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Issue: 265

February 21, 2008

Commentary

All We Want is Justice!

By Jamala Rogers Editorial Board

Cookie Thornton has long standing grievances with the city of K-wood. They have mitigated the situation (which has been parroted by the local and national press) by saying that it was all about parking tickets for his fleet of trucks. While parking ticket fines and court costs had skyrocketed to tens of thousands of dollars,…

Cookie Thornton has long standing grievances with the city of K-wood. They have mitigated the situation (which has been parroted by the local and national press)…

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Color of Law

GOP Jesus is No Friend of Mine – Color of Law

By David A. Love, JD Executive Editor

Most of all, he takes a careful look at the atrocities occurring in other theocratic regimes, organized crime rings operating under the guise of religious values. Morality police who arrest and whip women for not wearing “proper” clothing. So-called religious authorities who sentence a woman to death for practicing witchcraft or committing adultery. And GOP…

Most of all, he takes a careful look at the atrocities occurring in other theocratic regimes, organized crime rings operating under the guise of religious values.…

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Commentary

Call to Creative (Critical) Thinkers and Warriors – Represent Our Resistance

By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD Editorial Board

As bell hooks writes, we are a people who sustained the trauma of losing our leaders (Salvation: Black People and Love). And we had little time to heal from these wounds when, sometime in 1980, in Philadelphia, Mississippi, the American public allowed itself to be absorbed by pods! Worse, the Black privileged class abandoned the…

As bell hooks writes, we are a people who sustained the trauma of losing our leaders (Salvation: Black People and Love). And we had little time…

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Quote to Ponder

Art

Quote to Ponder

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

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Commentary

Look How Long – Poetic Black Fusion

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

CONGRATULATION London Ladd! Please support a friend of Blackman Preach, London Ladd, who is the illustrator of my album cover Bumpy Tymes, London Ladd is an illustrator from Syracuse, New York and has partnered with veteran author Christine King Farris for his debut children’s book March On! The Day My Brother Martin Changed The World…

CONGRATULATION London Ladd! Please support a friend of Blackman Preach, London Ladd, who is the illustrator of my album cover Bumpy Tymes, London Ladd is an…

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Commentary

Black History Month: What the Black Man Wants – A Speech

By Malcolm X

The current issue is always free to everyone (This speech by Malcolm X is a part of Black History in America. It is important to learn about the evolution of the thinking of Malcolm.) Imam Benjamin Karim edited this speech and provided the following note: The speech was delivered before Malcolm left the Nation of…

The current issue is always free to everyone (This speech by Malcolm X is a part of Black History in America. It is important to learn…

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Commentary

The Biggest Republican Lie Ever Told – Between the Lines

By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD Columnist

The current issue is always free to everyone Every time I hear Republican Candidate John McCain refer his party as the “Party of Lincoln,” I wince. It is probably one of most factually inaccurate references in politics today. In fact, if you were to measure it against some of the biggest lies ever told, it…

The current issue is always free to everyone Every time I hear Republican Candidate John McCain refer his party as the “Party of Lincoln,” I wince.…

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Commentary

A Reminder of Why They Owe Us! – Worrill’s World

By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill, PhD Columnist

Day-by-day, African people in America are becoming more familiar with the concept of reparations and what it means to our continued struggle in America for self-determination, liberation, independence, and freedom. Therefore, we must be clear that reparations means repair for the damages inflicted on a people or a nation. In pursuit of this repair, we…

Day-by-day, African people in America are becoming more familiar with the concept of reparations and what it means to our continued struggle in America for self-determination,…

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Commentary

A Black Man as President of the United States! What’s Going On?

By Dr. George Wright Guest Commentator

Furthermore, in the early 1970’s, developments in South Africa began to shake the Nationalist Party’s apartheid system. In 1973, black union members began to carry out militant actions against mining and manufacturing firms. Also, in June 1976, African youth initiated a rebellion in the township of Soweto, that rocked the foundations of apartheid. The militancy…

Furthermore, in the early 1970’s, developments in South Africa began to shake the Nationalist Party’s apartheid system. In 1973, black union members began to carry out…

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