism, in Educational Reforms - Women of Color By Suzanne Brooks
Reviewing African American Political History - Worrill’s World - By Dr. Conrad Worrill, PhD
More On Net Equity - Plus Picower - National Affairs - By Lawrence R. Velvel, JD
Cartoon/Art: 44th By Mwandishi Henry
The Plight of the Right of Return - By Nadia Hijab
Both Forgotten and Misread - Part 2: Robert Taber’s The War of the Flea - By Daniel N. White
Art: World for Palestine - 2010 Calendar By Carlos Latuff for Resistance Art

 


October 8, 2009 - Issue 345
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Cover Story: Surprise: the Left is Not Going Away - Left Margin By Carl Bloice
Cartoon: Scared to Death By Doug Minkler
Out of my Black Church, Into the Streets - Inclusion - By The Reverend Irene Monroe
Can Richard Trumka Turn Organized Labor Around? - The African World - By Bill Fletcher, Jr
A Fast for Human Rights in Gaza - Color of Law - By David A. Love, JD
Ken Burn’s National Parks - Represent Our Resistance - By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD
Chicago School Violence & the Urban Crisis - African American Leadership - By Dr. Ron Walters, PhD
Obama, Fascism, and the Color Line - Keeping It Real - By Larry Pinkney
Cartoon: Obamas Rhetoric By Deng Coy Miel, Singapore
Pittsburgh Provided Real-Life Test of "Non-Lethal" Weapons - Solidarity America - By John Funiciello
How Do We Claim What Is Ours - Let's Try Democracy By David Swanson
Is Obese the New “Thick”? - Black Married Momma - The Anti-Statistic By K. Danielle Edwards
Cartoon: Afghanistan and Vietnam By Paresh Nath, The Khaleej Times, UAE
African Americans Front and Center in Government Poverty Report - By Racine Tucker-Hamilton
Both Forgotten and Misread: Robert Taber’s The War of the Flea - By Daniel N. White
Skip the Apologies and Pass the Justice: End Jim Crow in Indian Country - By Kevin James
Art: “Homage to Charles White” By Larry Richardson

 


October 1, 2009 - Issue 344
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Cover Story: The Iran Nuclear Story - The African World By Bill Fletcher, Jr
Cartoon: The G20 Discussing Emissions By Zapiro, South Africa
The Other Pittsburgh at the G-20 Meeting - African American Leadership By Dr. Ron Walters, PhD
Che: A Friend to 1 Billion in Poverty - Represent Our Resistance - By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD
Corporate Power and the Myth of Democracy in ‘America’ - Keeping It Real - By Larry Pinkney
Black Queers Are Tying The Knot - Inclusion By The Reverend Irene Monroe
There Should Be More Pro Athletes Like Tracy McGrady - Color of Law By David A. Love, JD
Cartoon: Obama at the UN By Eric Allie, Caglecartoons.com
When School Kids Sing Obama’s Praises - The Substance of Truth - By Tolu Olorunda
A Second Bill of Rights - Let's Try Democracy By David Swanson
Worker Solidarity: We Don’t Need to Know Their Names - Solidarity America - By John Funiciello
What If Your Child Is Gay? - Black Married Momma: The Anti-Statistic By K. Danielle Edwards
Street Report from the G20 - Justice Watch - By Bill Quigley
Compromise Sown By Revenge - Between The Lines By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD
Cartoon: Iranian missiles By Paresh Nath, The Khaleej Times, UAE
Quote to Ponder: Hhe was a man who fought and died for what he thought was fair... - Alberto Granado
Art: Joyful Supporter of Single-Payer Healthcare By George Keswick, Photography

 


September 24 , 2009 - Issue 343
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Cover Story: Conversation America Won't Have on Race - Inclusion By The Reverend Irene Monroe
Political Cartoon: Fox News and Acorn By Mike Keefe, The Denver Post
Whither ACORN? - The African World - By Bill Fletcher, Jr
Caster Semenya: An Unlikely Challenger of Sexual Binary and Beauty Images By Jamala Rogers
Racism & Reaction Must be Confronted - Left Margin - By Carl Bloice
In Praise of Eduardo Galeano’s Mirrors- Represent Our Resistance - By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD
America Needs A True Revolution Of Values - Color of Law - By David A. Love, JD
On Obama’s Empire, The Media, Class, and Color - Keeping It Real By Larry Pinkney
Political Cartoon: Obama at the United Nations By Patrick Chappatte, The International Herald Tribune
You Have Only the Right to Remain Silent - Let's Try Democracy By David Swanson
Will the Church Say “Amen”? - Black Married Momma - The Anti-Statistic By K. Danielle Edwards
Kanye, Serena and Dumb Sh*t - Between the Lines By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD
Pittsburgh to Its Homeless: Go Away - The Substance of Truth - By Tolu Olorunda
Celebration of America’s Supremacy was Premature - Solidarity America - By John Funiciello
MAAFA: The African Holocaust of Enslavement - Worrill’s World - By Dr. Conrad Worrill, PhD
Political Cartoon: Threat to MidEast Peace By Paresh Nath, The Khaleej Times, UAE
I Was A Sellout! By Jessica Watson-Crosby
The Legacy of Jim Crow - By The Reverend D. D. Prather
Art: Banjar By Kadir Nelson

 


September 17 , 2009 - Issue 342
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Transcript and Video of Bill Fletcher's appearance on The Journal with Bill Moyers 
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Cover Story: Secesh 3.0: Fear of A Black President - Color of Law By David A. Love, JD
Political Cartoon: Joe Wilson Campaign Rally By Bill Schorr, Cagle Cartoons
Read the Latest Breaking News Items
American Destruction and Displacement - Represent Our Resistance - By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD
Obama Fighting Back, At Last! - African American Leadership By Dr. Ron Walters, PhD
A Black Priest and Her Church Marries a Lesbian Mayor - Inclusion - By The Reverend Irene Monroe
"The End of White World Supremacy" - The African World - By Bill Fletcher, Jr
Leonard Peltier & Mumia Abu-Jamal - Keeping It Real - By Larry Pinkney
Political Cartoon: Wall Street, One Year After By Patrick Chappatte, The International Herald Tribune
Is Michelle Obama Being Pimped for the Olympics? - The Substance of Truth By Tolu Olorunda
Wife Swap: No, Not the Kind You Think - Black Married Momma By K. Danielle Edwards
What’s Making Us Sick? - Solidarity America - By John Funiciello
Health Care Reform Demands U.S. Food Policy and Agricultural Reform - Dantò’s Note - By Ezili Dantò
Remembering Ken Bridges - Worrill’s World - By Dr. Conrad Worrill, PhD
Cultural Popularity VS Populist Vulgarity - Between The Lines - By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD
Political Cartoon: Obama warns Wall Street By Paresh Nath, The Khaleej Times, UAE
Wanted: Educator Applicants for The Asa Grant Hilliard III Road Scholar Award By Kathy Taylor
Equality-What Is It Good For By Jessica Watson-Crosby
The Door of the Ark By Nicholas Powers
Quote to Ponder: "A bundle of sticks can not be broken" - African Proverb
Art: ECCLESIASTES 11:9 By Mwandishi Henry

