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February 26, 2009

The African World

Race, History and Eric Holder’s Remarks

By Bill Fletcher, Jr. Editorial Board

Last week’s comments by Attorney General Eric Holder to the effect that when it comes to race, the USA is a nation of cowards brought forth immediate condemnation by right-wing talk radio. This was to be expected. The more mainstream media also reacted, albeit more mildly. Nevertheless, they have tended to focus on Holder’s wording,…

Last week’s comments by Attorney General Eric Holder to the effect that when it comes to race, the USA is a nation of cowards brought forth…

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Commentary

Time to Fix the Safety Net

By Dr. Julianne Malveaux Columnist

We need to repair our nation’s safety net. Back in 1996, President Clinton and Congress ended “welfare as we know it” and substituted it with TANF, Temporary Aid for Needy Families. They pushed TANF through in the middle of an economic expansion. Today, we’re in the midst of a severe recession, with double-digit unemployment rates…

We need to repair our nation’s safety net. Back in 1996, President Clinton and Congress ended “welfare as we know it” and substituted it with TANF,…

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Commentary

‘America:’ “A Nation of Cowards?”

By Larry Pinkney Editorial Board

There is a difference between cowardice and hypocrisy, just as there is an important distinction between benefiting from economic and/or class privilege (no matter what one’s pigmentation might be) versus suffering in the throes of worsening economic poverty – including joblessness, homelessness, and no comprehensive single-payer health care, etc. To label an entire “nation” collectively…

There is a difference between cowardice and hypocrisy, just as there is an important distinction between benefiting from economic and/or class privilege (no matter what one’s…

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Commentary

It’s a Non-Denial Denial!

By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD Editorial Board

It’s the economic system in trouble. It’s bank CEOs; it’s bundled debt. It’s greed; it’s Bernard Madoff and Robert Allan Stanford! Individuals! But they won’t say it is capitalism! The economic system is in trouble – but not capitalism! The Corporate class of Washington and on Wall Street, desperate to save their lifestyle – exclusive…

It’s the economic system in trouble. It’s bank CEOs; it’s bundled debt. It’s greed; it’s Bernard Madoff and Robert Allan Stanford! Individuals! But they won’t say…

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Commentary

Republicans Refuse Stimulus for Citizens Deep in Poverty – African American Leadership

By Dr. Ron Walters Editorial Board

I understand that several Republican governors, such as Haley Barbour of Mississippi, are considering refusing money from the Stimulus package. Well, at this writing I am in the Mississippi Delta on a poverty tour arranged by Antionette Harrell, a courageous African American woman from New Orleans and what we are seeing definitely marks such actions…

I understand that several Republican governors, such as Haley Barbour of Mississippi, are considering refusing money from the Stimulus package. Well, at this writing I am…

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Commentary

Black History Month: Dr. Woodson and African Centered Education

By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill, PhD Columnist

The African Centered Education Movement has brought a new meaning to the annual African American History Month celebrations that have become so popular. That new meaning of African Centered thought, as defined by Dr. Wade Nobles, “is nothing more than a term categorizing a quality of thought and practice which is rooted in the cultural…

The African Centered Education Movement has brought a new meaning to the annual African American History Month celebrations that have become so popular. That new meaning…

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Commentary

Slimey Bast*rd – Why Christopher Hitchens Must Be Deported – The Fifth Column

By Dr. Jonathan David Farley Columnist

BC welcomes Dr. Farley as a columnist When Christopher Hitchens recently used the word “us” to refer to “Americans,” I knew the U.S. Department of Homeland Security had made its biggest mistake yet. Like most on the Left, I am disgusted by Christopher Hitchens’ hitching his wagon to the neo-conservatives and the warmongers on account…

BC welcomes Dr. Farley as a columnist When Christopher Hitchens recently used the word “us” to refer to “Americans,” I knew the U.S. Department of Homeland…

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