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Issue: 189

June 29, 2006

Cover Story

We Are Targeted

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

An agent provocateur engaged in conversation with Black local activists in Miami, and the result was the arrest of seven people in connection with an alleged plot against targets that may have included the Sears Tower. After the red-hot item faded from the pages and screens of the corporate press, it was revealed that the…

An agent provocateur engaged in conversation with Black local activists in Miami, and the result was the arrest of seven people in connection with an alleged…

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Commentary

What Is BC Worth To You?

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

So, what can we do to convince you that it’s worthwhile to become a BC Paid Subscriber? Would you like us to offer shorter-term BC Paid Subscriptions, say 3-month and 6-month? We have that in the works, but programming costs money, and we’re trying not to unnecessarily spend what little funds we have. Would you…

So, what can we do to convince you that it’s worthwhile to become a BC Paid Subscriber? Would you like us to offer shorter-term BC Paid…

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Cartoon: Thou Shalt Not Question My War

Cartoon

Cartoon: Thou Shalt Not Question My War

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

Cartoon: Thou Shalt Not Question My War Dead: 2,500+ Americans and 50,000+ Iraqis Current Casualties in Iraq The War in Iraq Costs in Dollars Press the F11 key for full screen view

Cartoon: Thou Shalt Not Question My War Dead: 2,500+ Americans and 50,000+ Iraqis Current Casualties in Iraq The War in Iraq Costs in Dollars Press the…

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Commentary

Freedom Rider: McKinney, Jackson Lee: Separated at Birth

By Margaret Kimberley Guest Commentator

Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney has had a rough year, but she had a lot to smile about recently. A grand jury declined to indict her for using a cell phone as a lethal weapon, and the Bush administration vindicated her. White House press secretary Tony Snow was not content to use the term “tar baby” and…

Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney has had a rough year, but she had a lot to smile about recently. A grand jury declined to indict her for using…

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Commentary

Bruce’s Beat

By Bruce Dixon Editor

HR 9, the legislation to reauthorize the Voting Rights Act of 1965, is in trouble. Extremist Republicans, who want to ban the production of election materials in any language but English, and who aim to end federal oversight of voting law changes in the South, have forced Republican leaders to delay bringing the bill to…

HR 9, the legislation to reauthorize the Voting Rights Act of 1965, is in trouble. Extremist Republicans, who want to ban the production of election materials…

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Commentary

Radio BC: We Are Targeted

By Glen Ford Co-Publisher & Executive Editor

Listen Now in MP3 Format Radio BC Master Page Two bills in the United States Senate, that would have set some limits on the American military presence in Iraq, went down to defeat, this week. By now, it should be clear that the Democratic Party is little different from the Republican Party. The only clear…

Listen Now in MP3 Format Radio BC Master Page Two bills in the United States Senate, that would have set some limits on the American military…

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Commentary

Think Piece: Reclaiming Curt Flood; Reclaiming Baseball

By Bill Fletcher, Jr. Editorial Board

Growing up in New York in the 1960s meant sports, and sports in the spring, summer and fall, meant baseball if you had a field to play in, or stickball if you did not. There was no other way. It meant baseball cards, and as an African American, it meant intense pride in the accomplishments…

Growing up in New York in the 1960s meant sports, and sports in the spring, summer and fall, meant baseball if you had a field to…

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Commentary

Stop Snitchin’ On Yourself

By Andreas Hale

This article originally appeared in Hip Hop DX, one of our favorite publications. Stop Snitching…it is probably one of the most popular sayings in the Hip-Hop community aside from the marvelous word “Hater.” Apparently over the course of the past decade, “snitching” is the worst possible thing an individual can do. Just think of all…

This article originally appeared in Hip Hop DX, one of our favorite publications. Stop Snitching…it is probably one of the most popular sayings in the Hip-Hop…

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Guest Commentary

Health care is no joke for the poor

By Byron Hobbs Guest Commentator

The newly appointed White House spokesman, Tony Snow, was near tears during his maiden televised press briefing, when he was asked why he wears a yellow cancer-awareness bracelet. Snow paused for 10 seconds, bowed his head and regained his composure. The bracelet symbolized his survival of colon cancer and benefits the Lance Armstrong Foundation. His…

The newly appointed White House spokesman, Tony Snow, was near tears during his maiden televised press briefing, when he was asked why he wears a yellow…

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