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November 5 , 2009 - Issue 349


Cover Story: And What of the Black Underclass? - Keeping It Real - By Larry Pinkney - BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board


 
 

Dear BC Reader,

Beginning this week and continuing for the next few weeks, you’ll be seeing some changes in BC. The content will remain, as always:

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US Aid to Pakistan
By Carlos Latuff

Cartoon: US Aid to Pakistan By Carlos Latuff



A Personal Look at Healthcare Reform - The African World - By Bill Fletcher, Jr. - BlackCommentator.com Executive Editor


350.Org: Moving in a "Completely Different Direction" - Represent Our Resistance - By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD - BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board


Obama, the Karzai Brothers & the Ghost of Najibullah - Left Margin - By Carl Bloice - BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board


Absolute Corruption is the Rule in America - Color of Law  - By David A. Love, JD - BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board


Obama’s Leadership Style - African American Leadership - By Dr. Ron Walters, PhD - BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board


Will Rev. Bernice King’s Bully Pulpit at SCLC Bash Gays? - Inclusion - By The Reverend Irene Monroe - BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board


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Obey Windmill
By Shepard Fairey

Cartoon: Obey Windmill By Shepard Fairey


Piper Will Stand to be Paid in New York’s 23rd C.D. - Solidarity America - By John Funiciello - BlackCommentator.com Columnist


Discrimination: Now You See It, Now You Don’t - The Invisible Woman By Sharon Kyle, BlackCommentator.com Columnist


The Concept of Mentacide and Dr. Bobby Wright - Worrill's World By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill, PhD, BlackCommentator.com Columnist


Art
World for Palestine Calendar
Free Palestine - May 2010
By Carlos Latuff for Resistance Art

Art: World for Palestine Calendar - Free Palestine - May 2010 By Carlos Latuff for Resistance Art


Book Review: The Black Panthers and the Assassination of Fred Hampton - By Hans Bennett - BlackCommentator.com Guest Commentator


Quote to Ponder: "We have guided missiles and misguided men." - Martin Luther King



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November 5 , 2009
Issue 349
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