Issue: 249

Commentary

We Remember Che Too! – Represent Our Resistance

By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD bc Editorial Board

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I don’t remember the entertainment that day. At successive Black Expos I would see Aretha Franklin and Stevie Wonder. One time, the Jackson Five would share the backstage with us, the Operation Breadbasket Choir, for about three minutes. But on this first day, I remember the words spoken with such conviction by activist ministers, including…

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I don’t remember the entertainment that day. At successive Black Expos I would see Aretha Franklin and Stevie Wonder. One time, the Jackson Five would share…

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Commentary

The Parable of National Health Care: Single-Payer Healthcare – Part 31

By Jamie and Pamela Voras

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The current issue is always free to everyone Smoke bellows from the quiet, two story home, as the Fire Department arrives. An anxious young couple greets them, the wife clutching a crying baby. “Thank God you’re here!” says the husband. “It’s just a small kitchen fire, and will only take a second to put out”.…

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The current issue is always free to everyone Smoke bellows from the quiet, two story home, as the Fire Department arrives. An anxious young couple greets…

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Commentary

Muhammad Nasserdeen – The BlackCommentator In Struggle Spotlight

By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD bc Columnist

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The current issue is always free to everyone The founder of the most credible black economic empowerment movement in Los Angeles, and maybe the country, died last week. Muhammad Nasserdeen, President and Founder of Recycling Black Dollars (RBD), started a movement based on a very simple premise — putting the black dollar in another black…

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The current issue is always free to everyone The founder of the most credible black economic empowerment movement in Los Angeles, and maybe the country, died…

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Cartoon

Political Cartoon: Michael Mukasey

By Bob Englehart

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Commentary

The Iraqi Book of the Dead – Sidetracked

By Jane Stillwater bc Columnist

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The current issue is always free to everyone My friend Betsy just sent me an e-mail. “The news last night said that Iraqis are starting to turn against extremists and starting to fight Al-Qaeda…is this wishful thinking or are people really talking about this in Baghdad?” Are they talking about it? Yes and no. Yes,…

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The current issue is always free to everyone My friend Betsy just sent me an e-mail. "The news last night said that Iraqis are starting to…

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Commentary

Reflections on Cairo – Student Writers’ Corner

By Maryam Sharron Muhammad Shabazz

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The current issue is always free to everyone Cairo, Kemet (Misr) – As Black women, we are excellent at blaming ourselves for the state of the Black world. Despite the fact that men documented and conducted the Atlantic, trans Saharan, Mediterranean, Red Sea, and Indian Ocean slave trades from Africa, Black (African) women argue that…

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The current issue is always free to everyone Cairo, Kemet (Misr) - As Black women, we are excellent at blaming ourselves for the state of the…

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Commentary

Nobel Al Gore? A Prime Time Hypocrite

By Joshua Frank

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The current issue is always free to everyone Al Gore has returned to the political spotlight in exalted fashion with a Nobel Peace Prize in hand, propping himself up for a potential presidential bid in 2008. Front and center in Gore’s new rhetorical entourage is the state of nature, and in particular, global warming. And…

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The current issue is always free to everyone Al Gore has returned to the political spotlight in exalted fashion with a Nobel Peace Prize in hand,…

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Cartoon

Political Cartoon: Saving the Planet

By Olle Johansson

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