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Issue: 293

October 2, 2008

Commentary

Black Nationalism and Our Continued Struggle

By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill, PhD Columnist

One of the biggest challenges African people face in America is to rejuvenate Black Nationalist thinking as struggle to determine for ourselves, as a people, what is in our best collective interests. There are far too many African people in this country who think what is good for other people should be good for us.…

One of the biggest challenges African people face in America is to rejuvenate Black Nationalist thinking as struggle to determine for ourselves, as a people, what…

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Commentary

Have You Heard the Good News? – Wesley E. Profit

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

For those of you who have been waiting to sell your souls to the devil in the hope that you will be able to steer your boats over the current economic tidal surge, here’s the latest 411. The bad news is that you’ve got a very long wait but the good news is that you’re…

For those of you who have been waiting to sell your souls to the devil in the hope that you will be able to steer your…

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Commentary

The First Presidential Debate: Tie Goes to the Runner

By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD Columnist

Watching the first presidential debate involving the first African American major party nominee was historic. But the aftermath was less than euphoric. By all accounts, Barack Obama won the debate. He was more “presidential,” whatever that means. To me, it means he was more confident, more detailed in his answers, more exacting in his critique…

Watching the first presidential debate involving the first African American major party nominee was historic. But the aftermath was less than euphoric. By all accounts, Barack…

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Commentary

In the City of Brotherly Love

By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD Editorial Board

…destiny had fitted itself to him, to his innocence, his pristine aptitude for platform drama and childlike heroic simplicity…had fitted itself to the swaggering of all his gestures and the forensic verbiage in which he stated calmly, with that frank innocence which he we call ‘of a child’ except that a human child is the…

...destiny had fitted itself to him, to his innocence, his pristine aptitude for platform drama and childlike heroic simplicity…had fitted itself to the swaggering of all…

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Cover Story

Capitalism Reaches a Crossroads

By Carl Bloice Editorial Board

“Even now, someone somewhere is penning a book with a snappy title The End of Capitalism,” columnist Philip Stephens, associate editor of the Financial Times wrote recently. Not to worry, he continued, that’s not about to happen. However, eight days earlier Martin Wolf, associate editor and chief economics commentator at the same paper observed that…

“Even now, someone somewhere is penning a book with a snappy title The End of Capitalism,” columnist Philip Stephens, associate editor of the Financial Times wrote…

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