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September 3, 2009

Cover Story

Single-Payer Healthcare A BlackCommentator.com Series – Part 41 Mouseland: A 60 year old parable for our time

By John Funiciello Columnist

Note: This week Brother Funiciello’s “Solidarity America” column is presented as our cover story and part 41 of the BC series about Single-Payer Healthcare. Click here to read any of the articles in this special BC series on Single-Payer Healthcare. The issue of health care for all in America is a recurring one for the…

Note: This week Brother Funiciello's "Solidarity America" column is presented as our cover story and part 41 of the BC series about Single-Payer Healthcare. Click here…

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Commentary

Silence of the Lambs? Liberal Hypocrisy & the Complicity of the Left

By Larry Pinkney Editorial Board

It’s time to stop pretending. The deafening silence and hypocrisy of liberals and many so-called progressives, and the concomitant complicity by much of the left, in their tacit support for the criminal, smoke & mirror economic policies and ongoing war strategies of the Obama / Biden administration is absolutely indefensible. Moreover, those who espoused so-called…

It’s time to stop pretending. The deafening silence and hypocrisy of liberals and many so-called progressives, and the concomitant complicity by much of the left, in…

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Commentary

Millions in Lives and Still Counting!

By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD Editorial Board

– John Henrik Clarke An arrow strikes a man in his chest. He falls backward off his horse. Then another arrow strikes another man. The men falling from their horses one by one are “men” and good men because we’ve seen their wives and little blond-haired children. These men had to save their families and…

- John Henrik Clarke An arrow strikes a man in his chest. He falls backward off his horse. Then another arrow strikes another man. The men…

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The African World

Don’t wait for Obama to take on the political Right!

By Bill Fletcher, Jr. Editorial Board

Over the last number of months, as the political Right has intensified its vicious campaign against President Obama and some of his reform efforts, there has been increasing frustration in progressive circles with the failure of the Administration to regain its stride and move a counter-offensive. A Washington Post op-ed by Peter Dreier and Marshall…

Over the last number of months, as the political Right has intensified its vicious campaign against President Obama and some of his reform efforts, there has…

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Color of Law

Second Chance for Michael Vick and Other Ex-Felons

By David A. Love, JD Executive Editor

Much has been said about Michael Vick’s return to the NFL after serving 18 months in a federal prison for dog fighting. And I don’t have too much more to add to the discussion. As a pet owner, I cringe at the thought of someone torturing puppies. At the same time, there are many people…

Much has been said about Michael Vick’s return to the NFL after serving 18 months in a federal prison for dog fighting. And I don’t have…

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Commentary

Teddy Was a Champion – Who’s Left? – African American Leadership

By Dr. Ron Walters Editorial Board

When I started my academic career at Brandeis University just outside Boston, Ted Kennedy was in the Senate, but had established little fame. Twenty years later, I came back to Boston, or rather Cambridge, as a Fellow at the Kennedy School at Harvard and then, Ted was becoming a legend for standing up to Ronald…

When I started my academic career at Brandeis University just outside Boston, Ted Kennedy was in the Senate, but had established little fame. Twenty years later,…

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Commentary

Gunning for Obama – A Modest Proposal – The Fifth Column

By Dr. Jonathan David Farley Columnist

At a recent public discussion about health insurance with US President Barack Obama, a New Hampshire man with a gun strapped to his leg waved a sign saying, “It Is Time to Water the Tree of Liberty,” a reference to a quote by Thomas Jefferson that finishes, “with the blood of patriots and tyrants.” When…

At a recent public discussion about health insurance with US President Barack Obama, a New Hampshire man with a gun strapped to his leg waved a…

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Commentary

In Love with a Stripper: When Corporations Target Young Girls – The Substance of Truth

By Tolu Olorunda Columnist

I would like to say this has gone too far, or this crowns the end of civilization, or this marks the decline of society, but I’m afraid that would be too tepid in the face of such sense-suspending stupidity. In what can only be seen as the specific targeting of little girls under the age…

I would like to say this has gone too far, or this crowns the end of civilization, or this marks the decline of society, but I’m…

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