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Issue: 105

September 16, 2004

Cover Story

Democrats Counter GOP’s Black Radio Scam-paign

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

Democrats are going “toe to toe” against a Republican campaign to pollute Black-oriented media, principally radio, with negative and voter suppression ads in key “battleground” states, say officials at the Democratic National Committee (DNC). The official Democratic counterattack has been hugely reinforced by multibillionaire George Soros’s independent “527” outfit, The Media Fund, which will spend…

Democrats are going “toe to toe” against a Republican campaign to pollute Black-oriented media, principally radio, with negative and voter suppression ads in key “battleground” states,…

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Cartoon: Voting Sick

Cartoon

Cartoon: Voting Sick

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

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Commentary

Freedom Rider: Race Pride: Weapon of Mass Distraction

By Margaret Kimberley Guest Commentator

Kobe Bryant will not be tried for rape. That was a close call, and not just for Kobe. All of black America dodged a bullet when what would have been the worst frenzy of media foolishness since O.J. was averted. It isn’t hard to imagine the endless pontification of pundits and supposed legal experts, complete…

Kobe Bryant will not be tried for rape. That was a close call, and not just for Kobe. All of black America dodged a bullet when…

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Commentary

The Untold Story of Aristide’s Departure from Haiti

By Kevin Pina Correspondent in Port-au-Prince

All is well for me here. I have taken well to my duties in Haiti but I still can’t believe how they let the niggers have the run of the place.” Haitians running Haiti? Now let’s fast forward to last December 31, 2003 as Luigi Einaudi of the Organization of American States (OAS) is ushered…

All is well for me here. I have taken well to my duties in Haiti but I still can’t believe how they let the niggers have…

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Commentary

Black Muslims and the Sudan

By Salim Muwakkil

This article originally appeared in the September 13 issue of In These Times. It has taken a genocide in Darfur, where hundreds of thousands have been killed in a brutal campaign of ethnic cleansing and countless more continue to die in disease-ridden refugee camps, to force influential segments of the black activist community to put…

This article originally appeared in the September 13 issue of In These Times. It has taken a genocide in Darfur, where hundreds of thousands have been…

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Guest Commentary

Now Can the Tiger Hating Stop?

By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD Columnist

Tiger Woods, for the first time in 265 weeks (five years and one month) is no longer the number one golf player in the world. Maybe now a Calablasian brotha can get a break? Tiger Woods held the number one position longer than anyone in history (since they started the stat in 1970). No player…

Tiger Woods, for the first time in 265 weeks (five years and one month) is no longer the number one golf player in the world. Maybe…

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