Issue: 110
October 21, 2004
Commentary
Freedom Rider: Gay Rights, Civil Rights
Guest Commentator
Everyone wants to use our story. Everyone with a beef, advocacy issue or pet project, invokes the image of black oppression in order to legitimize their case. In the second presidential debate President Bush compared the plight of the “unborn” to Dred Scott’s attempt to escape from slavery. He isn’t the only guilty party. Animal…
Everyone wants to use our story. Everyone with a beef, advocacy issue or pet project, invokes the image of black oppression in order to legitimize their…
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Commentary
Globalization Not New: Look at the Slave Trade
Guest Commentator
“Yes, they are bad, because no one has told them about Jesus, the Saviour from sin, or showed them what is right and what is wrong.” These opening words clearly show that Mary Slessor came to Africa on a mission to indoctrinate us with Christian theology. She told us we worshipped an inferior god and…
“Yes, they are bad, because no one has told them about Jesus, the Saviour from sin, or showed them what is right and what is wrong.”…
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Commentary
Could Clarence Thomas be the Next Chief Justice Under Bush II?
Guest Commentator
This article originally appeared in The North Star Network. It was a bold move even by Capitol Hill standards; the Republican led House of Representatives voted on October 5 to break up the 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals. In a 205-194 vote, the GOP orchestrated a vote to split the more progressive federal circuit…
This article originally appeared in The North Star Network. It was a bold move even by Capitol Hill standards; the Republican led House of Representatives voted…
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Commentary
Kerry vs. Bush, Edwards vs. Cheney – Comparing Civil Rights Records
Guest Commentator
This article originally appeared in BlackPressUSA.com. Now that the presidential debates are over and campaign surrogates have tried to interpret or misinterpret what we saw for ourselves, there is no better time to ignore the rhetoric and check out the candidates’ records. Because John Kerry and his Democratic vice presidential running mate, John Edwards, served…
This article originally appeared in BlackPressUSA.com. Now that the presidential debates are over and campaign surrogates have tried to interpret or misinterpret what we saw for…
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Cover Story
Wealth of a (White) Nation – Blacks Sink Deeper in Hole
Guest Commentator
Forget the hoopla and ballyhoo celebrating Black faces in high places. The median net worth of an African American household is about $6,000, while white households wield 14 times as much wealth: more than $88,000. The disastrous details are contained in a report on wealth disparities by the Pew Hispanic Center, “The Wealth of Hispanic…
Forget the hoopla and ballyhoo celebrating Black faces in high places. The median net worth of an African American household is about $6,000, while white households…
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