 


September 10 , 2009 - Issue 341
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Cover Story: Audio Analysis
The Obama Healthcare Address By Four BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board Members
BC question of the week: Are you satisfied or disappointed with President Obama's fight for
Healthcare reform?
Political Cartoon: Obama's Health Care By Olle Johansson, Sweden
Charlie is Off the Left’s Agenda - Represent Our Resistance By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD
Michael Vick, the Washington Red Skins and Black Concerns - The African World By Bill Fletcher, Jr
Goodbye Luis, Welcome to the Jobless Ranks - Left Margin - By Carl Bloice
Why Can’t Barack Speak to School Children? - African American Leadership - By Dr. Ron Walters, PhD
Healthcare Reform Is America’s Anti-Theft Device - Color of Law - By David A. Love, JD
Historical Revisionism and Selective Memory in ‘America’ - Keeping It Real - By Larry Pinkney
Political Cartoon: Breakdown By Petar Pismestrovic, Kleine Zeitung, Austria
Turning Hoes into Housewives - Black Married Momma: The Anti-Statistic By K. Danielle Edwards
Youth in a Suspect Society: A Review - The Substance of Truth - By Tolu Olorunda
Slaveship Down: The Silver Wire - The 5th Column By Jonathan David Farley, DPhil
Rough Road for a New Generation of Workers - Solidarity America - By John Funiciello
Remembering Patrice Lumumba - Worrill’s World - By Dr. Conrad Worrill, PhD
Potpourri Regarding Madoff, Starting with the IRS - Part 2 - National Affairs - By Lawrence R. Velvel, JD
Political Cartoon: Senator Olympia Snow By Taylor Jones, Politicalcartoons.com
September 11, 2001, New York City By Jessica Watson-Crosby, Black Radical Congress
“Y’all is messing up.” By Wilson Riles
Capitalism is Facing a Showdown By Malcolm Martin
Quote to Ponder: "To be poor in the United States today..." - bell hooks
Art: Peace Be Still - Clay Sculpture By Margaret Warfield

 


September 3 , 2009 - Issue 340
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Petition for the public option - It's not too late to push for "change we can believe in"
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Read the Latest Breaking News Items Right here On BlackCommentator.com
Push Congress Now to Pass Single-Payer Healthcare
BC Question of the week (Please participate)
Are you satisfied or disappointed with President Obama's fight for Healthcare reform?
Cover Story: Single-Payer Healthcare A BlackCommentator.com Series - Part 41
Mouseland: A 60 year old parable for our time By John Funiciello
Political Cartoon: Western-style Democracy By Mark Hurwitt
Liberal Hypocrisy & the Complicity of the Left - Keeping It Real By Larry Pinkney
Millions in Lives and Still Counting! - Represent Our Resistance By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD
Don’t wait for Obama to take on the political Right! - African World By Bill Fletcher, Jr
Second Chance for Michael Vick and Other Ex-Felons - Color of Law - By David A. Love, JD
Teddy Was a Champion - Who’s Left? - African American Leadership By Dr. Ron Walters, PhD
Political Cartoon: Ted Kennedy By Arcadio Esquivel, Cagle Cartoons, La Prensa, Panama
Gunning for Obama - A Modest Proposal - The Fifth Column By Jonathan David Farley, DPhil
  When Corporations Target Young Girls - The Substance of Truth By Tolu Olorunda
Teaching the Truth and the New School Year - Worrill’s World By Dr. Conrad Worrill, PhD
Madoff: The IRS and Other Matters By Lawrence R. Velvel, JD
Political Cartoon: Greedy Medical Insurance Companies By Angel Boligan
Quote to Ponder: "If the Negro in the ghetto must eternally be fed..." - Carter G. Woodson
Art: Healthcare Forum Screamer By George Keswick, Documentary and Portrait Photography

 


August 27, 2009 - Issue 339 - Summer Hiatus Issue #4 of 4 Best of BC
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Obama And The Revolutionary Moment Without Revolutionaries By Dr. Horace G. Campbell, PhD
"Our Schools Suck": A Book Review - The Substance of Truth By Tolu Olorunda
Gay is NOT the New Black - Inclusion By The Reverend Irene Monroe
On the Pope, Paternalism and Purifying the Savages - By David A. Love, JD
Political Cartoon: David and Goliath The Updated By Mark Hurwitt
Ft. Dix Five Case - Represent Our Resistance By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD
Barack Obama: The Empire Strikes Back - Keeping It Real By Larry Pinkney
Single-Payer Healthcare - Working for Health Justice & Economic Security! By Ethel Long-Scott
Meeting Agent Orange - The African World By Bill Fletcher, Jr
An Uncertain Time for Capitalism - Left Margin By Carl Bloice
Political Cartoon: Somalia By Deng Coy Miel, Singapore
All We Want is Justice! By Jamala Rogers
Political Cartoon: Holocaust Museum Memorial By RJ Matson, The St. Louis Post Dispatch
Quote to Ponder: "Every great dream begins with a dreamer..." - Harriet Tubman
Art: African Drummers By London Ladd

 


