201 – Black Commentator

Commentary

Drinking the Kool-Aid at the U.S. Department of Education

By Dr. Maya Rockeymoore, PhD

With all of the hubris of a President in his first term, George W. Bush famously declared that his administration would revolutionize public education in America by saving poor, minority children from the “soft bigotry of low expectations.” Certainly, despite some conceptual challenges, the philosophy behind the President’s marquee initiative No Child Left Behind (NCLB)…

With all of the hubris of a President in his first term, George W. Bush famously declared that his administration would revolutionize public education in America…

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Commentary

BC Paid Subscribers and BC Contributors Make It Happen

By Nancy Littlefield Staffer

Welcome back from a well deserved respite. I am still contracting in Iraq for DOD, and am still amazed at the level of ignorance that exists in the Main Stream Media/Opinion Mill, I would be embarrassed to tell anyone that I was a Journalist. I continue to find your level of Commentary exquisite and impatiently…

Welcome back from a well deserved respite. I am still contracting in Iraq for DOD, and am still amazed at the level of ignorance that exists…

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Art

Art: War Babies

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

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Commentary

Left Margin: Foreclosing on Workers – Part 2 of Fleecing Working People

By Carl Bloice Editorial Board

I wasn’t around at the time, but they tell me that during the Great Depression, good neighbors often showed up to help evicted people move their belongings back into their homes. As important as such solidarity action is (you men and women with good backs prepare to move into action) something has to be done…

I wasn’t around at the time, but they tell me that during the Great Depression, good neighbors often showed up to help evicted people move their…

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Commentary

BC Readers Corner: Email from BC Readers

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

General Comments from BC Readers: Your propensity to continuously provoke and cajole the readers of your columns in thinking of the true spirit of unity and community improvement, calling to task all of the evil-doers (they seem to multiply daily, don’t they) who seek to tear down entire groups of people based on whatever criteria…

General Comments from BC Readers: Your propensity to continuously provoke and cajole the readers of your columns in thinking of the true spirit of unity and…

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Commentary

Between the Lines: The Republican Party’s “Family Values” Charade

By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD Columnist

The Republican Party saw its “family values” boat head up the proverbial creek without a paddle last week. There is nothing else the Party can say after its “holier than thou” agenda took the ultimate hit. The resignation of Florida House Representative, Mark Foley, after revelations that he repeatedly sent sexually suggestive e-mails to a…

The Republican Party saw its “family values” boat head up the proverbial creek without a paddle last week. There is nothing else the Party can say…

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Guest Commentary

Governmental Derelicts – Moral Meltdown

By Lawrence R. Velvel, JD Columnist

This country is in the middle of a moral meltdown. What should one call it but immoral when a country tortures people; when it kidnaps them off the street; when its Department of Justice writes disgraceful memoranda approving the kidnapping and torture; when it causes the deaths of tens of thousands of persons by artillery,…

This country is in the middle of a moral meltdown. What should one call it but immoral when a country tortures people; when it kidnaps them…

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Cover Story

“Race, the Democratic Party, and Electoral Strategy”

By Bill Fletcher, Jr. Editorial Board

This was a speech given at Columbia University, October 10, 2006. A couple of weeks ago, I heard a news story on the Pacifica Program “Democracy Now.” It was a brief story concerning a series of ads that the Republican Party is running in Maryland and Ohio in order to appeal to African American voters.…

This was a speech given at Columbia University, October 10, 2006. A couple of weeks ago, I heard a news story on the Pacifica Program “Democracy…

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Cartoon

Cartoon: The Million Souls Black Prison Gulag

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

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Commentary

Think Piece: Building a Movement of the Unemployed

By Chuck Turner Editorial Board

As an activist for over forty years and a City Councilor for the last seven, I am amazed at the lack of discussion within the Black activist community regarding the unemployment crisis facing our people. Professor Andy Sum of Northeastern University announced last summer, through the New York Times, after surveying unemployment in cities across…

As an activist for over forty years and a City Councilor for the last seven, I am amazed at the lack of discussion within the Black…

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Issue: 201