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April 30, 2009

Cover Story

Grading President Obama – African American Leadership

By Dr. Ron Walters Editorial Board

This is the season for giving President Barack Obama his 100 day grade and in my participation in a number of these events, I concluded that he has earned somewhere between an “A-“ and a “B+”, more the latter. My reasoning is two fold: while he has done a great deal for the nation, from…

This is the season for giving President Barack Obama his 100 day grade and in my participation in a number of these events, I concluded that…

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The African World

Another abandoned house… which was a home

By Bill Fletcher, Jr. Editorial Board

It is one thing to notice that a house under construction has been abandoned by the contractor who was to be building it. That happened in my neighborhood (and actually many other neighborhoods) more than a year ago, making it very clear that something was going wrong in the economy. It is another thing to…

It is one thing to notice that a house under construction has been abandoned by the contractor who was to be building it. That happened in…

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Color of Law

Is Oil Worth More Than Blood In Nigeria?

By David A. Love, JD Executive Editor

On May 26, 2009, a potentially historic human rights trial will take place in a federal court in New York. At issue: What did Royal Dutch/Shell, the multinational oil giant, do in Nigeria? The case is over a decade in the making. The suit, filed by the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and EarthRights International,…

On May 26, 2009, a potentially historic human rights trial will take place in a federal court in New York. At issue: What did Royal Dutch/Shell,…

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Commentary

Queer Communities of Color in White States

By The Reverend Irene Monroe Editorial Board

With Iowa being the fourth state to approve marriage equality, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer Americans’ optimism is high, believing many more states will follow suit. “We’re hoping this momentum is contagious,” Daniel Richards of Rhode Island told me. And should Rhode Island soon approve of same-sex marriage, it would be the fourth New…

With Iowa being the fourth state to approve marriage equality, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer Americans’ optimism is high, believing many more states will follow…

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Commentary

The Hush-Hush Story: Why They Tortured

By Carl Bloice Editorial Board

It’s like a can of worms from which a few are slithering out. Most of the major media have avoided even approaching it. But if it is as is being suggested the implications are enormous, touching not only on the real reason prisoners were tortured but, as well, into the real origin of the war…

It’s like a can of worms from which a few are slithering out. Most of the major media have avoided even approaching it. But if it…

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Commentary

Rev. Edward Pinkney and the Movement

By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD Editorial Board

What does it mean to “normalize” relations with the U.S.? What does “normalize” mean? If Raul Castro is described as being “belligerent” to Barrack Obama, then what does that mean? Who is speaking? The day came and many of us, scattered across the country, waited. On this day, June 26, 2008, Rev. Edward Pinkney would…

What does it mean to “normalize” relations with the U.S.? What does “normalize” mean? If Raul Castro is described as being “belligerent” to Barrack Obama, then…

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Commentary

Finance Capital and the Real Global “Pirates”

By Larry Pinkney Editorial Board

Conventional wisdom has it that the finance capitalists particularly in the United States and Europe today are anxiously about the business of trying to prevent imminent global financial collapse of their own making. In fact it is the opposite that is true. Neo-liberal economics is nothing more than the watch word for the piracy against…

Conventional wisdom has it that the finance capitalists particularly in the United States and Europe today are anxiously about the business of trying to prevent imminent…

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Commentary

Myopia Meltdown – From the Fringe

By K. Danielle Edwards Columnist

Sometimes something happens and we are forced to confront our own presumptions, preconceived notions and faulty premises. In the corporate workplace and in a relatively homogenous social construct that often does not reflect the heterogeneity of its true broader, community composition, these moments may be few and far between. That’s because our judgments, knee-jerk reactions…

Sometimes something happens and we are forced to confront our own presumptions, preconceived notions and faulty premises. In the corporate workplace and in a relatively homogenous…

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