August 20, 2009 - Issue 338 - Summer Hiatus Issue #3 of 4 Best of BC
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NEW - It's Time For Action - Video of Speech by Bill Fletcher, Jr to Veterans for Peace
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BC Question of the week - Healhcare Town Hall disruptions (Please Participate)
Political Cartoon: American Financial System By Mark Hurwitt
Stop Gambling with your Health - Build a Health Justice Movement By Ethel Long-Scott
LaVena Johnson: Raped and Murdered on a Military Base in Iraq - Color of Law By David A. Love, JD
Queries Resurface About Bishop T. D. Jakes's Sexuality - Inclusion By The Reverend Irene Monroe
Malcolm and the MOVE Family - Represent Our Resistance By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD
Political Cartoon: Gaza Children By Emad Hajjaj, Jordan
The Hush-Hush Story: Why They Tortured - Left Margin By Carl Bloice
Meeting A Critical Need - Women of Color By Suzanne Brooks
Racializing Obama: The Enigma of Post-Black Politics and Leadership By Dr. Manning Marable, PhD
Race Matters MORE in the ‘Age of Obama’ - The Substance of Truth By Tolu Olorunda
Finance Capital and the Real Global "Pirates" - Keeping it Real By Larry Pinkney
Political Cartoon: Buy Partisanship By John Darkow, Columbia Daily Tribune, Missouri
The Light at the End of the Gaza-Ramallah Tunnel By Omar Barghouti, The Electronic Intifada
Honduras: Are We Going to Make Concessions To Those Who Perpetrate Coups? By Dana Frank, PhD
Am I African Enough? - Poetic Black Fusion By Poet Blackman Preach And Poet Erica Hawthorne
Quote to Ponder: "I want history to remember me... " - Congressperson Shirley Chisholm
Art: Darfur #2 By Larry Richardson

 


August 13, 2009 - Issue 337 - Summer Hiatus Issue #2 of 4 Best of BC
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Black Rage, Barack’s Redemption - The Substance of Truth By Tolu Olorunda
Single-Payer Healthcare: Prescription Drugs Made Me Do It By Billie M. Spaight, Healthcare-NOW
Political Cartoon: Palin Pregnant Daughter By Daryl Cagle, MSNBC.com
Gaza, Race, and the "Tools of Imperialism" - Represent Our Resistance By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD
Gay is NOT the New Black - Inclusion By The Reverend Irene Monroe
Black History Month - Remembering Huey P. Newton: - Keeping it Real By Larry Pinkney
And the People Spoke By Ethel Long-Scott, Executive Director, Women’s Economic Agenda Project
Political Cartoon: Remember Us By Mark Hurwitt
The Obama Administration: A Kiss and a Slap By Jamala Rogers
  Helen Hampton, Educator With a Message & Assignment for President Obama By Nancy Littlefield
GOP Obstructionists Defeat Bi-Partisanship - African American Leadership By Dr. Ron Walters, PhD
Reflections on 9-11 - Think Piece By Cindy Sheehan
Redefining Economic Development in the Black Community for 2015 By Lloyd Wynn
Political Cartoon: Supreme Court, Abu-Jamal By Rainer Hachfeld, Neues Deutschland, Germany
Avoiding the Bleedin’ Obvious - Left Margin By Carl Bloice
Election Day Showdown By Cynthia McKinney, Presidential Candidate
Why They Might Not Like Us - Solidarity America By John Funiciello
The Status Of Women Of Color In The American Political System: 2008 By Suzanne Brooks
We Are Not Our Own Worst Enemy - Worrill’s World By Dr. Conrad Worrill, PhD
The Face of America By Nadia Hijab, BlackCommentator.com Guest Commentator
Quote to Ponder: "Fighting for peace is like screwing for virginity" - George Carlin
Art: Despite Gravity By Margaret Warfield

 

 


August 6, 2009 - Issue 336 - Summer Hiatus Issue #1 of 4 Best of BC
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Difficult Choices - What's the best of BC By Peter Gamble, Publisher
Breaking BC News Updates from BC_Nation On Twitter
Wrong on Afghanistan! - African World By Bill Fletcher, Jr
Political Cartoon: Statue of Arms By Sifiso Yalo, The Sowetan, South Africa
Black Women -Who's Left to Call Aido Hwedo? - Represent Our Resistance By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels
Barack Obama and the Euphoria of Madness - Keeping It Real By Larry Pinkney
Underground Drug Dealing - By Candice S. Cason
Capitalism Reaches a Crossroads - Left Margin - By Carl Bloice
This Era of Black Women and HIV/AIDS - Inclusion - By The Reverend Irene Monroe
Political Cartoon: Unemployment Solution By Mark Hurwitt
Please Don’t Feed the Prison Monster - Color of Law By David A. Love, JD
  Single-Payer Not-For-Profit Health Care For All: A Step For Eliminating Poverty By Ethel Long-Scott
Obama's Electoral Path to The White House (Part I) By Dr. Martin Kilson, PhD
The Time for a Revolution - African American Leadership By Dr. Ron Walters, PhD
Political Cartoon: US Government Regulators By Jianping Fan, Guangzhou, China
Living in the Car After Gustav - Justice Watch By Bill Quigley
A Trailer Park Tale - Three Years After Katrina - By Deepa Fernandes
Quote to Ponder: "The press is so powerful in its image-making role... " - Malcolm X
Art: John Henrik Clark - Documentary Photography By Jim Alexander

 


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Cover Story: Obama and the Gates-gate - The African World By Bill Fletcher, Jr
Political Cartoon: Bungler By Cam Cardow, The Ottawa Citizen
Obama is No Sell Out: Just the Empire’s Latest Puppet - Keeping It Real - By Larry Pinkney
Race, Power and the Gates Affair - African American Leadership By Dr. Ron Walters, PhD
Has Obama Heard? about First Elected President of the Congo? By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD
Blacks and Latinos Hit Harder In Hard Times - Color of Law By David A. Love, JD
Political Cartoon: White House Ghost... By Mark Hurwitt
Canadian Attacks U.S. Attacks On Single-Payer Health Care - Solidarity America - By John Funiciello
Ode to John Holoman - Between The Lines By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD
The Challenge of Black Nationalism - Worrill's World - By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill, PhD
SCLC Fight Against Gay Marriage - By Jasmyne A. Cannick
The Impact of the Net Equity Question - National Affairs - By Lawrence R. Velvel, JD
Political Cartoon: Health Bizness By Pat Bagley, Salt Lake Tribune
Israel’s Warships and Threat Diplomacy By Nadia Hijab
White Men Can Jump - to Conclusions - By Rev. William E. Alberts, PhD
Why African Americans Should Care About Foreign Assistance Reform By Rev. Don Williams
The Alter Ego of Humanity By The Reverend D. D. Prather
Quote to Ponder: "I know I got it made while the masses..." - Muhammad Ali
Art: Volupta Surrenders to Faith By Larry Richardson

