Issue: 262
January 31, 2008
Commentary
Letter to the Nationwide “Black Community:” Now is the Time to Maximize the Black Vote – Between the Lines
Columnist
The black community has become known for its horrifically low voter turnouts. Conceding your vote is the ultimate surrender, but when the black community becomes highly engaged, through some salient issue or personality, it often represents either the margin of victory or the margin of defeat. We were the margin of victory for John F.…
The black community has become known for its horrifically low voter turnouts. Conceding your vote is the ultimate surrender, but when the black community becomes highly…
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Commentary
Rebuilding Black Family Life – Worrill’s World
Columnist
Since the early 1900’s, Black and white scholars have written much on the Black family. When one examines the card catalogue of any library in America they will find volumes of books, articles and newspaper clippings discussing some aspect of Black family life. What we need in the African American community is a framework to…
Since the early 1900’s, Black and white scholars have written much on the Black family. When one examines the card catalogue of any library in America…
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Guest Commentary
The Relative State of the Union
Guest Commentator
The current issue is always free to everyone With the primary season in full gear on both the Democratic and Republic fronts, the state of the Union is relative and a matter of opinion. It is a well designed and skilled game, complete with the Conservative Right, Moderate Middle and Liberal Left. Polls have been…
The current issue is always free to everyone With the primary season in full gear on both the Democratic and Republic fronts, the state of the…
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The African World
The Democratic Race for the White House and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. – The African World
Editorial Board
It is easy to get swept up in the whirlwind. A serious African American candidate and a serious female candidate running in the same election is historic. A friend of mine (and fellow activist), commenting on the race said that while he agreed with former Senator John Edwards on the issues, he felt that the…
It is easy to get swept up in the whirlwind. A serious African American candidate and a serious female candidate running in the same election is…
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Commentary
Barack Obama: Bamboozling America – Keeping It Real
Editorial Board
This man, Barack Obama, is but a more articulate, younger, and shinier version of the current and infamous US Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, adorning himself dangerously and abundantly in superficiality and double-speak. Unlike Barack Obama’s father, we Black Americans did not come to this land by choice, nor do we as a people enjoy…
This man, Barack Obama, is but a more articulate, younger, and shinier version of the current and infamous US Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, adorning himself…
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Commentary
Obama’s Playing Us, Stupid – Inclusion
Editorial Board
Obama knows the political power the black bible-thumping church plays in every major election, which is why he has gotten into this triangulation with LGBTQ voters and black Christian conservatives. H. Alexander Robinson, CEO of National Black Justice Coalition, said that Obama is “too inexperienced at playing at his level. He’s stubborn and he refuses…
Obama knows the political power the black bible-thumping church plays in every major election, which is why he has gotten into this triangulation with LGBTQ voters…
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