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July 27, 2006

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Cynthia McKinney: Our Brightest Light

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

Cynthia McKinney is a unique presence in the Congressional Black Caucus: a genuine “movement” activist. For that reason, she is hated and feared by white racists, for whom she is the epitome of the uppity Black; by corporate America and its vicious media, whose power she does not respect; by Democratic House leadership, which abhors…

Cynthia McKinney is a unique presence in the Congressional Black Caucus: a genuine “movement” activist. For that reason, she is hated and feared by white racists,…

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Commentary

BC Goal Closer Thanks to Regular Contributors

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

For better viewing and printing: We’ve seen an interesting response to the 3 new ways to contribute to BlackCommentator. In the last two weeks, eighteen people have made either a one-time contribution or have commited to recurring contributions. That’s not as many people as we had hoped, but it makes a big difference in the…

For better viewing and printing: We've seen an interesting response to the 3 new ways to contribute to BlackCommentator. In the last two weeks, eighteen people…

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Commentary

Freedom Rider: Groping Killer Speaks at NAACP

By Margaret Kimberley Guest Commentator

The NAACP made more headlines than usual at its recent annual convention because of one speaker. Who was that person? Number four is correct. George W. Bush spoke at the NAACP convention. Most presidents, including Nixon and Reagan, do that at least once during their term in office, but Bush had never seen fit to…

The NAACP made more headlines than usual at its recent annual convention because of one speaker. Who was that person? Number four is correct. George W.…

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Commentary

Bruce’s Beat

By Bruce Dixon Editor

What got your goat, and what gave me a twinge, too, as I read Mr. Hale’s article is that it did not seem to condemn the criminal conduct as strongly as it did the ignorant boasting about it. It wasn’t the words Mr. Hale spoke. It was what was left unspoken. The title after all…

What got your goat, and what gave me a twinge, too, as I read Mr. Hale's article is that it did not seem to condemn the…

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Commentary

Radio BC: Black Youth: Fired Up and Militant

By Glen Ford Co-Publisher & Executive Editor

Listen Now in MP3 Format All audio players can play this format Radio BC Master Page There is a myth that Black youth are estranged from civil-rights-type African American politics. It is not true. In fact, it is a great lie, promulgated by the Right. The fact is, Black youth, and many not so young,…

Listen Now in MP3 Format All audio players can play this format Radio BC Master Page There is a myth that Black youth are estranged from…

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Commentary

Think Piece: White Lies, Black Mimics

By Tim Wise Guest Commentator

A few weeks ago, a young man approached me after a speech I had given at his college and handed me a small piece of paper with the name of a book he thought I should read. Given that the student and I had previously gotten into a bit of a row over the issue…

A few weeks ago, a young man approached me after a speech I had given at his college and handed me a small piece of paper…

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Commentary

The Dumbing-Down of Black America by Black Media

By James Clingman

This article originally appeared in the Atlanta Voice. Much of what I hear, see, and read in Black media these days is an insult to Black people. Entertaining to some, no doubt, but still insulting. Knowing that very few positive messages are coming from so-called “mainstream” media, you would think our Black media would take…

This article originally appeared in the Atlanta Voice. Much of what I hear, see, and read in Black media these days is an insult to Black…

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Commentary

No Sleep for the Black Man

By University of Chicago Hospitals

This article originally appeared on news pages of the University of Chicago Hospitals web site. A study of the sleep characteristics of 669 middle-aged adults found that people sleep much less than they should, and even less than they think. Published in the July issue in the American Journal of Epidemiology, the study also found…

This article originally appeared on news pages of the University of Chicago Hospitals web site. A study of the sleep characteristics of 669 middle-aged adults found…

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