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Issue: 274

May 1, 2008

Commentary

Bitterness in America: The Truth Isn’t Always Pretty – Between the Lines

By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD Columnist

The petty picking at Barack Obama continued into this week’s Pennsylvania primary as Hilary Clinton continued to grasp at straws in her last ditch effort to remain relevant for the Democratic Party nomination. For the last two weeks, Clinton and pundits have used Obama’s inarticulation on the subject of economic hardship, as a reason to…

The petty picking at Barack Obama continued into this week’s Pennsylvania primary as Hilary Clinton continued to grasp at straws in her last ditch effort to…

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Commentary

Bumpy Tymes – Spoken Word – Poetic Black Fusion

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

Bumpy Tymes The revolution is a plow digging six feet deep with the splinters of its’ handles caving to the bone of the people resisting the storm is raging & blows out the night on the wick of the candle— the rain is coming fire is hard to come by, now— drenched by the puddles…

Bumpy Tymes The revolution is a plow digging six feet deep with the splinters of its’ handles caving to the bone of the people resisting the…

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Commentary

Why We Should Support an Ex-Doofus

By U-Savior Washington Guest Commentator

One day we were shooting several green screen scenes in a studio with a black floor. When we finished, the floor was covered with scuff marks and dust. Melvin – The Melvin – grabbed some rags, got down on his hands and knees and started wiping. That’s when I realized I was dealing with a…

One day we were shooting several green screen scenes in a studio with a black floor. When we finished, the floor was covered with scuff marks…

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Commentary

Reparations and Loving African People – Worrill’s World

By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill, PhD Columnist

It is clear to me that the masses of African people are clear on the question of Reparations. African people in America, and throughout the world, are clear that we have a responsibility to demand reparations from those “who owe us.” This remembrance of our ancestors and their redemption, our continued oppression in America, and…

It is clear to me that the masses of African people are clear on the question of Reparations. African people in America, and throughout the world,…

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Commentary

Courts Should Insist Political Branches Do Their Jobs – National Affairs

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

As my last commentary said would be the case, this essay is about an idea which, as far as I know, is quite novel. It is an idea which deals with when courts should rule on, and/or how they should decide, constitutional issues and some other issues. It is an idea whose ramifications, from the…

As my last commentary said would be the case, this essay is about an idea which, as far as I know, is quite novel. It is…

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Commentary

The Empathic Power of Images: Civil Rights, Vietnam and Today

By Gary Olson, PhD

Photos that I vividly recall making an impression on me include 15-year-old Elizabeth Eckford being viciously taunted by a young white girl as she attempted to enter Little Rock Central High School on September 4, 1957. And I will never forget the faces of the four little girls killed in the terrorist bombing of the…

Photos that I vividly recall making an impression on me include 15-year-old Elizabeth Eckford being viciously taunted by a young white girl as she attempted to…

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Commentary

A Liberating Hope

By The Reverend D. D. Prather Guest Commentator

There come moments when individuals and institutions must decide when to proclaim that which is right and speak truth to power. From the literal inception of black spirituality and Christianity, at its core theologically, it continues to be liberating by its very nature. Recently, The Reverend Jeremiah Wright of Chicago and Pastor of Sen. Barack…

There come moments when individuals and institutions must decide when to proclaim that which is right and speak truth to power. From the literal inception of…

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Commentary

Those Who Care About Baseball Should Protest the “Blacklisting” of Barry Bonds!

By Mike Gimbel

Here’s my computed Run Production Averages (RPA) for the top 27 hitters in Major League baseball in the 2007 season (minimum 400 computed plate appearances, as per RPA method). My method shows the season adjusted value of each plate appearance in terms of the runs produced by that batter per the RPA formula that I…

Here’s my computed Run Production Averages (RPA) for the top 27 hitters in Major League baseball in the 2007 season (minimum 400 computed plate appearances, as…

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