Dear
Reader of BlackCommentator.com,
At
BlackCommentator.com, we measure the health of the economy
by one simple metric: the number of BC readers requesting
a no-cost subscription through the Low Income Readers Program.
The
economic outlook isn’t good.
As
BC approaches Issue #400, we have more non-paying
subscribers than ever before. A higher percent of all BC
readers need no-cost subscriptions. We turn no one away
who wants to be a BlackCommentator.com reader, regardless
of one’s ability to pay.
Nonetheless,
our hard-hit readership can afford less in contributions
to support the Low Income Readers Program, and this has
lead to a serious drop in financial support. More and more
readers, fewer and fewer funds, expenses that only rise,
it’s a discouraging scenario all around.
If
you are at all able, would you consider making a contribution?
We
are grateful for donations of any amount. Even if you don’t
feel you can become a subscriber, are you able to help out
at all? Are you able to take advantage of one of the BC
subscription payment plans?
Thank
you for considering making a contribution. Thank you for
being a reader of BlackCommentator.com. We wouldn’t be sending
you this letter if it weren’t so very necessary to do so.
In
struggle,
Publisher
and Staff
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