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April 16, 2009

Commentary

The 8th Year of BC Is Off To A Rocky Financial Start – Your Assistance is Needed – Please Help

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

If you are not in a situation of living hand to mouth financially, you probably know someone who is. Unfortunately, BC continues to struggle. We are all too familiar with living with a cash flow that causes a great deal of stress, embarrassment and at times a very uncomfortable level of humiliation. If you are…

If you are not in a situation of living hand to mouth financially, you probably know someone who is. Unfortunately, BC continues to struggle. We are…

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The African World

Obama and the Somalia Dilemma

By Bill Fletcher, Jr. Editorial Board

With all of the discussion about the pirating of a US ship off the coast of Somalia, it is possible to overlook a far more important discussion concerning the Horn of Africa. According to the Saturday, April 11th issue of the Washington Post the Obama administration is discussing whether military action should be taken against…

With all of the discussion about the pirating of a US ship off the coast of Somalia, it is possible to overlook a far more important…

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Commentary

Correcting the Balance Between Bosses and Workers – African American Leadership

By Dr. Ron Walters Editorial Board

One of the apparent mysteries many people ponder is how it was that union membership was responsible for virtually building the American middle class after World War II and now so many people appear to blame unions for the loss of jobs rather than the push for more profits by company bosses. The answer is…

One of the apparent mysteries many people ponder is how it was that union membership was responsible for virtually building the American middle class after World…

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Commentary

African Americans & the Economic Crisis: Bold Action a Must

By Carl Bloice Editorial Board

Joe Biden was quite out front about it. On the same day the newspapers were trumpeting the news that President Obama had felt a “glimmer of hope” in the economic situation, the Vice-President was telling CNN that we can expect unemployment to increase each month for the rest of the year. Joblessness stands at 8.5…

Joe Biden was quite out front about it. On the same day the newspapers were trumpeting the news that President Obama had felt a “glimmer of…

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Commentary

President Obama’s Magic Show: “Soft-Shoe” Diplomacy?

By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD Editorial Board

–Langston Hughes, “Song after Lynching” President Barack Obama takes his magic show on the road. The Bush cards featuring predominantly Islamic “terrorist” figures are gone. But Obama has a deck of cards; he has a newly crafted magical wand! In Turkey, April 6, 2009, President Obama acknowledges “hard feelings over Iraq.” But it’s a new…

-Langston Hughes, “Song after Lynching” President Barack Obama takes his magic show on the road. The Bush cards featuring predominantly Islamic “terrorist” figures are gone. But…

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Color of Law

Our House Is On Fire, Part 6: Who Stopped the Presses? – The

By David A. Love, JD Executive Editor

The following is the sixth part of an ongoing Color of Law series. Who stopped the presses? Obviously, it is a question that many are asking these days. It is a bit sobering to witness the apparent demise of the newspaper industry. Not unlike dominoes, newspapers around the U.S. are toppling, closing their doors, filing…

The following is the sixth part of an ongoing Color of Law series. Who stopped the presses? Obviously, it is a question that many are asking…

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Commentary

There Are No Short Cuts to Bring About Systemic Change

By Larry Pinkney Editorial Board

Systemic change cannot be brought about by reform or liberalism. Like the revolutionary process of a farmer tilling the earth, so it is that new soil must be brought to the surface and different seeds planted and nurtured. Systemic change is the absolute and fundamental discarding of this greedy, profit based political / economic system,…

Systemic change cannot be brought about by reform or liberalism. Like the revolutionary process of a farmer tilling the earth, so it is that new soil…

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Commentary

Albany’s Newspaper Cancels Their Workers’ Contract

By John Funiciello Columnist

The Hearst Corporation’s newspaper in New York’s capital has cancelled the contract of a union that has had one since the National Labor Relations Act allowed workers to unionize in America. George Hearst, publisher of the Times Union in Albany, cancelled the contract of Newspaper Guild Local 34 last week and said that he hoped…

The Hearst Corporation’s newspaper in New York’s capital has cancelled the contract of a union that has had one since the National Labor Relations Act allowed…

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