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Issue: 290

September 11, 2008

Cover Story

Black Women – Who is Left to Call Aido Hwedo?

By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD Editorial Board

The people find out that the iniquitous fact of exploitation can wear a black face…and they raise the cry of ‘Treason!’ But the cry is mistaken; and the mistake must be corrected. The treason is not national, it is social. The people must be taught to cry ‘Stop thief!’ – Frantz Fanon, Wretched of the…

The people find out that the iniquitous fact of exploitation can wear a black face…and they raise the cry of ‘Treason!’ But the cry is mistaken;…

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Color of Law

GOP Scrapes the Bottom of Barrel with McCain-Palin

By David A. Love, JD Executive Editor

When I look at the 2008 Republican ticket for president and vice president, I can’t help but ask: What kind of Simple Simon nonsense is going on here? At the top of the ticket you have John McCain, whose only claim to fame was that he was captured by the “enemy”. Not much of a…

When I look at the 2008 Republican ticket for president and vice president, I can’t help but ask: What kind of Simple Simon nonsense is going…

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The African World

Winning Obama

By Bill Fletcher, Jr. Editorial Board

With the end of the Republican Convention one could almost hear the voice, drawing from Shakespeare, announce: “Cry havoc, and let slip the dogs of war!” In other words, it’s on. Senator Obama will need to win the November election based on much more than the excitement that he garnered in the primaries. Even his…

With the end of the Republican Convention one could almost hear the voice, drawing from Shakespeare, announce: “Cry havoc, and let slip the dogs of war!”…

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Commentary

By Dissing Palin, Oprah Hurts Obama

By The Reverend Irene Monroe Editorial Board

The media is abuzz with excitement about Republican Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska. McCain’s V.P. pick has stirred up excitement, especially for women in the G.O.P. But his pick has also stirred up anxiety as well as questions for many women across party lines. And who’s best to help this nation’s women sort out their…

The media is abuzz with excitement about Republican Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska. McCain’s V.P. pick has stirred up excitement, especially for women in the G.O.P.…

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Commentary

Freedom’s Struggle Is Constant & Ongoing

By Larry Pinkney Editorial Board

If there is one constant in the political universe it must surely be the ongoing necessity for consciousness-raising and political struggle. Social, economic, and political justice are inextricably linked to attaining real freedom. Without justice there is no freedom regardless as to what personalities might emerge on the political stage saying otherwise. Freedom has not…

If there is one constant in the political universe it must surely be the ongoing necessity for consciousness-raising and political struggle. Social, economic, and political justice…

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Guest Commentary

Reflections on 9-11

By Cindy Sheehan Guest Commentator

The 7th anniversary of September 11, 2001 is here and it seems like a good time to reflect on what our nation has lost since that tragic day and what we can do to go forward. I do not think that anyone alive on that day will forget the shock that struck our nation when…

The 7th anniversary of September 11, 2001 is here and it seems like a good time to reflect on what our nation has lost since that…

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Commentary

Redefining Economic Development in the Black Community – Smoke and Mirrors

By Lloyd Wynn Columnist

Jerome C. received offers for a chess scholarship from several colleges but instead of walking the halls of ivy, he lay on a DC sidewalk with a bullet wound to the head, waiting for an emergency vehicle to take him to Howard University Hospital and then to the DC Morgue. Charles S. has operated his…

Jerome C. received offers for a chess scholarship from several colleges but instead of walking the halls of ivy, he lay on a DC sidewalk with…

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Guest Commentary

The Ethical Deficit in Journalism Today

By Don Rojas Guest Commentator

(A public lecture given at the Community College of Baltimore County, MD – April 10, 2008) In its recently released annual report on ‘The State of the American News Media’, the Pew Foundation’s Project for Excellence in Journalism concluded that in 2008, the media will be more troubled than it was a year ago. The…

(A public lecture given at the Community College of Baltimore County, MD - April 10, 2008) In its recently released annual report on ‘The State of…

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