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March 12, 2009

Guest Commentary

Maureen Dowd on Michelle Obama or Who’s Afraid of Thunder and Lightning?

By Dr. Horace Campbell, PhD Editorial Board

On March 8, International Women’s day, men and women of conscience in all parts of the world were reflecting on the call of the Global women’s strike for societies to’ invest in caring not killing.’ This call represented the maturation of a movement of women who grasped the depth of the social and economic crisis.…

On March 8, International Women’s day, men and women of conscience in all parts of the world were reflecting on the call of the Global women’s…

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The African World

International Women’s Day and Black America

By Bill Fletcher, Jr. Editorial Board

International Women’s Day (March 8th) just passed. Introducing “Women’s History Month”, IWD came into being in the early 20th century as a result of the struggles of women workers in New York. Women around the world commemorate that day as a day of struggle and recognition of women’s on-going efforts toward achieving freedom and dignity.…

International Women’s Day (March 8th) just passed. Introducing “Women’s History Month”, IWD came into being in the early 20th century as a result of the struggles…

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Commentary

Chris and Rihanna: From Cute Couple to Somber Statistics

By Jamala Rogers Editorial Board

The shocking news of Chris Brown’s physical assault of Rihanna took them from superstardom to domestic violence statistics. I’m pretty sure that Chris didn’t know it was “National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Week” when he allegedly used Rihanna as a punching bag. As shocking as the news was of Rihanna’s beat-down, for those…

The shocking news of Chris Brown’s physical assault of Rihanna took them from superstardom to domestic violence statistics. I’m pretty sure that Chris didn’t know it…

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Commentary

The U.S. Attacks and Incarcerates Its “Race” Problem!

By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD Editorial Board

-J.M. Coetzee, Diary of a Bad Year The U.S. won’t be there! President Barack Obama doesn’t want to look back. Racism is dead. Let’s move on! So the U.S. won’t be there. It has better, nobler things to do. It plans to boycott the United Nation’s World Conference on Racism scheduled for April 20-25, 2009…

-J.M. Coetzee, Diary of a Bad Year The U.S. won’t be there! President Barack Obama doesn’t want to look back. Racism is dead. Let’s move on!…

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