 


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Phone Congress Now to Support Single Payer HealthCare
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Cover Story: Moon-walking? - The African World By Bill Fletcher, Jr
Breaking News Updates from BC_Nation On Twitter
Art: Freedom By Kadir Nelson
Living While Black in Cambridge - Inclusion By the Rev. Irene Monroe
Reverend Edward Pinkney: A Champion of the People - Keeping It Real By Larry Pinkney
When Pools Reflect Race Relations By Jamala Rogers
Michael Steele’s Impossible Mission - Left Margin By Carl Bloice
Leonard Peltier and the Indigenous People - Represent Our Resistance By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels
Republicans Display Their Racial Hatred at Sotomayor Hearings - Color of Law By David A. Love, JD
Obama at the NAACP - African American Leadership By Dr. Ron Walters, PhD
Political Cartoon: Nelson Mandela at 91 By Zapiro, South Africa
Racial Profiling is Not Over in America - Between The Lines By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD
A Handful of "Moderate" Democrats to Gut EFCA? - Solidarity America - By John Funiciello
NBUF 30th Annual National Convention: A Success - Worrill's World - By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill, PhD
LA Public School Nightmare - Unapologetically Young, Black and Female - By Jasmyne A. Cannick
The Impact of SIPC’s Position - National Affairs - By Lawrence R. Velvel, JD
Political Cartoon: Health Care Reform By David Fitzsimmons, The Arizona Star
Memoirs of a Lost Arab World By Nadia Hijab
Quote to Ponder: It is a peculiar sensation, this double-consciousness..." - W.E.B. Du Bois
Political Cartoon: Victory in Afghanistan By Paresh Nath, The Khaleej Times, UAE

 


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Cover Story: Obama Visits Africa’s "Oil Gulf" By Emira Woods
Political Cartoon: Sonia Sotomayor By Taylor Jones, El Nuevo Dia, Puerto Rico
The Honduran Coup, the Media and Obama -The African World By Bill Fletcher, Jr
Let the Episcopal Church Say Amen - Inclusion By the Rev. Irene Monroe
Obama on African Responsibility - African American Leadership By Dr. Ron Walters, PhD
Our Culture of Discipline and Punishment -- Represent Our Resistance - By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD
Hey, Who Turned Off the Music? - Color of Law - By David A. Love, JD
Obama, the Corporate Media, and the Evisceration of the People - Keeping It Real - By Larry Pinkney
Political Cartoon: Obama in Africa By Rainer Hachfeld, Neues Deutschland, Germany
Obama: Health Care IS A Civil Rights Fight - Between The Lines By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD
Black In America: CNN, and the Art of Opportunism - The Substance of Truth - By Tolu Olorunda
How Big is Our "Mediocrity Problem?" - Solidarity America - By John Funiciello
Political Cartoon: G-8 Aid Promises By Paresh Nath, The Khaleej Times, UAE
Honduras: Concessions To Those Who Perpetrate Coups? By Dr. Dana Frank, PhD
Obama’s African Speech - Shades of the "Gunga Din" Syndrome - By Dr. Carlos E. Russell, PhD
Art: No Parking For Your Burdens By George Keswick, Doeumentary and Portrait Photography

 


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Cover Story: The Queerness of MJ: Society’s Homophobia? - Inclusion By the Rev. Irene Monroe
Political Cartoon: McNamara By David Fitzsimmons, The Arizona Star
NAACP at 100: Needed Now More than Ever - African American Leadership By Dr. Ron Walters, PhD
‘Post-racialism’ and the Washington Nationals - The African World By Bill Fletcher, Jr
Honduran Violence and U.S. Aid Test Obama's Global Image By Roberto Lovato
Bill Clinton’s Stabilizing Mission in Haiti - Represent Our Resistance - By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD
Message to Obama: We Need a New Deal - Left Margin - By Carl Bloice
Broken Immigration System Breaks Up A Jamerican Family - Color of Law By David A. Love, JD
Blowback and the Myth of American Democracy - Keeping It Real By Larry Pinkney
Political Cartoon: US, Russia to Cut Nukes By Paresh Nath, The Khaleej Times, UAE
Advice for President Obama on His Trip to Ghana - The Substance of Truth - By Tolu Olorunda
The Concept of Mentacide and Dr. Bobby Wright - Worrill's World - By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill, PhD
How Committed to Labor Law Reform is This Administration? - Solidarity America - By John Funiciello
Obama’s Tortured Democracy: The Power of Images - By Dr. Henry A. Giroux, PhD
Political Cartoon: G-8 in Italy By Paresh Nath, The Khaleej Times, UAE
Coup in Albany: Is Washington next? By Dr. Horace Campbell, PhD
One Hundred Years Later - By The Reverend D. D. Prather
Quote to Ponder: "None of us got where we are..." - Thurgood Marshall
Art: Distinctive Moves By Margaret Warfield

 


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Two Cover Stories
Cover Story 1 - Urgent Request To Support Restoration Of Honduran President Zelaya By Danny Glover
Cover Story 2 - Obama Must Help Restore Democracy in Honduras By Roberto Lovato
Art: MJ: He Became What We Are Becoming By IN-COQ-NEGRO
Clarence Thomas: Wrong on Voting Rights - African American Leadership By Dr. Ron Walters, PhD
Global Terror: Censorship to Exterminate - Represent Our Resistance - By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD
Meeting Agent Orange - The African World - By Bill Fletcher, Jr
A Homegoing For My Father - Color of Law - By David A. Love, JD
Political Cartoon: Single-Payer Off the Table By Mark Hurwitt
On Transformers 2: Why Hollywood Movies Are Racist - The Substance of Truth - By Tolu Olorunda
Weak Links in the Chain - Solidarity America - By John Funiciello
MJ: The BADDEST Entertainer - Between The Lines - By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD
Political Cartoon: Michael Jackson By Dario Castillejos, Dario La Crisis
The Crisis of the Negro Intellectual, Revisited - Worrill's World - By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill, PhD
Reflections on Racism - By Nadia Hijab
Quote to Ponder: "I do not expect the white media..." - Huey Newton
Political Cartoon: Cyber Winds of Change By Zapiro, South Africa

