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Issue: 288

August 28, 2008

Guest Commentary

Cynthia McKinney, Presidential Candidate – Remarks – DNC Stop the War Protest

By Cynthia McKinney U.S. Congressperson (D-GA)

Our country has been hijacked and the Democrats have proven themselves to have been in on the plan. When it came to the Constitution, the Democratic leadership showed us that aiding and abetting illegal spying on us was more important to them than protecting our civil liberties. When it came to war and occupation, the…

Our country has been hijacked and the Democrats have proven themselves to have been in on the plan. When it came to the Constitution, the Democratic…

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Commentary

Katrina Pain Index: New Orleans Three Years Later – Justice Watch

By Bill Quigley Columnist

0. Number of renters in Louisiana who have received financial assistance from the $10 billion federal post-Katrina rebuilding program Road Home Community Development Block Grant – compared to 116,708 homeowners. 0. Number of apartments currently being built to replace the 963 public housing apartments formerly occupied and now demolished at the St. Bernard Housing Development.…

0. Number of renters in Louisiana who have received financial assistance from the $10 billion federal post-Katrina rebuilding program Road Home Community Development Block Grant –…

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Guest Commentary

Immigration Inspires Hope, Fear and Debate Among Convention Democrats

By Roberto Lovato Guest Commentator

Denver, Colorado – On the eve of the official nomination of Presidential candidate Barack Obama, the son of an immigrant, some of the leading voices shaping the Democratic Party’s immigration reform platform reveal a mix of reserved optimism and pragmatism. While the Blue Dog Democrats – a group of 47 moderate and conservative Democratic Party…

Denver, Colorado - On the eve of the official nomination of Presidential candidate Barack Obama, the son of an immigrant, some of the leading voices shaping…

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Commentary

The Oakland Community School, Oakland, CA – In Struggle Spotlight

By Larry Pinkney Editorial Board

The following is Part 2 of an interview in late June 2008, with Ericka Huggins, former national Minister of Education for the Black Panther Party. [Click here to read Part 1] As the interview of Sister Ericka broadens in scope, she continues to elucidate brilliantly the historical beginning, objectives, and accomplishments of the Oakland Community…

The following is Part 2 of an interview in late June 2008, with Ericka Huggins, former national Minister of Education for the Black Panther Party. [Click…

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Guest Commentary

“So to bind each son…”? Recalling the Talented Tenth & Re-thinking ‘Brokedown’ Black Gender and Sex Politics

By Dr. Jafari Sinclaire Allen, PhD Guest Commentator

The recent article titled “Morehouse College faces its own bias – against gays” in the Los Angles Times, by Richard Fausset, bookends the recent history of homophobia and gay articulation at Morehouse with the heinous 2002 baseball-bat beating of a Morehouse student, Greg Love, by a dormitory mate, Aaron Price, and the historic “No More…

The recent article titled "Morehouse College faces its own bias – against gays" in the Los Angles Times, by Richard Fausset, bookends the recent history of…

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Commentary

Look How Long – Poetic Black Fusion

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

The preceeding poem is included in Blackman Preach’s self published chapbook titled, “The State of the Ghetto Address.” 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…

The preceeding poem is included in Blackman Preach's self published chapbook titled, "The State of the Ghetto Address." BlackCommentator.com Spoken Word Columnist, Poet Blackman Preach (Cedric…

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Commentary

The Week We’ve All Been Waiting For: When Hillary Becomes a Full “Team Player” – Between the Lines

By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD Columnist

The Democratic National Convention began this week, amid the hyperbole of the Joe Biden selection as a running mate and one in four Hillary supporters stating that they would not vote for Barack Obama because she was never considered. It is not a position that Black America is unfamiliar with. We did the same thing…

The Democratic National Convention began this week, amid the hyperbole of the Joe Biden selection as a running mate and one in four Hillary supporters stating…

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Guest Commentary

The Right to Bear Safety

By The Reverend D. D. Prather Guest Commentator

As the major parties convene and the presidential race becomes more formidable, so do issues of national importance and relevance. One of such issues that I think will take a prominent place in conversation is that of gun control and gun safety. With the recent increase of shootings in public places with increasing violence, I…

As the major parties convene and the presidential race becomes more formidable, so do issues of national importance and relevance. One of such issues that I…

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