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Issue: 300

November 20, 2008

Commentary

LA Superintendent David Brewer’s Report Card – Between the Lines

By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD Columnist

The Los Angeles Times newspaper has rarely offered a fair and balanced portrayal of the black community. It usually was (is) a strategic player in the witch hunt to depose black leaders, no matter who they were (are). Whether it was former Lt Governor Mervyn Dymally, the late Mayor Tom Bradley, former Police Chief, Willie…

The Los Angeles Times newspaper has rarely offered a fair and balanced portrayal of the black community. It usually was (is) a strategic player in the…

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Art: Momma

Art

Art: Momma

By London Ladd

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Commentary

Unfinished Business for America: Torture Crimes of High Level Civilians and Generals

By Benjamin G. Davis

[This commentary was originally published in AfterDowningStreet.org. –ed] Recently released reports confirm that the United States still has very important unfinished business with regard to torture. Civilians at the highest levels of government as well as military generals have committed crimes. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, State Department Legal Adviser John Bellinger, and documents from…

[This commentary was originally published in AfterDowningStreet.org. –ed] Recently released reports confirm that the United States still has very important unfinished business with regard to torture.…

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Guest Commentary

Rice is History

By Nadia Hijab Guest Commentator

Condoleezza Rice’s failure in the Middle East is coming to its tragic conclusion. Masking its desire to keep the Palestinians disunited, the Bush administration has used Rice as more ruse than effort. President-elect Obama can learn several lessons from Rice’s fruitlessness. History is here. Rice is trying to shape it by insisting that her Annapolis…

Condoleezza Rice’s failure in the Middle East is coming to its tragic conclusion. Masking its desire to keep the Palestinians disunited, the Bush administration has used…

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Guest Commentary

The State of Mississippi versus Jamie Scott and Gladys Scott

By Nancy R. Lockhart Guest Commentator

While driving the moving truck from South Carolina to Chicago, Illinois in July of 2005, many things ran across my mind as I took the solo trip. I pondered receiving the Master of Jurisprudence degree from Loyola University School of Law and later a career as a governmental regulatory compliance manager. It never dawned on…

While driving the moving truck from South Carolina to Chicago, Illinois in July of 2005, many things ran across my mind as I took the solo…

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Commentary

Miriam Makeba ‘Mama Afrika’: 1932 – 2008 – BlackCommentator In Struggle Spotlight

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

12 November 2008 Fittingly, the South African icon Miriam Makeba passed on after performing at a concert in Southern Italy against organized crime. The manner of her transition is a poignant testimony as to how her talents as a musician were always directed as part of the effort to uplift society. Her demise represents a…

12 November 2008 Fittingly, the South African icon Miriam Makeba passed on after performing at a concert in Southern Italy against organized crime. The manner of…

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