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Issue: 191

July 13, 2006

Cover Story

Voting Rights – It’s Time To Think The Unthinkable

By Bruce Dixon Editor

“Don’t put that out there” is the admonition delivered to folks impolite enough to talk about bad things which might happen but have not yet come to pass, as if mere discussion or consideration of some awful possibility makes it more likely. We at BC understand politeness. But failing to recognize, to examine and to…

“Don't put that out there” is the admonition delivered to folks impolite enough to talk about bad things which might happen but have not yet come…

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Commentary

3 New Ways To Support BC

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

3. Occasional Contributions by Credit Card – Click Here Thank you to everyone who wrote to us with suggestions of how we could make supporting BC more reader-friendly. Together, we’re going to make BC survive far into the future. As we’ve mentioned before, we need 20% of our readers (or the equivalent, including BC Contributions)…

3. Occasional Contributions by Credit Card - Click Here Thank you to everyone who wrote to us with suggestions of how we could make supporting BC…

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Commentary

Freedom Rider: American Infidels Rape Iraq

By Margaret Kimberley Guest Commentator

How is a rape and murder planned? Does one man casually say, “She’s hot, let’s rape her,” and hope that someone else says, “Hell yes!” Is the crime spelled out, or are there mutually understood winks and nudges. Is the conversation brutal or casual and banal? Abeer Qasim Hamza and her family are now dead…

How is a rape and murder planned? Does one man casually say, “She’s hot, let’s rape her,” and hope that someone else says, “Hell yes!” Is…

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Commentary

Radio BC: The Degradation of Black Life and Politics

By Glen Ford Co-Publisher & Executive Editor

In the early 1970s, President Richard Nixon, who many of us at the time routinely called a fascist, seriously entertained the idea of establishing a national minimum income. He never actually moved on the concept, but he did verbally entertain it. Today, none of the stars of the Democratic Party – the one that claims…

In the early 1970s, President Richard Nixon, who many of us at the time routinely called a fascist, seriously entertained the idea of establishing a national…

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Guest Commentary

Re-Liberating Zimbabwe

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe now has a new American acronym to scorn – CBTU. The Coalition of Black Trade Unionists (CBTU) has launched a major campaign to clip Mr. Mugabe of his “liberator” image in the African American community by exposing the thuggish actions of his regime against the Zimbabwean people. CBTU President William Lucy…

Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe now has a new American acronym to scorn – CBTU. The Coalition of Black Trade Unionists (CBTU) has launched a major campaign…

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Guest Commentary

Negro Subversion: Then and Now

By Clinton L. Cox Guest Commentator

In a nation built on the foundation of White supremacy, anyone the authorities perceive as threatening that foundation is considered subversive. This has always been true of African Americans who fought for racial equality, and is now equally true for an increasing number of people, including artists, Muslims and anyone who speaks out against this…

In a nation built on the foundation of White supremacy, anyone the authorities perceive as threatening that foundation is considered subversive. This has always been true…

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Commentary

Think Piece: Little Man With a Gun in His Hand

By Tim Wise Guest Commentator

Dear Sheriff Strain, I always liked Slidell, even before Lucinda Williams sang about going there to “look for (her) joy.” And my fond feelings for the town were rekindled recently when I discovered that Grayson Capps – with whom I went to Tulane in the late ’80s, and who’s quite the singer-songwriter himself – had…

Dear Sheriff Strain, I always liked Slidell, even before Lucinda Williams sang about going there to "look for (her) joy." And my fond feelings for the…

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Guest Commentary

Lessons in Avoiding Mass Ignorance: Black People and Cell Phones

By Kennedy Johnson Guest Commentator

It’s come to my immediate attention that some, not all, black people need a lesson in how to avoid mass ignorance. While at the bank the other day, I found myself waiting in an unusually long line. Now, I bank with a black owned bank and this bank, no matter how many people are in…

It's come to my immediate attention that some, not all, black people need a lesson in how to avoid mass ignorance. While at the bank the…

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