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Issue: 136

April 28, 2005

Cover Story

How to Fix the Fractured Black Caucus

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

A crack has opened in the historical Black continuum. 2005 will be recorded as the year that the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) came apart at the seams, the victim of an unprecedented rightwing money and media offensive in Black America, rank treachery by a hardcore handful of Caucus members, and the indiscipline and gross irresponsibility…

A crack has opened in the historical Black continuum. 2005 will be recorded as the year that the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) came apart at the…

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Commentary

Freedom Rider: The Fox News Pope

By Margaret Kimberley Guest Commentator

The death of a pope and selection of his successor will always be a big news story. Media reporting on the illness and death of John Paul II, and the choice of his successor was more than big. The story was at first ghoulish, then monotonous and unenlightening, and finally went on endlessly without analysis…

The death of a pope and selection of his successor will always be a big news story. Media reporting on the illness and death of John…

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Commentary

Analysis: Corporate Biopiracy and the Terminator Seed

By Bruce Dixon Editor

Ever since humans started farming about ten thousand years ago, farmers have saved the seed from one year’s crop to produce the next, and freely exchanged seed with neighbors and friends. If the Bush administration and its friends at Monsanto and other “life-sciences” corporations get their way it will soon be illegal in much of…

Ever since humans started farming about ten thousand years ago, farmers have saved the seed from one year’s crop to produce the next, and freely exchanged…

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Commentary

Think Piece: Why Can’t Blacks Have Their Own Heroes (and She-roes) Anymore?

By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD Columnist

In the aftermath of the Johnnie Cochran funeral, and in the midst of the Michael Jackson trial, the Barry Bonds home run chase, the Kofi Annan U.N. investigation and other controversies of the past couple years like the Kobe Bryant trial, the Al Sharpton Presidential run, even Jesse’s “Baby’s Mama” drama, I’ve noticed something. Black…

In the aftermath of the Johnnie Cochran funeral, and in the midst of the Michael Jackson trial, the Barry Bonds home run chase, the Kofi Annan…

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Guest Commentary

How New York City is Failing Black Kids

By Zahraa Abante-Hayes Guest Commentator

Under the guise of adhering to President George Bush’s “No Child Left Behind” policy, powerful and ruthless politicians and business entities are seeking to steal control of local school systems all over the country. The disturbing trend towards marrying education with business is sometimes overt and sometimes deviously disguised, as was the case when the…

Under the guise of adhering to President George Bush’s “No Child Left Behind” policy, powerful and ruthless politicians and business entities are seeking to steal control…

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