Independent since 2002 Issue No. 1102 Week of November 7, 2026 Get the free email dispatch →

Home Issue: 321

Issue: 321

April 23, 2009

Commentary

Barack Obama and the Insanity of Denial

By Larry Pinkney Editorial Board

Collective denial of reality is perhaps the most dangerous pathology consistently indulged in by the misleaders and much of the citizenry of the United States of America. The American Heritage College dictionary in relevant part defines denial as “a refusal to grant the truth of a statement or allegation; a contradiction,” and “an unconscious defense…

Collective denial of reality is perhaps the most dangerous pathology consistently indulged in by the misleaders and much of the citizenry of the United States of…

Continue reading 8 min

Commentary

Education and the Future of Black Children – The Substance of Truth

By Tolu Olorunda Columnist

-Mumia Abu Jamal, “Huey: A Memory,” 2009. An activist once declared that “the educational system was structured to carry out a political agenda,” and, judging by recent history, it sure seems so. The statistics are unapproachable. Grimier, is the reality that encloses them. No one with a functioning conscience can deny it: Black children have…

-Mumia Abu Jamal, “Huey: A Memory,” 2009. An activist once declared that “the educational system was structured to carry out a political agenda,” and, judging by…

Continue reading 10 min

Commentary

Michelle, Malia, and Sasha – Unapologetically Young, Black and Female

By Jasmyne Cannick Columnist

So I went to the scene of the crime yesterday afternoon that left a teenage girl dead and a 30-year-old paraplegic arrested for murder. If I’d driven by too fast, I’d have missed the small makeshift memorial of candles and teddy bears that marked the spot where another Black person lost their life to senseless…

So I went to the scene of the crime yesterday afternoon that left a teenage girl dead and a 30-year-old paraplegic arrested for murder. If I’d…

Continue reading 7 min

Commentary

Bush-Cheney Lovers Love the New GOP – and Newt, Too

By John Funiciello Columnist

They hardly know where to begin, the Republicans. There are so many things they are against, they could be on the talking heads TV shows on three shifts instead of just two. But, if there’s one thing that the GOP does best, it’s fear-mongering. They started in on the new administration with the former vice…

They hardly know where to begin, the Republicans. There are so many things they are against, they could be on the talking heads TV shows on…

Continue reading 7 min

Commentary

The UN World Conference Against Racism

By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill, PhD Columnist

The Obama Administration’s decision not to participate in the Durban Review Conference in Geneva, Switzerland, April 20-29, 2009 is consistent with the role the United States Government has played through the previous Bush Administration that threatened not to attend the Conference in August of 2001. However, the difference between the Obama Administration and the Bush…

The Obama Administration’s decision not to participate in the Durban Review Conference in Geneva, Switzerland, April 20-29, 2009 is consistent with the role the United States…

Continue reading 5 min

Commentary

The “New” LAPD Center

By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD Columnist

The City of Los Angeles is about to unveil its brand new “state of the art” world-class headquarters for what it considers its world-class law enforcement agency. Just know there’s one too many “world-class” attributes in that last sentence, and given the latest controversy—the public should decide where the “world-class” attribute should actually go. A…

The City of Los Angeles is about to unveil its brand new “state of the art” world-class headquarters for what it considers its world-class law enforcement…

Continue reading 5 min

Commentary

Feeder Funds and the SIPC – National Affairs

By Lawrence R. Velvel, JD Columnist

I’m probably missing something, in fact I’m probably missing a lot, but as far as I know there has been little in the way of official release of certain crucial numbers related to the Madoff scam. The government has said that $65 billion was lost; I presume that $65 billion is the collective total shown…

I’m probably missing something, in fact I’m probably missing a lot, but as far as I know there has been little in the way of official…

Continue reading 14 min

Guest Commentary

Business Plan for the Rescue of General Motors

By Dr. John Hayakawa Torok Guest Commentator

This modest proposal’s premise is that increasing inequality within and beyond nation-states will require enhanced efforts to protect the propertied within global cities, and to improve border security between rich and poor countries and regions. In the 21st Century the global security industry will include a continuing, perhaps vestigial public, and a growing private, sector.…

This modest proposal’s premise is that increasing inequality within and beyond nation-states will require enhanced efforts to protect the propertied within global cities, and to improve…

Continue reading 2 min

$ $ Contribute $ $