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January 22, 2009

Color of Law

An Inaugural Poem

By David A. Love, JD Executive Editor

America is the greatest country in the world… Or at least that’s what they tell me. The greatest country? Now, exactly what yardstick were you using just now? Such a bold statement with such paltry evidence! Sounds like the words of someone who hasn’t been anywhere, Yet those who have lived, traveled and studied Beyond…

America is the greatest country in the world… Or at least that’s what they tell me. The greatest country? Now, exactly what yardstick were you using…

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Guest Commentary

Obama And The Revolutionary Moment Without Revolutionaries – Part 2

By Dr. Horace Campbell, PhD Editorial Board

(Read Part 1, Part 3 of this series) It was the genius of the machinery of hope to inspire the citizens of the USA to rise above the imperial ideas that had been orchestrated during the war on terror. One of the most chilling aspects of this counter-revolutionary period is the way in which the…

(Read Part 1, Part 3 of this series) It was the genius of the machinery of hope to inspire the citizens of the USA to rise…

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Commentary

“Exterminate All the Brutes!”

By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD Editorial Board

-Sven Lindqvist, “Exterminate All the Brutes”: One Man’s Odyssey into the Heart of Darkness and the Origins of European Genocide -Jamil I. Toubbeh, Day of the Long Night: A Palestinian Refugee Remembers the Nakba When journalist Martha Raddatz reminded King George Bush, the Second, that Al Qaeda was not present in Iraq before the U.S.…

-Sven Lindqvist, "Exterminate All the Brutes": One Man's Odyssey into the Heart of Darkness and the Origins of European Genocide -Jamil I. Toubbeh, Day of the…

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Commentary

Dissing Rice

By Carl Bloice Editorial Board

Let’s see if I got this right. The prime minister of an allied government disses the U.S. secretary of state, says he went over her head and got her boss, the President of the United States, to countermand her intention to vote for a resolution at the United Nations and gloats over the fact that…

Let’s see if I got this right. The prime minister of an allied government disses the U.S. secretary of state, says he went over her head…

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Commentary

In Struggle Spotlight – Helen Hampton, Educator – With an Assignment for President Obama

By Nancy Littlefield Staffer

Helen Hampton shivered under two blankets. Her knit hat, gloves and whatever layers she wore did little to deter the wind and cold from embracing her as she waited in her wheelchair. She is petite, thin, and while her body may be frail, there was nothing frail about her determination to see Barack Obama take…

Helen Hampton shivered under two blankets. Her knit hat, gloves and whatever layers she wore did little to deter the wind and cold from embracing her…

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Commentary

Attending the Obama Swearing-In

By Peter Gamble Publisher

It was an amazing experience. It was chilled-to-the-bone cold, standing like a member of the March of the Penguins for the six-hour wait for things to get started. I wondered if I would be able to hold up. By hour four, I was in severe discomfort from the combination of wind and well-below-freezing temperature that…

It was an amazing experience. It was chilled-to-the-bone cold, standing like a member of the March of the Penguins for the six-hour wait for things to…

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Commentary

The Obama Spectacle: History, Hypocrisy, and Empire

By Larry Pinkney Editorial Board

The so-called democracy of the powerful U.S. elite continues to live up to its legacy of hypocrisy and deceit. Now that the spectacle of the Barack Obama coronation as the “American” Empire’s first African-American emperor has run its course, and many, many millions of dollars have been spent on self-adulation by the power elite of…

The so-called democracy of the powerful U.S. elite continues to live up to its legacy of hypocrisy and deceit. Now that the spectacle of the Barack…

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Commentary

Did U.S. In Iraq Set A Precedent For Gaza?

By John Funiciello Columnist

No one expects the Middle East to be easy to understand—what sets off one nation against another, one ethnic group against another, or one religious sect against another? The deaths of more than 1,300 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and the wounding of thousands more and the destruction of the homes and schools of thousands…

No one expects the Middle East to be easy to understand—what sets off one nation against another, one ethnic group against another, or one religious sect…

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Commentary

Hip-Hop in the Crosshairs Plus E! Digs Deep Into the Poisoned Well – The Substance of Truth

By Tolu Olorunda Columnist

[Read Part 1, Part 2] In the coming years, a future of immense possibilities awaits the Hip-Hop generation. Hip-Hop culture and music has a responsibility to maintain its role as the “CNN of Black people.” With the current state of Hip-Hop, and a stigma of discouragement confronting listeners of all stripes, certain strategies must be…

[Read Part 1, Part 2] In the coming years, a future of immense possibilities awaits the Hip-Hop generation. Hip-Hop culture and music has a responsibility to…

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