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July 16, 2009

Cover Story

Obama Visits Africa’s “Oil Gulf”

By Emira Woods Editorial Board

President Barrack Obama makes his historic visit to Africa. Born of a Kenyan economist father, Obama will go not to his ancestral lands but to Ghana, Africa’s newest oil State. Oil was discovered in Ghana just in 2007. A wide swath of the Atlantic‘s Western shores, the area stretching from Morocco to Angola is becoming…

President Barrack Obama makes his historic visit to Africa. Born of a Kenyan economist father, Obama will go not to his ancestral lands but to Ghana,…

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The African World

The Honduran Coup, the Media and Obama -The

By Bill Fletcher, Jr. Editorial Board

Most knowledgeable commentators will suggest that the Honduran military coup against democratically elected President Manuel Zelaya probably should have lasted less than 48 hours; that is, had the US government made it perfectly clear that the coup was unacceptable. While the response to the coup by the Obama administration was at first glance admirable, i.e.,…

Most knowledgeable commentators will suggest that the Honduran military coup against democratically elected President Manuel Zelaya probably should have lasted less than 48 hours; that is,…

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Commentary

Let the Episcopal Church Say Amen

By The Reverend Irene Monroe Editorial Board

The House of Bishops of the Episcopal Church voted overwhelmingly to overturn a three-year moratorium on the election of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queers to the episcopate. While many LGBTQ Episcopalians and their allies are jumping for joy, the battle isn’t over. But the Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams expressed his concerns about…

The House of Bishops of the Episcopal Church voted overwhelmingly to overturn a three-year moratorium on the election of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queers to…

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Commentary

Obama on African Responsibility – African American Leadership

By Dr. Ron Walters Editorial Board

I was happy to see President Barack Obama travel to Africa in the first year of his Administration and his praise for the progress of Ghana seemed to be a vehicle to elevate the position of Africa in his foreign policy. But listening to his speech to the Ghanian Assembly, in his analysis of the…

I was happy to see President Barack Obama travel to Africa in the first year of his Administration and his praise for the progress of Ghana…

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Commentary

Our Culture of Discipline and Punishment

By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD Editorial Board

Benton Harbor, Michigan activist Rev. Edward Pinkney tells us that we are all in prison, all subject to surveillance, to arrest while innocent. In the U.S. citizens are taught to look for examples of gulags and detention without due process in China, Russia, Iran – somewhere else. In China, Russia, Iran and somewhere else, the…

Benton Harbor, Michigan activist Rev. Edward Pinkney tells us that we are all in prison, all subject to surveillance, to arrest while innocent. In the U.S.…

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Color of Law

Hey, Who Turned Off the Music?

By David A. Love, JD Executive Editor

Did the music die? The recent passing of Michael Jackson made me ask that question. Recently I started thinking about the songs of my childhood, actually the soundtrack of my youth growing up in Southeast Queens, New York. I have fond memories of listening to LPs with my father on his old but reliable stereo…

Did the music die? The recent passing of Michael Jackson made me ask that question. Recently I started thinking about the songs of my childhood, actually…

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Commentary

More of the Same: Obama, the Corporate Media, and the Evisceration of the People

By Larry Pinkney Editorial Board

In the very name of supposed “change,” the Obama / Biden administration and the slimy U.S. corporate media, in concert with its same age old corporate bosses, have brought the people of this nation a continuation of double speak & hypocrisy, massive economic disintegration, illegitimate wars abroad, and no universal, single-payer health care. For approximately…

In the very name of supposed “change,” the Obama / Biden administration and the slimy U.S. corporate media, in concert with its same age old corporate…

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Commentary

Obama To The NAACP: Health Care IS A Civil Rights Fight

By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD Columnist

This week the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (the NAACP) is holding it’s 100th Anniversary convention in celebratory “high cotton” (New York) as the nation’s oldest civil rights organization of its kind. Longevity has its place. A century of struggle to meet two centuries of strife is nothing to underestimate – if…

This week the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (the NAACP) is holding it’s 100th Anniversary convention in celebratory “high cotton” (New York) as…

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