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February 1, 2007

Guest Commentary

A Message from the members of African Americans for a Better Society

By Lyle G. Russworm Guest Commentator

We believe that the political, monetary and social benefits that the Civil Rights Movement gave us have largely run their course. For African-Americans to continue to advance in our society, we feel that we must bring about another movement. One that will encourage unity and investment in the black community by taking back the following…

We believe that the political, monetary and social benefits that the Civil Rights Movement gave us have largely run their course. For African-Americans to continue to…

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Guest Commentary

Reluctant Remembrances

By K. Danielle Edwards Columnist

They are the faces in my high school yearbook from my freshman year. It was 1993. Headshots of little black faces sprinkled between lighter ones, peering out in cookie-cutter squares on page after page. Some smile affably, others grin close-lipped, a good share look blank-faced and placeless. Youth smiled on them with the bravado and…

They are the faces in my high school yearbook from my freshman year. It was 1993. Headshots of little black faces sprinkled between lighter ones, peering…

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Guest Commentary

Aristocrat Aplomb vs Bourgeois Indiscretions: Superbowl XLI

By H. Lewis Smith Guest Commentator

Self-respect, pride, dignity and honor are what are being demonstrated by two distinguished African American NFL head coaches Tony Dungy and Lovie Smith. These two coaches truly represent one of the great moments in American history. One black head coach to be coaching in the Super Bowl for the first time would be historical enough,…

Self-respect, pride, dignity and honor are what are being demonstrated by two distinguished African American NFL head coaches Tony Dungy and Lovie Smith. These two coaches…

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Guest Commentary

Jonesing for a Hit of Man Fuel: Of Pigskin Pushers, Football (Fan)atics, and Blissful Blindness

By Jason Miller Guest Commentator

According to the inanity dutifully recited by the talking heads of the corporate media, the Middle East is teeming with hordes of “Islamofascist” human incendiary devices lining up to detonate themselves into martyr’s paradise. Fortunately for us highly civilized Westerners, those of us sporting the Y chromosome can channel Nirvana with a mere click of…

According to the inanity dutifully recited by the talking heads of the corporate media, the Middle East is teeming with hordes of “Islamofascist” human incendiary devices…

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Cover Story

Our Healthcare System – Based on Avoiding Sick People

By Marilyn Clement

The President’s State of the Union offered us “more of the same” in both of the voters’ highest priority issues in the November elections– ending the war and getting national healthcare. Think about the manipulations of language that the Bush administration is using to encourage both policies – the Iraq war policy and the market-based…

The President’s State of the Union offered us “more of the same” in both of the voters’ highest priority issues in the November elections– ending the…

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Commentary

Along The Color Line: The Iraq War and America’s Economic Imperialism

By Dr. Manning Marable, PhD Editorial Board

“Along The Color Line”, written by Manning Marable, PhD and distributed by www.BlackCommentator.com, is a public educational and information service dedicated to fostering political dialogue and discussion, inspired by the great tradition for political event columns written by W. E. B. Du Bois nearly a century ago. Several weeks ago, with much media fanfare, the…

“Along The Color Line”, written by Manning Marable, PhD and distributed by www.BlackCommentator.com, is a public educational and information service dedicated to fostering political dialogue and…

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Commentary

They Speak About and For Us, But Will They Speak About and Represent Our Resistance

By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD Editorial Board

Oprah Winfrey opens a school for girls in the town of Henley-on-Klip, South Africa. “I wanted to give this opportunity to girls who had a light so bright that not even poverty could dim that light,” Winfrey said. I recalled the collective memory of ancestors, kidnapped and forced into slavery in the Americas, and poorer…

Oprah Winfrey opens a school for girls in the town of Henley-on-Klip, South Africa. "I wanted to give this opportunity to girls who had a light…

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Commentary

Between The Lines: Shirley Q. Liquor and the Long Beach Ten

By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD Columnist

The same week the threat of a massive protest caused the cancellation of a white (gay) male’s “blackface” routine in West Hollywood, that same protest threat failed to save nine of ten black youth on trial for what was deemed a racial attack in Long Beach. I’ve been preaching for some time that “Colorblindness is…

The same week the threat of a massive protest caused the cancellation of a white (gay) male’s “blackface” routine in West Hollywood, that same protest threat…

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