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Issue: 259

January 10, 2008

The African World

Flames in Kenya – The African World

By Bill Fletcher, Jr. Editorial Board

The current issue is always free to everyone The recent elections and post-election riots in Kenya bring forward great sorrow and also give one pause. Is this another situation where Africans tear each other apart, one may ask? How is it that people who have lived next to one another can go after each other…

The current issue is always free to everyone The recent elections and post-election riots in Kenya bring forward great sorrow and also give one pause. Is…

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Commentary

Confronting New and Even Bleaker Job Prospects – Left Margin

By Carl Bloice Editorial Board

The current issue is always free to everyone Once again, disturbing statistics have come from the government. Once again, the question being asked is what the figures portend for the country’s overall economy. Once again, as it has been for the startling figures on housing foreclosures, a lot of people are being hurt, and once…

The current issue is always free to everyone Once again, disturbing statistics have come from the government. Once again, the question being asked is what the…

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Commentary

Double-Speak, Barack Obama and Continuing U.S. Hypocrisy – Keeping It Real

By Larry Pinkney Editorial Board

The current issue is always free to everyone What better way to manipulate the masses of people than to propagate lies disguised as truth, and to say nothing of substance in the name of being crystal clear. This is the double-speak by America’s latest well known cynical opportunist, Barack Hussein Obama. Indeed, it is being…

The current issue is always free to everyone What better way to manipulate the masses of people than to propagate lies disguised as truth, and to…

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Commentary

Obama and the American Dream – Represent Our Resistance

By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD Editorial Board

Obama’s mantra, “change,” was echoed by Clinton’s oh, yeah – “change.” Yeah, that’s it. And good number of other folks went to bed, smiling. Change. But the corporations love Obama too. Clinton has more “experience” dealing with the corps, but they can love the new guy on the block who doesn’t nag them (at least…

Obama’s mantra, “change,” was echoed by Clinton’s oh, yeah - “change.” Yeah, that’s it. And good number of other folks went to bed, smiling. Change. But…

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Commentary

Update: Reverend Edward Pinkney Remains Behind Bars – No Date Yet for Hearing About Calling God To Curse Judge

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

“Judge Butzbaugh, it shall come to pass; if thou continue not to hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God to observe to do all that is right; which I command thee this day, that all these Curses shall come upon you and your family, curses shalt be in the City of St. Joseph…

"Judge Butzbaugh, it shall come to pass; if thou continue not to hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God to observe to do all…

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Commentary

I Have A Dream: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

The current issue is always free to everyone This is the complete text of Dr. King’s “I have a dream” speech, delivered 28 August 1963, at the Lincoln Memorial, Washington D.C. I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history…

The current issue is always free to everyone This is the complete text of Dr. King's "I have a dream" speech, delivered 28 August 1963, at…

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Color of Law

America’s Racism is a Human Rights Violation – Color of Law

By David A. Love, JD Executive Editor

Pointing to such events as the disastrous response to Hurricane Katrina, the nooses hanging in Jena, Louisiana, and the epidemic of hate crimes on college campuses across the country – not to mention continuing racism in voting rights, housing, health and education, and a hostile environment to immigrants – USHRN says that the Bush administration’s…

Pointing to such events as the disastrous response to Hurricane Katrina, the nooses hanging in Jena, Louisiana, and the epidemic of hate crimes on college campuses…

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Commentary

Bloody Revolution – Poetic Black Fusion

By Poet Blackman Preach Spoken Word Columnist (includes MP3 audio)

The current issue is always free to everyone This recording was a part of the “State of the Ghetto Address” and dedicated to Brother Malcolm X at Western Washington University. Students created a day of celebration on May 19, 2000. Blackman Preach was honored to be a student on the original committee that organized the…

The current issue is always free to everyone This recording was a part of the "State of the Ghetto Address" and dedicated to Brother Malcolm X…

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