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Issue: 242

September 6, 2007

Cover Story

Accountability, John Conyers and the Impeachment Controversy – Part 3

By Bill Fletcher, Jr. Editorial Board

The current issue is always free to everyone So, what do we make of the controversy surrounding the actions taken at the office of Congressman Conyers when protesters demonstrated against his alleged failure to move impeachment proceedings against President Bush? Did it make sense strategically? Was Conyers the right target? Where did race come into…

The current issue is always free to everyone So, what do we make of the controversy surrounding the actions taken at the office of Congressman Conyers…

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Commentary

Color of Law: Disobeying Bush’s Unjust Laws

By David A. Love, JD Executive Editor

The current issue is always free to everyone These days, there appears to be growing support for the premature departure of the current administration. As towns and localities pass their own impeachment resolutions, public opinion polls show that substantial numbers of Americans are in favor of impeachment for Bush and Cheney. Call it impeachment, call…

The current issue is always free to everyone These days, there appears to be growing support for the premature departure of the current administration. As towns…

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Commentary

Left Margin: The Debt Crisis is Deep and Ominous

By Carl Bloice Editorial Board

At 7:30 a.m., only a few hours after the New York Times hit the streets August 6th, with a front page story on the difficulties holders of subprime mortgages were having, mortgage broker Jack Kunkel was in front of his computer, clearly upset. The article had been accompanied by a photo of Nicole Brownlee, an…

At 7:30 a.m., only a few hours after the New York Times hit the streets August 6th, with a front page story on the difficulties holders…

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Commentary

Inclusion: Popping the Question to the Candidates

By The Reverend Irene Monroe Editorial Board

“Tonight was an important night in the fight for equality,” Human Rights Campaign President Joe Solmonese, who was on the panel posing questions to the candidates, said in a statement released the evening of the forum. “Unfortunately, we have more work to do. The overwhelming majority of the candidates do not support marriage equality. While…

"Tonight was an important night in the fight for equality," Human Rights Campaign President Joe Solmonese, who was on the panel posing questions to the candidates,…

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Commentary

Keeping It Real: It’s Not The Sixties Anymore

By Larry Pinkney Editorial Board

The current issue is always free to everyone Recently, I found myself listening in on a group of nine young Black high school kids who had been asked to comment on Black history and the present state of Black America as they see it. To my glee, most of the youth made knowledgeable and consistent…

The current issue is always free to everyone Recently, I found myself listening in on a group of nine young Black high school kids who had…

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Commentary

Single-Payer Healthcare – Part 26: On Faith and Universal Health Care

By Donna Smith

The current issue is always free to everyone Donna Smith is one of the “stars” of SiCKO, whose family became medically bankrupt, even though both she and her husband both always carried health insurance. Then he had three heart attacks and she had cancer…and the insurance companies bailed out. Is universal health care the right…

The current issue is always free to everyone Donna Smith is one of the "stars" of SiCKO, whose family became medically bankrupt, even though both she…

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Commentary

The BlackCommentator In Struggle Spotlight: Dr. Asa Hilliard

By HAWK (J. D. Jackson) Guest Commentator

His life-long commitment to study focused primarily on the boundless history of his Ancestors and their descendants – the world’s first and oldest people and the people from whom all other people and civilization came – African (Black) people. By so doing, he wisely and dutifully fulfilled many of the precepts that were spelled out…

His life-long commitment to study focused primarily on the boundless history of his Ancestors and their descendants - the world’s first and oldest people and the…

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Commentary

Between The Lines: For President Of The United States, Is Anybody “Black Enough”

By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD Columnist

Jackson’s presidential runs in 1984 and 1988 were serious campaigns to address domestic policy issues disproportionately affecting African Americans in the midst of the Reagan revolution. Sharpton’s run was more an act of self-aggrandizement and wasn’t considered any more a serious run for president than Shirley Chisholm’s run in 1972. Barack has proven to be…

Jackson’s presidential runs in 1984 and 1988 were serious campaigns to address domestic policy issues disproportionately affecting African Americans in the midst of the Reagan revolution.…

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