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Issue: 228

May 3, 2007

Art: Escape

Art

Art: Escape

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

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Commentary

Beneath The Spin: Deadly Silence – Proof of an Innocent Man on Death Row

By Molly Secours Guest Commentator

Phillip Workman is scheduled to be executed on May 9. Please watch this video, produced by Molly Secours and Dixie Gamble, so you can see that he is most likely innocent of the crime for which he is going to be murdered. Then call and/or email Governor Bredesen of Tennessee and ask him to view…

Phillip Workman is scheduled to be executed on May 9. Please watch this video, produced by Molly Secours and Dixie Gamble, so you can see that…

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Commentary

Former Haiti President Graduates At University of South Africa

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

Former Haiti President, Mr Jean-Bertrand Aristide will received the degree of Doctor of Literature and Philosophy (DLitt et Phil) at the University of South Africa (UNISA) Wednesday the 25th of April, 2007. Members of the diplomatic corps and the Office of the Presidency of the Republic of South Africa, including the President Mr Thabo Mbeki…

Former Haiti President, Mr Jean-Bertrand Aristide will received the degree of Doctor of Literature and Philosophy (DLitt et Phil) at the University of South Africa (UNISA)…

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Commentary

National Affairs: On Imus, On Blacksburg, And The Mass Media’s Complicity In War

By Lawrence R. Velvel, JD Columnist

Now and again, at times when I haven’t been “on the air” very much, someone will write to ask whether I intend to cover some subject or other that has arisen in the meanwhile. One such email was received regarding the Imus controversy — which became eclipsed by Blacksburg, so that cable TV went from…

Now and again, at times when I haven't been “on the air” very much, someone will write to ask whether I intend to cover some subject…

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