Issue: 154
October 13, 2005
Commentary
Freedom Rider: Porn in High Places
Guest Commentator
New York Times reporter Judith Miller is out of jail. In all probability Miller played a role in revealing the name of CIA agent Valerie Plame and assisted the White House in discrediting Plame’s whistle blower husband, Joseph Wilson. Whatever is ultimately revealed about Miller won’t come from the pages of the Times. It has…
New York Times reporter Judith Miller is out of jail. In all probability Miller played a role in revealing the name of CIA agent Valerie Plame…
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Commentary
Think Piece: Black Civil Society’s Leadership Burden
Editorial Board
Dr. Kilson delivered the following remarks at Temple University’s conference on Black Civil Society in American Life, September 22. Let me reflect briefly on what might be called “Black civil society’s 21st century leadership burden.” As participants in today’s conference have pointed out from a variety of historical perspectives, the leadership sector of African-American society…
Dr. Kilson delivered the following remarks at Temple University’s conference on Black Civil Society in American Life, September 22. Let me reflect briefly on what might…
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Commentary
How Black Conservatives Hurt Their Cause
I just recently came across conservative commentator Star Parker’s January 18 article “The Credibility of Black Conservatism,” in Townhall.com, a conservative Web journal. Parker’s piece was apparently prompted by the storm then surrounding Armstrong Williams, the discredited black radio and television commentator. Williams, we recall, got in trouble when it was revealed that he received…
I just recently came across conservative commentator Star Parker’s January 18 article “The Credibility of Black Conservatism,” in Townhall.com, a conservative Web journal. Parker’s piece was…
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Commentary
The Millions More March
Columnist
On Saturday, Minister Louis Farrakhan will attempt to replicate the modern day miracle of ten years ago, by convening millions in Washington, D.C. to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Million Man March. Known as the Millions More Movement, this will be open to all races, men, women, gays, lesbians, transgender and bi-sexuals of good…
On Saturday, Minister Louis Farrakhan will attempt to replicate the modern day miracle of ten years ago, by convening millions in Washington, D.C. to celebrate the…
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Commentary
Haiti’s Children’s Prison
Ms. Scherr posted this article from Port-au-Prince. It appeared earlier in Counterpunch. Rays of Haiti’s scorching noontime sun slip between the bars into the otherwise dark 8 by 10 foot cell, illuminating the sets of eyes that stare out at the visitors. My eyes adjust and the forms of children emerge. I count 16 boys.…
Ms. Scherr posted this article from Port-au-Prince. It appeared earlier in Counterpunch. Rays of Haiti's scorching noontime sun slip between the bars into the otherwise dark…
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Commentary
Displaced or a Refugee? The Legal Difference
Since Hurricane Katrina, various political leaders, pundits and the general public have debated about how to describe Black people displaced by one of the greatest “natural disasters” ever to hit the US. In particular, there has been a great deal of tension regarding whether or not to describe Black people as “refugees.” Various African American…
Since Hurricane Katrina, various political leaders, pundits and the general public have debated about how to describe Black people displaced by one of the greatest “natural…
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Cartoon
Justus – A conscious comic for the unconscious world
Guest Commentator
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Cover Story
Black Mecca – The Death of an Illusion
Editor
It was the place to be, we were told throughout the Eighties and Nineties. The housing was cheap, the weather benign, the social and business networks poppin’, the elected officials black and enlightened, and the opportunities limitless. Twenty years before it had been “the city too busy to hate.” Now it was the “Black Mecca,”…
It was the place to be, we were told throughout the Eighties and Nineties. The housing was cheap, the weather benign, the social and business networks…
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