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Issue: 323

May 7, 2009

Cover Story

I Got It From Yo’ Mama – Unapologetically Young, Black and Female

By Jasmyne Cannick Columnist

A couple of week’s ago, I was honored to received the 2009 PLUS Award from Forgiving for Living, Inc. The organization focuses on resolving issues of hate, anger, bitterness and the inability to forgive and honorees were selected for their work in promoting and restoring mental wellness and self-esteem by providing mentorship and resources to…

A couple of week’s ago, I was honored to received the 2009 PLUS Award from Forgiving for Living, Inc. The organization focuses on resolving issues of…

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Commentary

Obama, Rep. Waters and Targeted Public Policy – African American Leadership

By Dr. Ron Walters Editorial Board

In this column, I have been promoting the need for targeted policies that are directed to the deep recesses that afflict the African American community in so many areas, especially now that the financial resources appear to be at hand to make a difference. Well, right on cue a question was directed to President Barack…

In this column, I have been promoting the need for targeted policies that are directed to the deep recesses that afflict the African American community in…

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Commentary

Ft. Dix Five Case

By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD Editorial Board

They have been served pork. “We don’t eat pork,” Lata Duka tells me. At another prison in the Midwest, inmates are served food from bloated cans. I remember Rev. Edward Pinkney speaking about “butt-naked fish” served in a Michigan prison. Lata Duka tells me the food is bad where her three sons, Dritan, 30, Shain,…

They have been served pork. “We don’t eat pork,” Lata Duka tells me. At another prison in the Midwest, inmates are served food from bloated cans.…

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The African World

Ethnic Cleansing in East Jerusalem

By Bill Fletcher, Jr. Editorial Board

The Israeli government often reminds me of a dog I once owned. My dog was forbidden to enter into the living room. Nevertheless, she would creep into the living room, usually moving a few inches at a time in order to see whether we reacted. If we did not react, she would move further into…

The Israeli government often reminds me of a dog I once owned. My dog was forbidden to enter into the living room. Nevertheless, she would creep…

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Color of Law

A Philly Tragedy Reminds Us of America’s Gun Lust

By David A. Love, JD Executive Editor

There’s a story out of Philadelphia that’s enough to break your heart. On April 21, a man shot his girlfriend to death in front of her 11-year old daughter, then turned the gun on himself and committed suicide. Aleen Ali, 45, a supervisor at the city’s Department of Human Services (DHS), walked up to the…

There’s a story out of Philadelphia that’s enough to break your heart. On April 21, a man shot his girlfriend to death in front of her…

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Commentary

Contradiction: Black and Head of the U.S. Empire

By Larry Pinkney Editorial Board

The inescapable but deliberately ignored irony about Barack Obama being installed as this nation’s first so-called black president is that being Black in ‘America’ has in reality always meant so much more than mere color pigmentation. To be the head of the most aggressive, violent, and hypocritical empire on this planet is not to be…

The inescapable but deliberately ignored irony about Barack Obama being installed as this nation’s first so-called black president is that being Black in ‘America’ has in…

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Commentary

Education and the Future of Black ChildrenPart 3 – The Substance of Truth

By Tolu Olorunda Columnist

“What does education often do! – It makes a straight-cut ditch of a free, meandering brook.” -Thoreau, Henry David. Uncommon Learning: Thoreau on Education. New York: Mariner Books, 1999, p. 39. “We were maids and farmers, handymen and washerwomen, and anything higher that we aspired to was farcical and presumptuous.” -Angelou, Maya. I Know Why…

“What does education often do! - It makes a straight-cut ditch of a free, meandering brook.” -Thoreau, Henry David. Uncommon Learning: Thoreau on Education. New York:…

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Commentary

The Fight for Boss’ Right to be Arbitrary and Capricious

By John Funiciello Columnist

In the bad old days, employers across the board were able to hire and fire at will and the workers did not have a thing to say about it and there was no recourse to the wielding of this supreme power in the workplace. Today, most employers still have the right to fire for any…

In the bad old days, employers across the board were able to hire and fire at will and the workers did not have a thing to…

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