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February 4 , 2010 - Issue 361

Cover Story: Do we still need to celebrate Black History Month? Black History Month - Inclusion By The Reverend Irene Monroe, BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board

Cartoon
In Memory of Howard Zinn
By Eric Garcia

Cartoon: In Memory of Howard Zinn By Eric Garcia

Historian Howard Zinn died January 29th at the age of 87. In one of his final interviews, Professor Zinn answered the question: What do you want to be remembered for? You can view the entire interview here.

Natural and human disasters, or why we need a Haiti teach-in - The African World By Bill Fletcher, Jr., BlackCommentator.com Executive Editor

The Good and the Not So Good State of the Union - Left Margin - By Carl Bloice - BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board

Safiya Bukhari: The War Before - Represent Our Resistance - By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD - BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board

Haiti Reminds Us of the Poverty at Home - The Color of Law - By David A. Love, JD - BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board

State of the Black Union: A Freeze? - African American Leadership By Dr. Ron Walters, PhD, BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board

Plantation ‘America’ and Obama’s Ongoing Treachery - Keeping it Real - By Larry Pinkney - BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board

Cartoon
Brazilian Agribusiness
By Carlos Latuff

Cartoon: Brazilian Agribusiness By Carlos Latuff

Howard Zinn: A Public Intellectual Who Mattered - In Struggle Spotlight By Dr. Henry A. Giroux, PhD, BlackCommentator.com Columnist

To Curb Out-Of-Control Corporations, Look To Your State Legislature - Solidarity America By John Funiciello, BlackCommentator.com Columnist

The Black Nationalist Tradition - Worrill’s World - By Dr. Conrad Worrill, PhD - BlackCommentator.com Columnist

Cartoon
Snooping
By Douglas Minkler

Cartoon: Snooping By Douglas Minkler

I Call It Murder - By Cynthia McKinney - BlackCommentator.com Guest Commentator

Barack Hussein Obama: The Last American President? By David A.M. Goldberg, BlackCommentator.com Guest Commentator

BC Question: Do we still need to celebrate Black History Month?

Quote to Ponder: "but I give you a legacy of doers of people who take risks to chisel the crack wider. Take strength that you may wage a long battle. Take the pride that you can never stand small. Take the rage that you can never settle for less." - E. "Pat Parker

Art
Dreaded Medusa
By Larry Richardson

Art: Dreaded Medusa By Larry Richardson

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February 4, 2010
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