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February 1, 2007

Commentary

So Who Exactly Is to Blame For the Negative Stereotypes of Blacks?

By Jasmyne Cannick Columnist

In the past week, Texas’ Tartleton State University and South Carolina’s Clemson University have come under scrutiny, after photos posted on the Internet showed Martin Luther King Jr. Day parties with white students dressed to mimic stereotypes of Black people. Mimicked stereotypes included Aunt Jemima and gang members. One student is pictured with his entire…

In the past week, Texas' Tartleton State University and South Carolina's Clemson University have come under scrutiny, after photos posted on the Internet showed Martin Luther…

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Guest Commentary

Panther Arrests Evoke Disturbing Legacy of Torture

By David A. Love, JD Executive Editor

The recent arrest of eight former Black Panthers for the 1971 murder of a San Francisco police officer was a news item that did not pass the smell test. On January 23, San Francisco authorities announced that the men, former members of the Black Liberation Army, an offshoot of the Black Panther Party (BPP), were…

The recent arrest of eight former Black Panthers for the 1971 murder of a San Francisco police officer was a news item that did not pass…

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Commentary

American Torture Chambers: A Report on Today’s Prisons and Jails

By Kiilu Nyasha Guest Commentator

Maximum security prisons have become common in the U.S. – countless cages housing … people, who rarely if ever see daylight or other people. The recently exposed tortures by American troops at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq were part of a long history of prison brutalities in America’s torture chambers. In fact, among the torturers,there…

Maximum security prisons have become common in the U.S. – countless cages housing … people, who rarely if ever see daylight or other people. The recently…

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Commentary

What about the Bio-Weapons Labs?

By Sherwood Ross Guest Commentator

According to the non-profit Sunshine Project of Austin, Texas, some 113 university, government, hospital and corporate laboratories engaged in research tied to germ warfare, have refused to disclose their operations to the public as required by law, a nonprofit watchdog agency says. Despite this, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), in Bethesda, Md., the government…

According to the non-profit Sunshine Project of Austin, Texas, some 113 university, government, hospital and corporate laboratories engaged in research tied to germ warfare, have refused…

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Guest Commentary

The Bills That Can End the War

By David Swanson Guest Commentator

Senator Feingold held a hearing on January 20th, and plans to introduce a bill January 31st to end the war by denying the President the money to continue it. Congress Members Lynn Woolsey, Jim McGovern, and Jerrold Nadler have bills in the House to do the same. But the bills are not all the same.…

Senator Feingold held a hearing on January 20th, and plans to introduce a bill January 31st to end the war by denying the President the money…

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Guest Commentary

Black NJ Organizes Against the War

By Jon Levine Guest Commentator

I can’t get over what People’s Organization for Progress (POP) achieved in Newark on January 20th! Scores of community organizations came together for the “People’s Peace Conference — The U.S. War in Iraq and Our Communities.” This African American-led event drew more than 400 registered participants. The theme of the conference, “Breaking the Silence: The…

I can't get over what People's Organization for Progress (POP) achieved in Newark on January 20th! Scores of community organizations came together for the "People's Peace…

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