 


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Cover Story: Obama: "Tear Down That Wall" - African American Leadership By Dr. Ron Walters, PhD
Political Cartoon: Benjamin Netanyahu By Taylor Jones, Politicalcartoons.com
When Torture is Dismissed - The African World By Bill Fletcher, Jr.
The Revolution Will Be Twitterized - Color of Law By David A. Love, JD
Obama’s Hush-Hush Meeting with LGBTQ Leaders - Inclusion By the Rev. Irene Monroe
The Poverty of the Mind: Hold On, Stay Strong, Carry On - Keeping It Real By Larry Pinkney
Illusion, Reality & Courage in Iran - Left Margin By Carl Bloice
Some Thoughts on the Left from the Left - Represent Our Resistance - By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD
Political Cartoon: Defense Of Marriage Counselor By RJ Matson, Roll Call
Iranian Uprisings & theNew Media - Politics and the Subversive Imagination - Henry A. Giroux, PhD
If You Can’t Beat Them, Close Their Library - The Substance of Truth - By Tolu Olorunda
Second-class Workers: Three Generations is Enough - Solidarity America - By John Funiciello
LA Needs Full Time Mayor - Between The Lines By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD
The Battle Over Egypt - Worrill's World - By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill, PhD
Political Cartoon: Iranian Democracy By Patrick Chappatte, The International Herald Tribune
Withheld Evidence: Mumia Abu-Jamal Supporters want Civil Rights Investigation By Hans Bennett
A Familiar Face By The Reverend D. D. Prather
The U.S. Regime - Change Recipe for Iran - Have the Neocons and Israel Won? - By Paul Craig Roberts
Quote to Ponder: "The arc of the moral universe is long..." - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr
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Two Cover Stories
1- Murder on 14th Street - The African World By Bill Fletcher, Jr
2 - Are Racist "Lone Wolves" Really "Alone" - African American Leadership By Dr. Ron Walters, PhD
Political Cartoon: Holocaust Museum Memorial By RJ Matson, The St. Louis Post Dispatch
Dying to Kill a Black Man By Jamala Rogers
To the Fathers Who Lost Their Child - Color of Law By David A. Love, JD
Obama’s America - Expanding the Farce - Represent Our Resistance - By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD
Radical Civic Action: A Process for Social Change - Keeping It Real - By Larry Pinkney
Political Cartoon Now It's Official By Jeff Parker, Florida Today
TV From Analog To Digita - Between The Lines By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD
A Father’s Day Story - Unapologetically Young, Black and Female - By Jasmyne A. Cannick
Let Us Make Haste While We Can (Part 3) - The Substance of Truth By Tolu Olorunda
In a Just World: Universal, Public Education - Solidarity America - By John Funiciello
Preparing for NBUF’s 30th National Convention - Worrill's World - By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill, PhD
Political Cartoon: FDA-Big Tobacco By John Darkow, Columbia Daily Tribune, Missouri
Look at what Haiti (Haiti's Tyrants) did to me! By Ezili Dantò/Marguerite Laurent
Quote to Ponder: Juneteenth:- " ... all slaves are free..." - Union Army Major General Gordon Granger
Art: Possibilities By Larry Richardson

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Cover Story: Will Obama Save the Mideast from Itself? - Color of Law By David A. Love, JD
Political Cartoon: The Usual Suspeculation in the recent NYPD shooting! By Justus
Benton Harbor Believes in Fighting Back! - Represent Our Resistance - By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD
Cynthia McKinney, DIGNITY - Keeping It Real - By Larry Pinkney
President Obama’s Speech to the Muslim World - The African World - By Bill Fletcher, Jr.
New Jobless Stats: Still "Less Terrible"? Not for Some - Left Margin - By Carl Bloice
Obama Changing Islam’s Opinion of the US - African American Leadership - By Dr. Ron Walters, PhD
Political Cartoon: Barack Obama - Yes, we can By Taylor Jones, El Nuevo Dia, Puerto Rico
Racism + Sexism Must Be Admitted and Addressed - Women of Color By Suzanne Brooks
Let Us Make Haste While We Can - The Substance of Truth - By Tolu Olorunda
The Power of a Non-Violent Movement - Solidarity America - By John Funiciello
30th Annual National NBUF Convention - Worrill's World - By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill, PhD
Political Cartoon: A New Dawn for Healthcare By Monte Wolverton, Cagle Cartoons
Attention, MOVE: This is America! - At the 24th anniversary of the May 13 massacre, By Hans Bennett
Get That Colonization Off Your Crown, Michelle - From the Fringe - By K. Danielle Edwards
Black America’s Double-Dealing on Drugs - The Fifth Column - By Jonathan David Farley, DPhil
Children of the Recession: Remembering "Manchild in the Promised Land" - By Henry A. Giroux, PhD
Quote to Ponder: Had it not been for slavery, the death penalty..." - Angela Davis
Art: The Regulars By George Keswick - Documentary and Portrait Photography

 


