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April 7, 2005

Cover Story

Death by Design – The Plot to Destroy Social Insurance

By Dr. Maya Rockeymoore, PhD

Our nation’s political leaders are looting the federal treasury and they expect ordinary citizens not to notice. Last week’s coverage of the release of the Social Security and Medicare Trustee’s Report proves one thing about contemporary news: Those who control the mic, control the sound byte…and our perception of reality. Despite the Trustee’s report clearly…

Our nation’s political leaders are looting the federal treasury and they expect ordinary citizens not to notice. Last week’s coverage of the release of the Social…

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Commentary

The Crying Need for Black Journalism

By Glen Ford and Peter Gamble Publishers

On this occasion of The Black Commentator’s Third Anniversary, we the publishers salute you, our readers. You are a very special group of people, now numbering between 30,000 and 40,000 unique visitors per weekly issue – nearly 100,000 individuals per month. We know you are a special group, because we picked the first 20,000 or…

On this occasion of The Black Commentator’s Third Anniversary, we the publishers salute you, our readers. You are a very special group of people, now numbering…

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Commentary

Freedom Rider: Why Jesse, Why?

By Margaret Kimberley Guest Commentator

Bob and Mary Schindler, Terri Schiavo’s parents, certainly became media savvy in the days before their daughter died. How could they not be? The tragic story of a family torn apart by a feud at a sick bed was reported all over the world. Media attention is always a two edged sword. News cameras attract…

Bob and Mary Schindler, Terri Schiavo’s parents, certainly became media savvy in the days before their daughter died. How could they not be? The tragic story…

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Commentary

Probing the Black Elite’s Role for the 21st Century

By Dr. Martin Kilson Editorial Board

This is the first of a three-part series from Dr. Kilson, the first Black tenured professor at Harvard University. Writing a century ago in the quintessential African-American text, The Souls of Black Folk (1903), the great W.E.B. DuBois committed himself to and charged the then fledgling Negro elite – the “Talented Tenth” as DuBois called…

This is the first of a three-part series from Dr. Kilson, the first Black tenured professor at Harvard University. Writing a century ago in the quintessential…

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Commentary

Think Piece: New Revelations about Racism in the Military

By Paul Rockwell Guest Commentator

Aiden Delgado, an Army Reservist in the 320th Military Police Company, served in Iraq from April 1st , 2003 through April 1st, 2004. After spending six months in Nasiriyah in Southern Iraq, he spent six months helping to run the now-infamous Abu Ghraib prison outside of Baghdad. The handsome 23-year-old mechanic was a witness to…

Aiden Delgado, an Army Reservist in the 320th Military Police Company, served in Iraq from April 1st , 2003 through April 1st, 2004. After spending six…

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Guest Commentary

A Riddle For Black Conservatives: What Would Happen If Terri Was Toya?

By Rev. Reynard Blake, Jr Guest Commentator

“It is wise to always err on the side of life” – President George W. Bush “…there’s the nagging suspicion that if Schiavo were black the media would not have made her a cause celebre, conservative groups would not frantically storm the barricades to keep her feeding tubes hooked up, and that Congress would not…

"It is wise to always err on the side of life" – President George W. Bush “…there's the nagging suspicion that if Schiavo were black the…

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Guest Commentary

Lawyers Against the War are After Bush

By Norman (Otis) Richmond Guest Commentator

Canadians are no better or no worse than any other people. They have been on the right and wrong sides of history. Like every other nation Canada has produced revolutionaries, working class heroes, buffoons and idiots. Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin was forced to take the correct position on missile defense by refusing to back…

Canadians are no better or no worse than any other people. They have been on the right and wrong sides of history. Like every other nation…

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