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Issue: 199

September 28, 2006

Cover Story

No woman, no cry – Black women have more stress than white women

By Ingrid Walter

It has been described as the silent killer, North America’s epidemic, affecting all who fall in the path of its sometimes lethal sword. It wreaks havoc with our immune systems, causes coronary heart disease, gastrointestinal problems, hastening cancers and psychological illnesses. Statistics show more women fall victim to this modern-day scourge known as stress than…

It has been described as the silent killer, North America's epidemic, affecting all who fall in the path of its sometimes lethal sword. It wreaks havoc…

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Commentary

Gay Rights are Civil Rights

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

Bond’s support for gay rights is not new. In an Ebony Magazine article he authored in July of 2004, he answered his own question: Are Gay Rights Civil Rights? ”Of course they are. “‘Civil rights’ are positive legal prerogatives – the right to equal treatment before the law. These are rights shared by all –…

Bond’s support for gay rights is not new. In an Ebony Magazine article he authored in July of 2004, he answered his own question: Are Gay…

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Commentary

The Crusade for BC Paid Subscribers Continues

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

What is the BC Paid Subscription program all about? This has always been our policy, and will continue being so. We’re approaching the 200th issue of BlackCommentator.com, and more than ever, are grateful to the BC Community for both the readership and financial support that has sustained this publication since April 5, 2002. That was…

What is the BC Paid Subscription program all about? This has always been our policy, and will continue being so. We’re approaching the 200th issue of…

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Guest Commentary

CBC Foundation blows another great opportunity

By Roland S. Martin Guest Commentator

For the last four years I’ve traveled to Washington, D.C. to participate as a panelist or moderator of a workshop during the annual legislative conference put on by the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation. An annual event for the last 36 years, the four-day confab brings together thousands of people, namely African Americans, to meet with…

For the last four years I've traveled to Washington, D.C. to participate as a panelist or moderator of a workshop during the annual legislative conference put…

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Commentary

Between the Lines: Let The Preachers War Begin

By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD Columnist

As traditional black leaders try to upend, this November, the highjacking of America by the Republican Party, they find themselves facing a formidable opponent unlike no other they’ve faced before—themselves in the mirror. The most vocal mouthpieces for what Black America wants (or needs)—one self-anointed, Rev. Al Sharpton, and one self-appointed (but long since embraced),…

As traditional black leaders try to upend, this November, the highjacking of America by the Republican Party, they find themselves facing a formidable opponent unlike no…

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Guest Commentary

A Review of Spike Lee’s documentary – When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts

By Najee' E. Muhammad, EdD Guest Commentator

On Monday and Tuesday 21-22 August HBO aired Spike Lee’s awaited documentary: “When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts” about the devastation dropped on New Orleans in the wake of hurricane Katrina. Acts 1-2 aired on Monday night for two hours and fifteen minutes and acts 3-4 aired on Tuesday night for two…

On Monday and Tuesday 21-22 August HBO aired Spike Lee's awaited documentary: “When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts” about the devastation dropped on…

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Commentary

Think Piece: George Bush vs. the Gospel of Matthew

By Sherwood Ross Guest Commentator

According to the gospel of Matthew, it came to pass that Pontius Pilate said to Jesus, “Do you not hear all this evidence that is brought against you?” for even in those days of rudimentary justice, a man had the right to hear the charges of his accusers. Yet two thousand years later, under a…

According to the gospel of Matthew, it came to pass that Pontius Pilate said to Jesus, "Do you not hear all this evidence that is brought…

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Guest Commentary

Beginning To See the Light

By Junious Ricardo Stanton Guest Commentator

“America simply does not have the will, resources, patience, care, or ability to “run” an empire or even an effective counterinsurgency. War, for Americans, is like a football game: one “wins” and then goes home. For many Americans, war means watching Oliver North on Fox TV and then cursing the foreigners for not doing what…

"America simply does not have the will, resources, patience, care, or ability to "run" an empire or even an effective counterinsurgency. War, for Americans, is like…

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