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Issue: 124

February 3, 2005

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Black Unionists Warn – Don’t Restructure Us Outt

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

The push to “streamline” and consolidate the structures of the AFL-CIO threatens to diminish the influence of Blacks in the labor movement. “They want bigger unions,” said Bill Lucy, head of the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists (CBTU), referring to leaders of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), the Teamsters and others. “They want power…

The push to “streamline” and consolidate the structures of the AFL-CIO threatens to diminish the influence of Blacks in the labor movement. “They want bigger unions,”…

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Commentary

Bribes + Vouchers = Black Bush Supporters

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

”They also called for a higher minimum wage, discontinuation of recent tax cuts, investment in public education and reauthorization of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, some provisions of which are up for review in 2007… . Yet the New York Times said not a word about the huge Nashville gathering – an event of…

”They also called for a higher minimum wage, discontinuation of recent tax cuts, investment in public education and reauthorization of the Voting Rights Act of 1965,…

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Commentary

Freedom Rider: Race Wars

By Margaret Kimberley Guest Commentator

On December 6, 2004, 29 homes under construction at the Hunter’s Brooke subdivision in Indian Head, Maryland were damaged or destroyed by fire. The monetary costs of the arson totaled $10 million. The housing development was opposed by many area residents who were disturbed by the long arm of urban sprawl invading their pristine neck…

On December 6, 2004, 29 homes under construction at the Hunter’s Brooke subdivision in Indian Head, Maryland were damaged or destroyed by fire. The monetary costs…

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Commentary

Doubly Divided: The Racial Wealth Gap

By Meizhu Lui Guest Commentator

The vast racial gap in wealth is the product of centuries of easily documented U.S. public policy, yet willful denial of this history allows the debate over wealth disparities to revolve around bogus questions of culture. In effect, the myriad crimes of the U.S. government against Native Americans, Blacks, Latinos and Asians – policies designed…

The vast racial gap in wealth is the product of centuries of easily documented U.S. public policy, yet willful denial of this history allows the debate…

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Commentary

Can Freedom Wear Jackboots? – No human rights in Haiti

By John Maxwell

This article originally appeared in The Jamaica Observer. Elie Weisel, a survivor of the Nazi Holocaust against the Jews, said eloquently: “In those times those who were in the death camps felt not only tortured and murdered by the enemy, but also tortured and murdered by what they considered to be the world’s silence and…

This article originally appeared in The Jamaica Observer. Elie Weisel, a survivor of the Nazi Holocaust against the Jews, said eloquently: “In those times those who…

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