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Issue: 267

March 6, 2008

Cover Story

Barack Obama’s Problem – And Ours – Along the Color Line

By Dr. Manning Marable, PhD Editorial Board

So I return to the white college administrator whose son is in prison on drug charges. I made a mistake. People of color must break through the mental racial barricades that divide America into parallel racial universes. We need to mobilize and support the election of Barack Obama not only because he is progressive and…

So I return to the white college administrator whose son is in prison on drug charges. I made a mistake. People of color must break through…

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The African World

NAFTA, Immigrants and the Discussion That is Not Happening

By Bill Fletcher, Jr. Editorial Board

What is critical for us to grasp on this side of the Rio Grande River is that NAFTA has had a devastating impact on the Mexican economy. Through forcing the Mexican farmer to compete with USA farmers, rural Mexico’s economy has been turned upside down. The reality is that the Mexican farmer has been unable…

What is critical for us to grasp on this side of the Rio Grande River is that NAFTA has had a devastating impact on the Mexican…

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Commentary

Humphrey Hawkins Day on Capitol Hill

By Carl Bloice Editorial Board

One word that has cropped up frequently in the headlines over economic stories recently: “gloom.” And, it was spread all around. “Investors must be feeling a little like Hercules,” read the Lex Column in the Financial Times the other day. “Each time they chop off one of Hydra’s heads threatening the market, another pops up.”…

One word that has cropped up frequently in the headlines over economic stories recently: “gloom.” And, it was spread all around. “Investors must be feeling a…

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Commentary

Thirty Pieces of Silver: 2008 – An American Revolutionary Opportunity Betrayed

By Larry Pinkney Editorial Board

Despite, and perhaps because of, my intense political experiences over the years in Africa, Europe, the United States, and other parts of the world, I never cease to be amazed and sickened at how many so-called “progressives” and those of the American “Left,” have in this year of 2008, demonstrated that they never really wanted…

Despite, and perhaps because of, my intense political experiences over the years in Africa, Europe, the United States, and other parts of the world, I never…

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Color of Law

The End of the American Empire: Rotting From Within and Without

By David A. Love, JD Executive Editor

Americans always were told that they lived in the greatest country on Earth, a model egalitarian society. But a report by The Pew Charitable Trusts sheds light on the fallacy of the so-called American Dream. According to the report, America is less upwardly-mobile than Canada, Denmark or Finland. In the land of opportunity, your birth,…

Americans always were told that they lived in the greatest country on Earth, a model egalitarian society. But a report by The Pew Charitable Trusts sheds…

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Commentary

Reading The Great Gatsby in the U.S.: A Response to Azar Nasifi’s Reading Lolita in Tehran

By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD Editorial Board

Ultimately, I am the “girl” (woman), the Black, sitting beside the “two bucks,” and I identify with the Black Left! We, Black Americans, are reeling from the Reagan Revolution, a revolution that took place just after the Iranian Revolution. In the former period (also known as the Second Reconstruction), Black gains in human rights were…

Ultimately, I am the “girl” (woman), the Black, sitting beside the “two bucks,” and I identify with the Black Left! We, Black Americans, are reeling from…

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Commentary

Uneven – Poetic Black Fusion

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

BlackCommentator.com Spoken Word Columnist, Poet Blackman Preach (Cedric T. Bolton), is a poet (spoken word artist) and producer, born in Pascagoula, Mississippi and raised in Paterson, New Jersey. Cedric received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Western Washington University and currently resides, with his wife, in Syracuse, New York. He is the Founder of Poetic…

BlackCommentator.com Spoken Word Columnist, Poet Blackman Preach (Cedric T. Bolton), is a poet (spoken word artist) and producer, born in Pascagoula, Mississippi and raised in Paterson,…

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Commentary

Single Payer Election Stress Syndrome? – Single-Payer Healthcare – A BlackCommentator.com Series – Part 35

By Marilyn Clement

Over the past two weeks I have received a lot of email from people who are depressed, realizing that neither the Democratic or Republican candidates are yet supporting guaranteed quality single-payer healthcare for all. They want to know “Who is better? Obama or Clinton?” What is obvious to all of us is that neither of…

Over the past two weeks I have received a lot of email from people who are depressed, realizing that neither the Democratic or Republican candidates are…

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