Issue: 289
September 4, 2008
Color of Law
Please Excuse Me While I Grieve For My Son, Ezra – Color of Law
Executive Editor
Please excuse me while I grieve for my boy… The other day I was walking through the maternity ward At Pennsylvania Hospital, And a nurse asked me if I was an expectant father. I told her no, my baby just died. Later that day, a man asked me if I was expecting a baby, I…
Please excuse me while I grieve for my boy… The other day I was walking through the maternity ward At Pennsylvania Hospital, And a nurse asked…
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Art
Quote to Ponder: “People pay for what they do…” James Baldwin
Guest Commentator
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Commentary
BC Editorial Board Member Larry Pinkney Receives Two Awards
Guest Commentator
BlackCommentator.com is pleased to announce that Editorial Board member Larry Pinkney has been recognized twice for his role in the struggle for social justice, economic justice and peace. We congratulate brother Larry for this achievement. The World Prout Assembly is an organization whose mission is to unite moralists everywhere against exploitation anywhere. The Assembly seeks…
BlackCommentator.com is pleased to announce that Editorial Board member Larry Pinkney has been recognized twice for his role in the struggle for social justice, economic justice…
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Commentary
Have the Clintons Earned Back Their “Ghetto Passes”? – Between the Lines
Columnist
The Democratic National Convention put on a fantastic show last week. You did understand that it was a “show,” don’t you? Political parties put on conventions to show their spirit, to show their platforms and positions, to show their inclusion, to show off their future party leaders and to show that they can convince voters,…
The Democratic National Convention put on a fantastic show last week. You did understand that it was a “show,” don’t you? Political parties put on conventions…
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Guest Commentary
Anti-war poem Pray For Me, Father
Guest Commentator
Pray for me, Father, mine is the sin of cowardice For I do not set myself on fire at the White House gate To protest murder. I am a glutton for God’s blue sky. Pray for me, Father, for my tax dollars set a banquet for Death With napalm and daisy cutters and snakelike missiles…
Pray for me, Father, mine is the sin of cowardice For I do not set myself on fire at the White House gate To protest murder.…
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Commentary
The Oakland Community School, Oakland, CA / The Hope Is Our Young People – In Struggle Spotlight
Editorial Board
[Read Parts 1 and 2] This is the 3rd and final part of an interview in late June 2008, with Ericka Huggins, former national Minister of Education for the Black Panther Party. In this portion Sister Ericka continues her very informative narrative about the Oakland Community School, Oakland, CA. Sister Ericka Huggins explained that the…
[Read Parts 1 and 2] This is the 3rd and final part of an interview in late June 2008, with Ericka Huggins, former national Minister of…
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Guest Commentary
Hillary Clinton, White Greed, White Rage, and White Female Racism – Student Writers’ Corner
Columnist
“… When Hillary was crying, and people said that was put on, I really don’t believe it was put on. I really believe that she just always thought, ‘This is mine. I’m Bill’s wife. I’m white. And this is mine. I just got to get up and step into the plate…’ Then out of nowhere…
“… When Hillary was crying, and people said that was put on, I really don’t believe it was put on. I really believe that she just…
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Guest Commentary
Never Mind the Hurricane – Beware of N.O. Police!
Guest Commentator
While Hurricane Gustav has already hit the shores of New Orleans, thus far it does not have the sting of Katrina. People are seeing a strange coincidence between Katrina and Gustav because of Gustav’s arrival three years later, almost to the exact date. What they need to notice is a storm of a different nature…
While Hurricane Gustav has already hit the shores of New Orleans, thus far it does not have the sting of Katrina. People are seeing a strange…
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