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Cover Story: Sotomayor and the Firefighter’s Case - African American Leadership By Dr. Ron Walters
Political Cartoon: Cornered By Jeff Parker, Florida Today
Quote to Ponder: "I would hope that a wise Latina woman..." - Judge Sonia Sotomayor
The death of a terrorist... who was made a hero - The African World By Bill Fletcher, Jr.
Jamie and Gladys Scott - Represent Our Resistance - By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD
Plea Bargains in the Criminal McJustice System - Color of Law - By David A. Love, JD
Obama Not Marching with Black Pride - Inclusion - By the Rev. Irene Monroe
Black America: Entering a Period of Mediocrity, and Irrelevance? - Keeping It Real - By Larry Pinkney
Political Cartoon: GM Goes Bankrupt By Patrick Chappatte, The International Herald Tribune
Revolutionary Haitian Priest, Gerard Jean-Juste, Presente! - Justice Watch - By Bill Quigley
A Conversation with Henry Giroux (Part 1) - The Substance of Truth - By Tolu Olorunda
Blacks Can Learn From Gays - Unapologetically Young, Black and Female - By Jasmyne A. Cannick
A Billion People Undernourished and Who Would Know? - Solidarity America - By John Funiciell
LAUSD Canceling Summer School - Between The Lines By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD
Education And Economic Independence - Worrill's World By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill, PhD
Political Cartoon: General Motors - Vroom By Paul Zanetti, Australia
HLLN Honors Father Gerard Jean Juste By Ezili Dantò/Marguerite Laurent
Abolish Socialized Medicine forGovernment Leaders! - By Dr. John Hayakawa Torok, JD, PhD
A Foreign Policy Guided by "Houses" and "Daughters" By Rev. William E. Alberts, PhD
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Cover Story: Sonia Sotomayor - - Between The Lines By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD
Political Cartoon: Sonia Sotomayor By Taylor Jones, El Nuevo Dia, Puerto Rico
The Devil in Dick Cheney - African World - By Bill Fletcher, Jr.
Proposition Hate Redux & Celebrating Our Queer Servicemembers - Inclusion By Rev. Irene Monroe
A Review of The Autobiography of Black Panther Robert Hillary King - Keeping It Real By Larry Pinkney
What’s Not Being Said About the Obama-Netanyahu Talks - Left Margin By Carl Bloice
Torture and War Criminals - Represent Our Resistance - By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD
Colin Powell Fights Back - African American Leadership By Dr. Ron Walters, PhD
Art: The Buffalo Soldiers By Frederic Remington
Trying to be Exclusive, but Acting like Everyone Else - From the Fringe By K. Danielle Edwards
Education for African People: The Real Meaning - Worrill’s World - By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill, PhD
"Our Schools Suck": A Book Review - The Substance of Truth - By Tolu Olorunda
U.S. Rulers Disconnected from Everyday Lives of Americans - Solidarity America - By John Funiciello
Letter to The Honorable Douglas Shulman - National Affairs - By Lawrence R. Velvel, JD
Conditions are Deteriorating, Allies are Few - Women of Color - By Suzanne Brooks
Political Cartoon: Greed is Bad By Vince O'Farrell, The Illawarra Mercury, Australia
"Barking at the Light of the Moon..." - By Dr. Carlos E. Russell, PhD
Quote to Ponder: "For the black man with the attaché case..." - James Baldwin
Political Cartoon: Gitmo Closure Plan By Paresh Nath, The Khaleej Times, UAE

 


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Cover Story: Malcolm and the MOVE Family - Represent Our Resistance - By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD
Political Cartoon: Not Humans By Olle Johansson, Sweden
God’s Judgment of White America (The Chickens Come Home to Roost Speech By) Malcolm X
Obama meets Netanyahu: What Needs to be said - African World By Bill Fletcher, Jr.
When the Law is the Crime Being Committed - Color of Law By David A. Love, JD
Republican Pelosi Torture Diversion - African American Leadership By Dr. Ron Walters, PhD
Barack Obama’s Mission to Destroy Critical Thought - Keeping it Real - By Larry Pinkney
Political Cartoon: Guns OK in Parks By Mike Keefe, The Denver Post
If You Can’t Join ‘Em, Have ‘Em Arrested! - Solidarity America - By John Funiciello
Anti-War Hero - The Fifth Column - By Jonathan David Farley, DPhil
LA NAACP Life Achievement Award - Between The Lines By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD
The Maroon Within Us! - Worrill’s World - By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill, PhD
The Trustee and SIPC Use of Net Equity - National Affairs By Lawrence R. Velvel, JD
Political Cartoon: College Grads By Nate Beeler, The Washington Examiner
Green is the New Black, and Hope is the New Crack - By Dr. John Hayakawa Torok, JD, PhD
Quote to Ponder: "The press is so powerful in its image-making role... " - Malcolm X
Art: Despite Gravity By Margaret Warfield

 


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Cover Story: Tthe Job Picture Can’t Evade the Growing Tragedy - Left Margin - By Carl Bloice
Political Cartoon: Teaching to Detest By Justus
Why No Criminal Actions Against Bush Administration Officials - African World By Bill Fletcher, Jr
Alabama Senator Linked to White Supremacists - Color of Law - By David A. Love, JD
2009 in a 1984 World - Represent Our Resistance - By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD
The Burial of the Negro and the 21st Century Negrodian - Keeping it Real - By Larry Pinkney
Political Cartoon: Civilians Under Target By Paresh Nath, The Khaleej Times, UAE
The Making of a Coon: Artur Davis Spits on Dr. King’s Grave - The Substance of Truth By Tolu Olorunda
It’S Beginning To Look A Lot Like Trickle-Down - Solidarity America By John Funiciello
My Annual Graduation Message - Worrill’s World - By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill, PhD
Inglewood’s Police Dept Watch Dog - Between The Lines - By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD
The Four Torture Memos- Part 2 - National Affairs - By Lawrence R. Velvel, JD
Political Cartoon: Graduation Lemmings By Daryl Cagle, MSNBC.com
War, Education, and Women’s Equality in Afghanistan and Pakistan - By Dr. John Hayakawa Torok, JD
Quote to Ponder: "A black person who publicly disparages or criticizes other blacks...' - Derrick Bell
Art: Stars and Bars By Jim Alexander Photography

 


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Cover Story: I Got It From Yo’ Mama - Unapologetically Young, Black, Female - By Jasmyne A. Cannick
Art: Mother Reading to Daughter By London Ladd
Targeted Public Policy - African American Leadership By Dr. Ron Walters, PhD
Ft. Dix Five Case - Represent Our Resistance - By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD
Ethnic Cleansing in East Jerusalem - African World By Bill Fletcher, Jr.
A Philly Tragedy Reminds Us of America’s Gun Lust - Color of Law - By David A. Love, JD
Contradiction: Black and Head of the U.S. Empire - Keeping it Real By Larry Pinkney
Political Cartoon: The Real Swine Flu By Mark Hurwitt
Education and the Future of Black ChildrenPart 3 - The Substance of Truth - By Tolu Olorunda
The Fight for Boss’ Right to be Arbitrary and Capricious - Solidarity America - By John Funiciello
The Continuing Impact of White Supremacy - Worrill’s World - By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill, PhD
Obama's Recovery & Reinvestment Act:- Between The Lines By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD
Political Cartoon: Judge David Souter By Bob Englehart, The Hartford Courant
Who Mourns for the Confederate Slave? - The Fifth Column By Jonathan David Farley, DPhil
Justice Jackson’s Speech of December 1936 - National Affairs - By Lawrence R. Velvel, JD
Quote to Ponder: "Grown don't mean nothing to a mother,,, " - Toni Morrison
Political Cartoon: Supreme Court Nominee By Pat Bagley, Salt Lake Tribune

