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Issue: 278

May 22, 2008

Commentary

What Befalls a Man, Befalls Him by His Own Hand – Smoke and Mirrors

By Lloyd Wynn Columnist

While you wait for that stimulus check and the house-approved foreclosure prevention bill to make its way through the senate and to the president’s desk, we have a genuine crisis unfolding in the Black community. Neither one of those measures will provide the relief needed within the Black community. We need a true economic stimulus…

While you wait for that stimulus check and the house-approved foreclosure prevention bill to make its way through the senate and to the president’s desk, we…

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Commentary

Invasion – Poetic Black Fusion

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

Invasion 45 seconds to pronounce the real deal- DEAL mass destruction by hands HAND? many hand steering airborne cancers that kills Killed Dorothy to LUNG CANCER? and she didn’t smoke I guess Miss Evers great-great-grand children carried my mother’s-mother to the land mill in Mississippi it airborne fumes & rich crude oil Is that all…

Invasion 45 seconds to pronounce the real deal- DEAL mass destruction by hands HAND? many hand steering airborne cancers that kills Killed Dorothy to LUNG CANCER?…

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Commentary

Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Race: A Choice of Substance Over Symbolism (& Trick-aration) – Between the Lines

By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD Columnist

For the first time in 16 years (and only the second time in 40 years) the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisor Seat in the second district has a vacancy. The L.A. County Board of Supervisors is one of the three most powerful seats in America, serving as both executive and legislative with no “check…

For the first time in 16 years (and only the second time in 40 years) the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisor Seat in the second…

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Guest Commentary

Whose War? Is it Yours?

By Cindy Sheehan Guest Commentator

“I am tired and sick of war. Its glory is all moonshine. It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, more vengeance, more desolation. War is hell.” -William Tecumseh Sherman Frankly, the why part of the question seems obvious.…

“I am tired and sick of war. Its glory is all moonshine. It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks…

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Guest Commentary

We Will Not Die! – Ushairi

By Anthony Gayle Guest Poet

To those who would have us crawl but never stand upright: We will not die! To those who have us stand, but never take flight: We will not die. To those who would erase the truth and replace it with a lie: We will not die! Our schools continue to crumble and we should be…

To those who would have us crawl but never stand upright: We will not die! To those who have us stand, but never take flight: We…

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Commentary

Damage Control: In the Aftermath of Last Week’s Ruling on Gay Marriage – Gays, the Black Church, and the Mainstream Media – Unapologetically Young, Black and Female

By Jasmyne Cannick Columnist

I had no intention of addressing last week’s California Supreme Court 4-3 ruling, which held that same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marry. I politely declined several media interviews regarding the decision and choose to post nothing on my site about it. Now, for the record, I am a lesbian. So obviously, I agree…

I had no intention of addressing last week’s California Supreme Court 4-3 ruling, which held that same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marry. I politely…

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Guest Commentary

The Tragic Legacy of the “Two Firsts”: Why Hillary Won’t Talk About Gender the Way Barack Will Talk About Race

By Jewel Woods Guest Commentator

I had a colleague from overseas email me after Senator Obama’s speech in Pennsylvania to say that children will be reading his speech for the next 150 years. I happen to agree with his assertion, yet it is surprising that many pundits in the mainstream media, like David Gurgen, continue to insist that attention to…

I had a colleague from overseas email me after Senator Obama's speech in Pennsylvania to say that children will be reading his speech for the next…

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Commentary

We Fought Apartheid; We See No Reason to Celebrate It in Israel Now!

By End The Occupation South Africa

[This was originally published by End the Occupation South Africa] We, South Africans who faced the might of unjust and brutal apartheid machinery in South Africa and fought against it with all our strength, with the objective to live in a just, democratic society, refuse today to celebrate the existence of an Apartheid state in…

[This was originally published by End the Occupation South Africa] We, South Africans who faced the might of unjust and brutal apartheid machinery in South Africa…

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