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May 10, 2007

Cover Story

Questions for Candidate Obama

By Bill Fletcher, Jr. Editorial Board

Senator Barack Obama has become a major celebrity, a truth that is now almost a cliché. His campaign has raised massive amounts of funding. He draws large and enthusiastic crowds when he appears. Often described as charismatic, he is more importantly smart and well spoken. Yet before I jump into his campaign, I have a…

Senator Barack Obama has become a major celebrity, a truth that is now almost a cliché. His campaign has raised massive amounts of funding. He draws…

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Commentary

The Real Truth About Snitching

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

I feel compelled to give some history and context to the snitching debate. It’s gathering steam, as indicated by the recent 60 Minutes interview with Busta Rhymes. It seems that a number of honest people are trying to understand the latest incarnation of the “No snitching” campaign. Those who stridently condemn this phenomenon should look…

I feel compelled to give some history and context to the snitching debate. It’s gathering steam, as indicated by the recent 60 Minutes interview with Busta…

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Commentary

Single-Payer Healthcare Plan for People With HIV/AIDS

By Eric Sawyer

A National Single payer Universal Healthcare System may just finally deliver healthcare for all people with HIV/AIDS living in the USA. HIV/AIDS is a fatal chronic illness with no cure. It requires that patients receive expensive anti-retro-viral combination therapies for life. The treatment of HIV disease requires constant medical monitoring, including the use of sophisticated…

A National Single payer Universal Healthcare System may just finally deliver healthcare for all people with HIV/AIDS living in the USA. HIV/AIDS is a fatal chronic…

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Commentary

Color of Law: Justice on the Cheap – Without Counsel, the Captives Must Go Free

By David A. Love, JD Executive Editor

Why is it that a wealthy nation such as the United States—with $500 billion to throw away on a useless war in Iraq—cannot scrape up the money to provide legal representation to indigent people accused of a crime? It’s all about priorities. The money is available, but the will is absent. New Orleans Judge Arthur…

Why is it that a wealthy nation such as the United States—with $500 billion to throw away on a useless war in Iraq—cannot scrape up the…

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Commentary

Keeping It Real: A Case Study Of State Sanctioned Suppression Of Black Voting Rights

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

The town of Benton Harbor, in Berrien County, Michigan has its own special brand of state sanctioned de facto terrorism against its Black citizens, in the insidious form of the suppression of Black voting rights. This is no doubt a microcosm of the disenfranchisement that is stealthily and steadily being played out against people of…

The town of Benton Harbor, in Berrien County, Michigan has its own special brand of state sanctioned de facto terrorism against its Black citizens, in the…

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Commentary

Between The Lines: LAPD’s MacArthur Park Melee-A New Southern Resistance

By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD Columnist

The nation, after 25 years, found its new Birmingham moment – in Los Angeles and to nobody’s surprise. The nation’s most abusive police department found a new way to capture the national headlines, trying to shut down the immigrants’ May Day march by firing 240 “rubber bullets” indiscriminately into a crowd. Depending on whose version…

The nation, after 25 years, found its new Birmingham moment - in Los Angeles and to nobody’s surprise. The nation’s most abusive police department found a…

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Guest Commentary

Denounce the LAPD Rampage on May 1st

By Travis Morales Guest Commentator

We all saw the police riot on the May 1st march at MacArthur Park. Battalions of armed police clubbed and shot their way through an immigrants’ rights rally. Hundreds of LAPD cops, in full riot gear, wielded batons and fired volley after volley of rubber bullets directly at children, women and men. Cops pointed their…

We all saw the police riot on the May 1st march at MacArthur Park. Battalions of armed police clubbed and shot their way through an immigrants'…

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