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March 19, 2009

Color of Law

Our House Is On Fire, Part 2: Please Don’t Feed the Prison Monster

By David A. Love, JD Executive Editor

Also, Keller rejected a new trial for Roy Criner, a mentally retarded man convicted of rape and murder, even though DNA evidence showed that he did not rape the victim. “We can’t give new trials to everyone who establishes, after conviction, that they might be innocent,” Judge Keller said. “We would have no finality in…

Also, Keller rejected a new trial for Roy Criner, a mentally retarded man convicted of rape and murder, even though DNA evidence showed that he did…

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Commentary

Arne Duncan Doesn’t Care About Black and Brown Children!

By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD Editorial Board

It is not enough that Black and Brown children are subjected to the school-to-prison “programs” called “education in America. We have Arne Duncan, Education Chief, who specializes in establishing military schools for Black and Brown children. From white liberals we hear this question: how do we (the city, the state, the nation) provide schooling for…

It is not enough that Black and Brown children are subjected to the school-to-prison “programs” called “education in America. We have Arne Duncan, Education Chief, who…

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Commentary

The Rich Countries’ Faltering “United Front”

By Carl Bloice Editorial Board

By now we’ve heard “The worst economic crisis since the 1930s” – or words to that effect – so many times it’s become like a mantra. But as the days roll on it begins to appear that it might just be an understatement and that not only does the economic situation appear more like the…

By now we’ve heard “The worst economic crisis since the 1930s” – or words to that effect - so many times it’s become like a mantra.…

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Commentary

AIG, Corporate Greed, and Obama’s Economic Bait & Switch Tactics

By Larry Pinkney Editorial Board

There is perhaps nothing more pathetic than those who know they are being conned but refuse to stop and expose the con artist for fear of offending him. In recent days, there has been somewhat muted outcry, begrudgingly and limited, made by the corporate media concerning the $165 million in bonuses that the AIG insurance…

There is perhaps nothing more pathetic than those who know they are being conned but refuse to stop and expose the con artist for fear of…

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Commentary

The Politics of Anxiety – African American Leadership

By Dr. Ron Walters Editorial Board

I guess that it is inevitable in a context which has so many large issues that are unresolved and punishing so many people that anxiety is the culture of the ruling class as much as everyone else. You see it and hear it in the remarks of even well-meaning media commentators and analysts, to such…

I guess that it is inevitable in a context which has so many large issues that are unresolved and punishing so many people that anxiety is…

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The African World

Remembering Bianca on March 18th

By Bill Fletcher, Jr. Editorial Board

On March 18, 2009 my first born, Bianca Cason Fletcher, would have been 23. Instead, on March 21, 1986 she became a statistic, falling into the category of infant mortality among African Americans. My wife’s pregnancy had been proceeding along very well. Then one weekend she came down with the flu. Whether this triggered the…

On March 18, 2009 my first born, Bianca Cason Fletcher, would have been 23. Instead, on March 21, 1986 she became a statistic, falling into the…

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Commentary

Trusting President Obama’s Stimulus Plan – Between the Lines – by Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD

By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD Columnist

The “Audacity Of Greed” should be the title of President Obama’s next book. Never could he have imagined how tough getting out of an economic recession (borderline depression) when he signed up for the presidency. He knew the job was tough when he took it, he just didn’t know that greed would continue to trump…

The “Audacity Of Greed” should be the title of President Obama’s next book. Never could he have imagined how tough getting out of an economic recession…

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Commentary

The Storms Are Gathering – The Substance of Truth

By Tolu Olorunda Columnist

“We can’t be on the stock exchange we are the stock exchanged.” – Giovanni, Nikki. The Selected poems of Nikki Giovanni. New York: William Morrow, 1996, pp. 80. With less than 60 days into the young presidency of Barack Hussein Obama, certain factions of the right have begun beating the drum of fear, xenophobia, racism…

“We can’t be on the stock exchange we are the stock exchanged.” - Giovanni, Nikki. The Selected poems of Nikki Giovanni. New York: William Morrow, 1996,…

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