Issue: 257
December 13, 2007
Commentary
The “Oprah Effect”: Since When Did Celebrity Not Matter? – Between the Lines
Columnist
The current issue is always free to everyone The Barack Obama campaign has been rising in polls as fast as highway 40 going north. Then the campaign hit the afterburners and rolled out its biggest gun in Iowa this past weekend, Oprah Winfrey. There is no bigger individual (living) brand in America than Oprah. There…
The current issue is always free to everyone The Barack Obama campaign has been rising in polls as fast as highway 40 going north. Then the…
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Guest Commentary
In-Terror-gation, Cover-up and Distraction
Columnist
The current issue is always free to everyone In a strange piece of irony, 2 days after an announcement that the sentencing for Jose Padilla was postponed due to a death in Judge Marcia Cooke’s family, the Central Intelligence Agency revealed that it destroyed videotapes of two terror suspects being “interrogated.” This may come as…
The current issue is always free to everyone In a strange piece of irony, 2 days after an announcement that the sentencing for Jose Padilla was…
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Commentary
‘Tis The Season: Buy A Book – Unapologetically Young, Black and Female
Columnist
The current issue is always free to everyone On Black Friday while the rest of America was camped outside Wal-Mart, Target, Best Buy, and their local mall, many in freezing temperatures, I had the good fortune to be first in line at my local Black-owned bookstore, Eso Won. Not only was I the first in…
The current issue is always free to everyone On Black Friday while the rest of America was camped outside Wal-Mart, Target, Best Buy, and their local…
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Commentary
Strategic Usage of Arts Activism: AFRICOM Policy Review – Student Writers’ Corner
• Joint Task Force Aztec Silence (JTFAS): In December of 2003, the U.S. European Command created this joint task force under the commander of the US Sixth Fleet (Europe) to share information with US intelligence agencies and African military forces. This program carries out counter-terrorism and surveillance operations in North and West Africa and coordinates…
• Joint Task Force Aztec Silence (JTFAS): In December of 2003, the U.S. European Command created this joint task force under the commander of the US…
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