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December 14, 2006

Guest Commentary

The Benedict Arnold List

By H. Lewis Smith Guest Commentator

Inaugural Nominees: John Ridley, Daman Wayans Los Angeles, CA, – Nigger is more than just a word it is an image…a created image…that was meant to cripple and zombilize the minds of a race of people. This image portrays black men as lazy, ignorant, and obsessively self-indulgent; as angry, physically strong, animalistic, and prone to…

Inaugural Nominees: John Ridley, Daman Wayans Los Angeles, CA, - Nigger is more than just a word it is an image…a created image…that was meant to…

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Cover Story

Left Margin – Driving that Wedge

By Carl Bloice Editorial Board

If the Democrats fail to win the 2008 Presidential election, guess who will deserve the blame? Black people. That’s the way some people in the top leadership of the party, and at least one pundit, apparently see it. Why? Because in the wake of this year’s Congressional election, the party faces “irreconcilable demands in a…

If the Democrats fail to win the 2008 Presidential election, guess who will deserve the blame? Black people. That’s the way some people in the top…

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Guest Commentary

Why Unions must support the Immigrant Rights Movement

By Karega Hart Guest Commentator

“The essence of trade unionism is social uplift. The labor movement has been the haven for the dispossessed, the despised, the neglected, the downtrodden, the poor.” – A. Philip Randolph When A. Phillip Randolph spoke the above words during the 20th century, he was the leader of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters. The Brotherhood…

"The essence of trade unionism is social uplift. The labor movement has been the haven for the dispossessed, the despised, the neglected, the downtrodden, the poor."…

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Commentary

Single-Payer Healthcare – Part 3 – Healthcare, Not Warfare

By Marilyn Clement

Healthcare, Not Warfare — How often we have shouted these words or prayed or whispered them in the past. And how fervently we are hoping for some significant change in the Congress and in the heart of this nation. More importantly, how hard are we working to get this change? Now, during the season of…

Healthcare, Not Warfare -- How often we have shouted these words or prayed or whispered them in the past. And how fervently we are hoping for…

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Commentary

Curt Flood: Ten years later and no closer to the Hall of Fame

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

2007 marks ten years since the passing of baseball legend Curt Flood. Many of today’s sports enthusiasts, including those who follow baseball, have little sense of the man and his contributions to the sport of baseball. There were two Curt Floods. There was Curt Flood the baseball player who had a 162 game average of…

2007 marks ten years since the passing of baseball legend Curt Flood. Many of today’s sports enthusiasts, including those who follow baseball, have little sense of…

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Commentary

Between The Lines: Is America “One Nation Under God, or Christians?”

By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD Columnist

A national furor has been set off by conservative talk show host, Dennis Prager, because Minnesota Democrat, Keith Ellison, the nation’s first African American Muslim elected to Congress has elected to take his oath of office on his book of faith, the Holy Quran. In one of the most dramatic “much ados about nothing,” Prager…

A national furor has been set off by conservative talk show host, Dennis Prager, because Minnesota Democrat, Keith Ellison, the nation’s first African American Muslim elected…

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Commentary

BC Readers Corner – Email from BC Readers

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

Readers’ Corner has returned, with a sampling of comments from BC Readers. The mailbags are full. Regarding our series from Health Care NOW on Strategies for a Single-Payer Health Care System Introduction, Part 1, Part 2 (Part 3 is in this issue): I have requested Congress Woman elect Kirsten Gillibrand from the NYS 20th CD…

Readers' Corner has returned, with a sampling of comments from BC Readers. The mailbags are full. Regarding our series from Health Care NOW on Strategies for…

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