 


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Cover Story: Grading President Obama - African American Leadership By Dr. Ron Walters, PhD
Political Cartoon: Somalia By Deng Coy Miel, Singapore
Another abandoned house... which was a home - African World By Bill Fletcher, Jr.
Is Oil Worth More Than Blood In Nigeria? - Color of Law By David A. Love, JD
Queer Communities of Color in White States - Inclusion - By The Reverend Irene Monroe
The Hush-Hush Story: Why They Tortured - Left Margin - By Carl Bloice
Rev. Edward Pinkney and the Movement - Represent Our Resistance - By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD
Finance Capital and the Real Global "Pirates" - Keeping it Real By Larry Pinkney
Political Cartoon: Monopoly and Crisis By Angel Boligan, Cagle Cartoons, El Universal, Mexico City
Myopia Meltdown - From the Fringe By K. Danielle Edwards
New Head ofAFL-CIO May Lead to Split in Union Movement - Solidarity America - By John Funiciello
Are White Schools Hurting Black Students? (Part 2) - The Substance of Truth - By Tolu Olorunda
The Four Torture Memos - National Affairs - By Lawrence R. Velvel, JD
Malcolm X’s 84th Birthday - Worrill’s World - By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill, PhD
Obama's 100 Days- Between The Lines By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD
Political Cartoon: Epidemic Doubts By Angel Boligan, Cagle Cartoons, El Universal, Mexico City
The Case FOR the Congo By Ali M. Malau
"Where Do We Go From Here" - A 21st Century View of Dr. King’s 1967 Speech By Muata Greene
Piracy, Geopolitics, and Private Security - By Abukar Arman
Quote to Ponder: "... a separate Negro school... - W.E.B. Du Bois
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Cover Story - The Somali Pirates! - Represent Our Resistance - By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD
Political Cartoon: CIA Torture Cases By Rainer Hachfeld, Neues Deutschland, Germany
Lobbyist Money + Right-Wing Extremists = Tea Party - Color of Law By David A. Love, JD
Crossing the Room to Greet Hugo - African World By Bill Fletcher, Jr.
Obama Should Have Attended UN Racism Conference - African American Leadership By Ron Walters
Barack Obama and the Insanity of Denial - Keeping it Real By Larry Pinkney
Political Cartoon: Earth Day By Aislin, The Montreal Gazette
Education and the Future of Black Children - The Substance of Truth - By Tolu Olorunda
Michelle, Malia, and Sasha - Unapologetically Young, Black and Female By Jasmyne A. Cannick
Bush-Cheney Lovers Love the New GOP - and Newt, Too - Solidarity America - By John Funiciello
The UN World Conference Against Racism - Worrill’s World - By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill, PhD
The "New" LAPD Center- Between The Lines By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD
Feeder Funds and the SIPC - National Affairs - By Lawrence R. Velvel, JD
Political Cartoon: Norm Coleman As The Black Knight By RJ Matson, Roll Call
Business Plan for the Rescue of General Motors By Dr. John Hayakawa Torok, JD, PhD
Africa Is Not a Proverb By Mukoma Wa Ngugi
Quote to Ponder: "Acquiesce in the face of discrimination,..." - Mary McLeod Bethune
Art: Green Beans By Kadir Nelson

 


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Cover Story: Obama and the Somalia Dilemma - African World By Bill Fletcher, Jr.
Political Cartoon: 2 Big 2 Fail 2 Big 2 Fail By Mark Hurwitt
The Balance Between Bosses and Workers - African American Leadership By Dr. Ron Walters, PhD
African Americans & the Economic Crisis: Bold Action a Must - Left Margin By Carl Bloice
President Obama’s Magic Show - Represent Our Resistance - By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD
Our House Is On Fire, Part 6: Who Stopped the Presses? - The Color of Law By David A. Love, JD
There Are No Short Cuts to Bring About Systemic Change - Keeping it Real By Larry Pinkney
Political Cartoon: Piracy of Africa By Emad Hajjaj, Jordan
Albany’s Newspaper Cancels Their Workers’ Contract - Solidarity America - By John Funiciello
Resurrection Now, Crucifixion Later - The Substance of Truth - By Tolu Olorunda
A Tribute to My Friend Spurag - Worrill’s World - By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill, PhD
Businesses From Moving Out - Unapologetically Young, Black and Female - By Jasmyne A. Cannick
Stimulus "Mania" - Between The Lines By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD
Political Cartoon: Castro's Wilted Flower By Cam Cardow, The Ottawa Citizen
Anti-Immigrant to Blacks: Go back to Africa By Eric Ward
The Free Mumia Five Point Plan - If Not Now, When? By U-Savior
A Salute To Brother Eugene Godfried - In Struggle Spotlight By Tony Menelik Van Der Meer
Trouble in High Water - By The Reverend D. D. Prather
Quote to Ponder: "I shall feel myself discharging the duty of a true patriot..." - Frederick Douglass
Art: African Drummers By London Ladd

 


