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December 18, 2008

Cover Story

The Time for a Revolution – African American Leadership

By Dr. Ron Walters Editorial Board

BlackCommentator.com welcomes Professor Ron Walters as a columnist and a member of the Editorial Board. Dr. Walter’s “African American Leadership” column will appear on a regular basis. It struck me while analyzing the current victory of Barack Obama that the last time there had been such a formidable Democratic landslide was in 1964 and the…

BlackCommentator.com welcomes Professor Ron Walters as a columnist and a member of the Editorial Board. Dr. Walter’s “African American Leadership” column will appear on a regular…

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The African World

The United Auto Workers Must Fight Back!

By Bill Fletcher, Jr. Editorial Board

When I awoke on Friday morning, December 12th, I turned on my computer. The first thing I saw was that the deal being worked on in the Senate to provide the automobile companies with loans had fallen through. The explanation offered on MSN: the United Auto Workers (UAW) refused to take a pay cut. I…

When I awoke on Friday morning, December 12th, I turned on my computer. The first thing I saw was that the deal being worked on in…

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Commentary

Gay is NOT the New Black

By The Reverend Irene Monroe Editorial Board

If you are African American and gay, and fighting alongside your white LGBTQ brothers and sisters for queer civil rights, the notion that “Gay is the new black” is not only absurdly arrogant, it is also dangerously divisive. In a presumably “post-racial” era with the country’s first African American president-elect, it’s easy for some to…

If you are African American and gay, and fighting alongside your white LGBTQ brothers and sisters for queer civil rights, the notion that “Gay is the…

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Commentary

Without Systemic Change There is Only Chump Change

By Larry Pinkney Editorial Board

The only change that took place in this nation on November 4, 2008 was chump change, which was no change at all. Symbolic change does not feed, clothe, house or provide people health care. Systemically, the U.S. Empire is corrupt and irreparably flawed, particularly as it affects the vast majority of Black, Brown, Red, Yellow,…

The only change that took place in this nation on November 4, 2008 was chump change, which was no change at all. Symbolic change does not…

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Commentary

The Hits Just Keep On Coming But the Brave Stand Strong!

By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD Editorial Board

-Naomi Klein, The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism You have heard by now the good news: The tireless activist Rev. Edward Pinkney of Benton Harbor, Michigan and “the only Preacher in the history of mankind, who was thrown into prison for Quoting the Bible” (Rev. Pinkney), will spend the holidays at home! For…

-Naomi Klein, The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism You have heard by now the good news: The tireless activist Rev. Edward Pinkney of Benton…

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Commentary

States’ Budget Crises: Share the Pain and Share the Dough

By Carl Bloice Editorial Board

It’s probable that by the time this is read, officials in San Jose, Ca. will have eliminated athletic programs from all 11 of the city’s high schools. It might not seem like much to some, given the declining economic situation in the country and the kinds of budget cuts being made in other areas. But…

It’s probable that by the time this is read, officials in San Jose, Ca. will have eliminated athletic programs from all 11 of the city’s high…

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Color of Law

Prop 8, Jim Crow, Nuremberg and Other Unjust Laws

By David A. Love, JD Executive Editor

Forty years ago, in many states, my marriage to my wife would have been illegal. In fact, we would have been regarded as criminals and locked up for miscegenation, or “race-mixing” as they called it. In 1967, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its decision in Loving v. Virginia, 388 U.S. 1, which found that…

Forty years ago, in many states, my marriage to my wife would have been illegal. In fact, we would have been regarded as criminals and locked…

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