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Issue: 269

March 20, 2008

Commentary

The Problem with Feminist Icons

By Dr. Maya Rockeymoore, PhD

The public commentary of prominent white feminist icons in this election season has provided a fascinating glimpse into the thoughts and ideological perspective of leaders of the mainstream feminist movement. But if recent comments made by Gloria Steinem and Geraldine Ferraro are any indication, the mainstream feminist movement has learned nothing from its past and…

The public commentary of prominent white feminist icons in this election season has provided a fascinating glimpse into the thoughts and ideological perspective of leaders of…

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Commentary

Nearly 4000 Dead and All is Well??? – The African World

By Bill Fletcher, Jr. Editorial Board

As unbelievable as it may sound, according to a poll by the Pew Research Center (reported in the Washington Post, March 13th), only 28% of the public realizes that nearly 4000 US troops have been killed in the Iraq war. Nearly half thinks that the number is 3000. It is unclear whether those polled were…

As unbelievable as it may sound, according to a poll by the Pew Research Center (reported in the Washington Post, March 13th), only 28% of the…

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Commentary

Obama: the Attacks Have Only Just Begun – Left Margin

By Carl Bloice Editorial Board

Canadian commentator Jeet Heer described the process succinctly: newspapers abroad “would sometime print scurrilous reports that were too wild and un-sourced for the American press. Thanks to the internet and talk radio, these reports would echo back in the United States and eventually become part of the mainstream discourse.” Heer, a student of political culture,…

Canadian commentator Jeet Heer described the process succinctly: newspapers abroad “would sometime print scurrilous reports that were too wild and un-sourced for the American press. Thanks…

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Commentary

Incarceration vs. Education: Reproducing Racism and Poverty in American – Along the Color Line

By Dr. Manning Marable, PhD Editorial Board

Since 2004, former Democratic presidential candidate, John Edwards, campaigned across the U.S. with a simple message: that there are essentially “two Americas,” separated by a chasm of inequality, defined largely by race and class. It was a truthful message that the vast majority of Americans didn’t want to acknowledge, or even hear. Yet the larger…

Since 2004, former Democratic presidential candidate, John Edwards, campaigned across the U.S. with a simple message: that there are essentially “two Americas,” separated by a chasm…

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Commentary

Try To Make It Real: Compared to What? – Keeping It Real

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

In June of 1969, when Les McCann and Eddie Harris recorded the cut, ‘Compared To What,’ America was bogged down in a bloody Vietnam war that was raging out of control. The U.S. military draft was in full swing with the economically poor and disenfranchised of this nation as its primary inductees – cannon fodder…

In June of 1969, when Les McCann and Eddie Harris recorded the cut, ‘Compared To What,’ America was bogged down in a bloody Vietnam war that…

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Commentary

Ignorance for the Blissfully Educated – Represent Our Resistance

By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD Editorial Board

Black and Brown children have been designated for canon fodder for the rulers’ continual wars and for the cheap labor they supply the prison industrial complex. Who wins with this scenario? Halliburton, KBR, and their politicians who make sure more canon fodder and cheap labor continues to flow their way with legislation (the Violent Crime…

Black and Brown children have been designated for canon fodder for the rulers’ continual wars and for the cheap labor they supply the prison industrial complex.…

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Commentary

Book Review – All Things Being Equal: Instigating Opportunity in an Inequitable Time, Edited by Brian D. Smedley & Alan Jenkins – Color of Law

By David A. Love, JD Executive Editor

In this so-called land of equality and opportunity, it seems, some people are more equal than others. Although it has been over half a century since the historic Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education, America retains huge reserves of inequality of opportunity. The poor and people of color find themselves on the…

In this so-called land of equality and opportunity, it seems, some people are more equal than others. Although it has been over half a century since…

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Guest Commentary

Comparison of Obama & Cynthia McKinney: Who is the Real Progressive Candidate?

By The Editors of The Organizer Newspaper Guest Commentator

[This was originally published in The Organizer Newspaper] Barack Obama is creating a buzz on the political scene such as we have not seen in a long time – particularly among Black voters and youth. He is forging an electoral grassroots movement that is channeling a lot of the discontent by the American people with…

[This was originally published in The Organizer Newspaper] Barack Obama is creating a buzz on the political scene such as we have not seen in a…

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Commentary

Lebron James, Starring as King Kong – From the Fringe

By K. Danielle Edwards Columnist

Surely, my eyes were deceiving me. It was like a black-faced freak show – circa early 20th century, post-Reconstruction, pre-Jim Crow – had mistakenly gone to print in the Age of Obama, with the implied headline, “Lebron James Stars as King Kong.” As I blinked bewilderingly, shook my head and rolled my eyes to make…

Surely, my eyes were deceiving me. It was like a black-faced freak show – circa early 20th century, post-Reconstruction, pre-Jim Crow – had mistakenly gone to…

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