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Political Cartoon: Pope Bungyjumping with Condoms By Riber Hansson, Sweden
April 3, 1968 - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. - I've Been to the Mountaintop
How About a Student Loan Bailout? - Color of Law By David A. Love, JD
The Employee Free Choice Act: Corporate America’s Sly Approach - African World By Bill Fletcher, Jr
Televised Revolution of the Powerful - Represent Our Resistance By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD
Professor John Hope Franklin - African American Leadership By Dr. Ronald Walters, PhD
Political Cartoon: Cookie Jar By Olle Johansson, Sweden
Obama’s Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Politics - Keeping it Real - By Larry Pinkney
Madoff and the Mafia: Speculation or a Sure Thing? - National Affairs - By Lawrence R. Velvel, JD
Who Are The "Protectionists" In The Global Economy? - Solidarity America By John Funiciello
Why Capitalists Hate Socialism - Between the Lines By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD
Tavis Smiley, Accountability, and Obamamaniacs - The Substance of Truth By Tolu Olorunda
The Greatest Crime Against Humanity - Worrill’s World By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill, PhD
Political Cartoon: G20 Boat By Frederick Deligne, Le Pelerin, France
Few UK Black Media Present at G20 Summit By Amy V. Simmons
Quote to Ponder: "...the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today... - Martin Luther King, Jr
Art: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr - "Let Freedom Ring" By 29

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Cover Story: Wrong on Afghanistan! - African World By Bill Fletcher, Jr.
Political Cartoon: Afghan Exit Strategy By Paresh Nath, The Khaleej Times, UAE
U.S. Economic Policy Faces a Defiant Planet - Left Margin By Carl Bloice
Our House is on Fire, Part 4: U.S. Drug Policy has Gone to Pot - Color of Law By David A. Love, JD
Barney Frank & Justice Scalia Homophobe Accusation - Inclusion By The Reverend Irene Monroe
Obama's Challenges Abroad - African American Leadership By Dr. Ronald Walters, PhD
U.S. Militarist Government Oppression - Represent Our Resistance By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD
Despite The Republicrats Sometimes Our Youth Trump It All! - Keeping it Real By Larry Pinkney
Political Cartoon: Obama in Europe By Rainer Hachfeld, Neues Deutschland, Germany
Post-Raciality and John Hope Franklin - Between the Lines By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD
Life after Death: Martin Luther King, Jr. - The Substance of Truth - By Tolu Olorunda
Remembering the Durban 400 - Worrill’s World - By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill, PhD
We Were Warned About the Global Economic Meltdown - Solidarity America - By John Funiciello
Madoff: The Simple, Clean, Curative Bond Proposal - National Affairs By Lawrence R. Velvel, JD
Political Cartoon: Recession By Deng Coy Miel, Singapore
Sudan: Justice or a Poisoned Chalice? By Steven Fake & Kevin Funk
Jihad Against The Abuse Of Jihad By Abukar Arman
Happy Birthday Cesar Chavez! By David Swanson
The Legacy of the Black Panther Party - An interview with Kiilu Nyasha By Hans Bennett
Obama Has It All Backward on Afghanistan By Phyllis Bennis and Farrah Hassen
Quote to Ponder: "Politics is the authoritative allocation of values in a society... - Cynthia McKinney
Art: Resting By Jim Alexander Photography

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Cover Story: Du Bois’S Revenge By William (Bill) Strickland
Political Cartoon: Guarding the Public Henhouse By Mark Hurwitt
What is the Image of Black Women Today? - Represent Our Resistance By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD
The "Cuban 5" Must Be Freed - African World By Bill Fletcher, Jr.
Our House Is On Fire, Part 3: New York, City of the Poor - Color of Law By David A. Love, JD
Change the System for It Cannot be Fixed - Keeping it Real - By Larry Pinkney
Economic Ignorance 101 - African American Leadership By Dr. Ronald Walters, PhD
Political Cartoon: Obama Reaches Out To Iran By Patrick Chappatte, The International Herald Tribune
Thinking About J. Max Bond, Jr. 1936-2009 - BC In Struggle Spotlight By Dr. Martin Kilson, PhD
Are Schools the Assassins of Education? - The Substance of Truth - By Tolu Olorunda
Black, Male, Released From Prison and Unemployed By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD
Americans are Hurting, What About the Rest of the World? - Solidarity America - By John Funiciello
Political Cartoon: Israeli Government By Paresh Nath, The Khaleej Times, UAE
Chinweizu, War, And Reparations - Worrill’s World By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill, PhD
Is This Country Joseph Welch Or Joe McCarthy? - National Affairs - By Lawrence R. Velvel, JD
A.I.G. Bonuses: Hate the Game not the Player By Jasmyne A. Cannick
Quote to Ponder: "If the first woman God ever made ..." - Sojourner Truth
Art: The Five Graces (Why War) By Larry Richardson

 


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Cover Story:: Please Don’t Feed the Prison Monster - Color of Law By David A. Love, JD
Political Cartoon: AIG By Nate Beeler, The Washington Examiner
Arne Duncan & Black and Brown Children - Represent Our Resistance - By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD
The Rich Countries’ Faltering "United Front" - Left Margin - By Carl Bloice
Corporate Greed, and Obama’s Economic Bait & Switch Tactics - Keeping it Real - By Larry Pinkney
The Politics of Anxiety - African American Leadership By Dr. Ronald Walters, PhD
Remembering Bianca on March 18th - The African World By Bill Fletcher, Jr.
Trusting President Obama’s Stimulus Plan - Between the Lines - by Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD
Political Cartoon: Condom Pope By Rainer Hachfeld, Neues Deutschland, Germany

The Storms Are Gathering - The Substance of Truth By Tolu Olorunda

Garvey’s Lessons In Learning - Worrill’s World By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill, PhD
If Obama fails... America fails... By Dr. Carlos E. Russell, PhD
Without Newspapers We’re Less Well-Informed As Citizens - Solidarity America By John Funiciello
Obama’s Durban II Boycott & the Perils of a "Post-Racial" Planet By Roberto Lovato
Madoff Did Not Exactly Take It On The Chin - National Affairs By Lawrence R. Velvel, JD
Political Cartoon: Ecology By Pavel Constantin, Romania
Women’s History Month - A President's Council for Women and Girls of Color - By Suzanne Brooks
Crimson and Clover - What’s Wrong with the Irish? - The Fifth Column By Jonathan David Farley, D.Phil.
California’s Economy Causes Public Workers to Form an Action Agenda By Dr. George Wright, PhD
The Continuing Shutdown of Bush Nonsense By Chris Stevenson
Springtime for Obama and Afghanistan - Sidetracked - By Jane Stillwater
Quote to Ponder: "We can’t be on the stock exchange we are the stock exchanged." - Nikki Giovanni
Art: Common Threads Wall Mural - Artist: Meg Saligman - Photograph by Peter Gamble