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Issue: 285

July 10, 2008

Commentary

It Makes You Want to Cry: Economy Hits Seniors Hard

By Carl Bloice Editorial Board

He caught me by the elevator. “Do you know how much peanut butter costs at Safeway now as compared to two months ago?” John asked. I didn’t but I had been aware of the recent cost of berries, which were rising out of sight. Joe wanted to know if I had, as requested, written to…

He caught me by the elevator. “Do you know how much peanut butter costs at Safeway now as compared to two months ago?” John asked. I…

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Commentary

Obama’s Turn to the Right Leaves Out Poor LGBTQ Americans

By The Reverend Irene Monroe Editorial Board

BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board member, the Rev. Irene Monroe, is a religion columnist, theologian, and public speaker. A native of Brooklyn, Rev. Monroe is a graduate from Wellesley College and Union Theological Seminary at Columbia University, and served as a pastor at an African-American church before coming to Harvard Divinity School for her doctorate as a…

BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board member, the Rev. Irene Monroe, is a religion columnist, theologian, and public speaker. A native of Brooklyn, Rev. Monroe is a graduate from…

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Commentary

Freedom Really is a Constant Struggle

By Larry Pinkney Editorial Board

BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board Member, Larry Pinkney, is a veteran of the Black Panther Party, the former Minister of Interior of the Republic of New Africa, a former political prisoner and the only American to have successfully self-authored his civil/political rights case to the United Nations under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. In…

BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board Member, Larry Pinkney, is a veteran of the Black Panther Party, the former Minister of Interior of the Republic of New Africa, a…

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Guest Commentary

The Zimbabwean Working Peoples: Between a Political Rock and an Economic Hard Place – Think Piece

By Dr. Horace Campbell, PhD Editorial Board

At the summit of the African Union in Ghana in July 2007, Robert Mugabe was given a standing ovation. Later he went outside the conference to deliver a roaring anti–imperialist speech at a huge public rally. At the Nkrumah square Mugabe was hailed as one of the most steadfast revolutionary leaders in Africa. One year…

At the summit of the African Union in Ghana in July 2007, Robert Mugabe was given a standing ovation. Later he went outside the conference to…

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Guest Commentary

A Few Thoughts on Patriotism

By Joe Navarro Guest Commentator

Webster’s Dictionary and Thesaurus defines patriotism as “zealous love of one’s country.” As we approach the Fourth of July, a national holiday, I have been contemplating the idea of patriotism as defined here and instinctively reject the idea of having “zealous love” for this country. Even as a child I felt that the national symbols…

Webster’s Dictionary and Thesaurus defines patriotism as “zealous love of one’s country.” As we approach the Fourth of July, a national holiday, I have been contemplating…

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Commentary

The Twenty-Ninth NBUF Convention: The Next Generation Taking The Lead

By Dr. Conrad Worrill, PhD Columnist

The National Black United Front (NBUF) is preparing for our Twenty-ninth Annual National Convention to be held in Detroit, Michigan from July 17-20, 2007. This year we are hosted by two institutions, the Alkebulan Village located at 7701 Harper and the Timbuktu Academy of Science and Technology located at 10800 East Canfield. Our convention theme…

The National Black United Front (NBUF) is preparing for our Twenty-ninth Annual National Convention to be held in Detroit, Michigan from July 17-20, 2007. This year…

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Guest Commentary

Ask Not What

By Cindy Sheehan Guest Commentator

President Kennedy also said, less famously, in that same address: I would like to enhance Kennedy’s famous words on this 4th of July when the country sets off on another celebration of gross militarism and the deaths of millions of people while we never pay tribute to our First Nation peoples who were exterminated so…

President Kennedy also said, less famously, in that same address: I would like to enhance Kennedy’s famous words on this 4th of July when the country…

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Guest Commentary

Sketches of Our Culture: Apathetic, Going on Pathetic – Student Writers’ Corner

By Tolu Olorunda Columnist

On August 24, 2007, CBS News reported the rape and pillage of a 26-year-old woman without any intervention from the well-aware neighbors. The local prosecutors spoke of a security video which showed how “at least 10 witnesses ignored a woman’s cries for help for more than an hour as a man beat and sexually assaulted…

On August 24, 2007, CBS News reported the rape and pillage of a 26-year-old woman without any intervention from the well-aware neighbors. The local prosecutors spoke…

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