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Issue: 248

October 11, 2007

Commentary

Single-Payer Healthcare – Part 30: When Will the Patients Be Invited to Dine?

By Donna Smith

The current issue is always free to everyone It’s worse than being a lap-dog. No matter what station in life or educational degrees or talents any American may have held before he or she fell victim to the health care crisis in this nation, inclusion in the national debate – the real national debate in…

The current issue is always free to everyone It’s worse than being a lap-dog. No matter what station in life or educational degrees or talents any…

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Commentary

Sexy Dimes/Sexist Tools – Student Writers’ Corner

By Hananie Albert

Black feminism aims to negotiate a space whereby both sexes can explore the entanglements of race, sexuality, class and gender. In doing so, black feminist structures combat the sexist implications embedded in societal constructions of gender. Despite its homology to racism and other forms of injustice, sexism is viewed as a factor of minimal importance…

Black feminism aims to negotiate a space whereby both sexes can explore the entanglements of race, sexuality, class and gender. In doing so, black feminist structures…

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Commentary

Activism and Darfur: Divestment: Solution or Diversion?

By Kevin Funk and Steve Fake

The current issue is always free to everyone Note: The Editor of this article was Saif Rahman Evoking memories of global activism against apartheid in South Africa, the Save Darfur movement is aiming to address the humanitarian crisis in the beleaguered region by campaigning for divestment from certain companies operating in Sudan. Though there are…

The current issue is always free to everyone Note: The Editor of this article was Saif Rahman Evoking memories of global activism against apartheid in South…

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Commentary

Readers Corner: NAACP Leadership and Vision, and more

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

Should a new post-Civil Rights Movement leadership identity be fashioned for the NAACP? That is the big question raised by the BC cover story in issue 246: “The Role of the Black Elite in Outreaching to the Black Lower Class, And How It Relates to the National Leadership Level of the NAACP” By BC Editorial…

Should a new post-Civil Rights Movement leadership identity be fashioned for the NAACP? That is the big question raised by the BC cover story in issue…

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Guest Commentary

Constitution, Flag, and Leaving Iraq – Think Piece

By David Swanson Guest Commentator

“We are Americans, and in our America we do not torture, we do not imprison people without charge or legal remedy, we do not tap people’s phones and emails without a court order, and above all we do not give any President unchecked power. I pledge to fight to protect and defend the Constitution from…

"We are Americans, and in our America we do not torture, we do not imprison people without charge or legal remedy, we do not tap people's…

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Commentary

Reparations and Repairing Ourselves – Worrill’s World

By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill, PhD Columnist

What we are constantly being fed is that we are on the bottom and we will remain on the bottom. What the white supremacy forces offer individual African people in America, is that as an individual you can get off the bottom if you join us, if you “pull yourself up by your bootstraps.” Never…

What we are constantly being fed is that we are on the bottom and we will remain on the bottom. What the white supremacy forces offer…

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Commentary

US Aid Dependency: The Road To Ruin

By Hicham Safieddine

One wonders about the nature of promises General Sulieman is referring to, but the only binding promises of the US are those stated in the legislative bills tabled by the administration and passed by Congress. And the purpose of budgeting the huge sum of $220 million requested by the Bush administration for this year is…

One wonders about the nature of promises General Sulieman is referring to, but the only binding promises of the US are those stated in the legislative…

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Commentary

Mayor Villaraigosa, Friend Or Foe To The Black Community? – Between The Lines

By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD Columnist

The current issue is always free to everyone It’s time for us to find out what’s going on with the black community’s relationship with “Mayor V.” As a supporter (in 2001 and 2005), I don’t like the things I’m hearing. And it’s not from dissenters, either. It’s from other supporters who are now concerned that…

The current issue is always free to everyone It’s time for us to find out what’s going on with the black community’s relationship with “Mayor V.”…

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