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April 2, 2009

Commentary

U.S. Corporate-Militarist Government Oppression

By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD Editorial Board

We take you back, Fannie Lou, because we are sick and tired of being sick and tired… The banners and posters and signs read: “Occupation is a Crime – Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan,” “We Need Jobs and Schools: Not War,” “End the Occupation: Justice for Palestine.” The banners, posters, and signs were held mainly by white,…

We take you back, Fannie Lou, because we are sick and tired of being sick and tired… The banners and posters and signs read: “Occupation is…

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Commentary

Despite The Republicrats Sometimes Our Youth Trump It All!

By Larry Pinkney Editorial Board

There are times when I am reminded of why we unceasingly struggle for unequivocal change. These reminders are a part of what makes life so worthwhile; for after all is said and done, life is the struggle and (make no mistake about it) our Black, Brown, White, Red, and Yellow young people throughout this world…

There are times when I am reminded of why we unceasingly struggle for unequivocal change. These reminders are a part of what makes life so worthwhile;…

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Commentary

Post-Raciality and John Hope Franklin – Between the Lines

By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD Columnist

The death of preeminent historian and race scholar, John Hope Franklin, and his life long contribution to helping America understand the legacies of slavery and racial vestiges that have been carried forward that still makes race the most entrenched socio-economic-political issue of our society. John Hope Franklin’s life’s work was to reassemble the fragmented history…

The death of preeminent historian and race scholar, John Hope Franklin, and his life long contribution to helping America understand the legacies of slavery and racial…

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Commentary

Life after Death: Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Struggle for Truth – The Substance of Truth

By Tolu Olorunda Columnist

“Both men ate with their gloves on.” -Hemingway, Ernest. Men Without Women. New York: Scribner, 1927 (1955 ed.), pp. 81. “Cowardice asks the question – is it safe? Expediency asks the question – is it politic? Vanity asks the question – is it popular? But conscience asks the question – is it right? And there…

“Both men ate with their gloves on.” -Hemingway, Ernest. Men Without Women. New York: Scribner, 1927 (1955 ed.), pp. 81. “Cowardice asks the question - is…

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Commentary

Remembering the Durban 400

By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill, PhD Columnist

Led by the United States and Western Europe (WEO), efforts are being made to dilute the contributions of the Durban 400, and others, as we prepare for the Durban Review that will be held in Geneva in April 2009. These efforts by the United States are aimed at removing the language that the Transatlantic Slave…

Led by the United States and Western Europe (WEO), efforts are being made to dilute the contributions of the Durban 400, and others, as we prepare…

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Commentary

We Were Warned About the Global Economic Meltdown

By John Funiciello Columnist

The warnings started to become more specific and in some detail decades ago: If we continued on the same course and used the same economic model, we were going to face certain economic disaster. You didn’t have to be a rocket scientist or even an economist to see that disaster was on the horizon. Rank-and-file…

The warnings started to become more specific and in some detail decades ago: If we continued on the same course and used the same economic model,…

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Commentary

Madoff: The Simple, Clean, Curative Bond Proposal – National Affairs

By Lawrence R. Velvel, JD Columnist

Permit me an observation about life. It is sometimes, perhaps even frequently, the case, when an unusual but reasonably complex situation arises, that people ignore the immediately obvious but rather simple solution in favor of complex possibilities that ultimately are recognized as either unlikely of success or overly difficult of accomplishment. Something like that may…

Permit me an observation about life. It is sometimes, perhaps even frequently, the case, when an unusual but reasonably complex situation arises, that people ignore the…

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Guest Commentary

Sudan: Justice or a Poisoned Chalice?

By Steven Fake & Kevin Funk Guest Commentators

After an hour-and-a-half of walking under the intense Sudanese sun, armed with crude maps printed from the internet, we paused before a field of rubble in an industrial area of North Khartoum. Two teenagers sat on the porch in front of the still-partially standing building, conversing and watching the world go by in this gritty,…

After an hour-and-a-half of walking under the intense Sudanese sun, armed with crude maps printed from the internet, we paused before a field of rubble in…

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