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Issue: 341

September 10, 2009

The African World

Michael Vick, the Washington Red Skins and Black Concerns

By Bill Fletcher, Jr. Editorial Board

Let me be clear from the outset: I believe in redemption. I believe that most human beings have the capacity to rise above errors and crimes that they have committed and find a new path. As such, I believe that now Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick has paid for his crime of engaging in the…

Let me be clear from the outset: I believe in redemption. I believe that most human beings have the capacity to rise above errors and crimes…

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Commentary

Goodbye Luis, Welcome to the Jobless Ranks

By Carl Bloice Editorial Board

Approaching touchdown on an international flight on a U.S. air line a couple of weeks ago, the cabin crew had a special announcement: “For one of us this will be the last trip,” said the attendant. “As you know the company has been furloughing a number of employees. One of us, Luis, will not be…

Approaching touchdown on an international flight on a U.S. air line a couple of weeks ago, the cabin crew had a special announcement: “For one of…

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Commentary

Barack Can’t Speak to School Children? Why? – African American Leadership

By Dr. Ron Walters Editorial Board

President Barack Obama wanted to do what he and his staff probably thought was an innocuous and very positive gesture – send a message to school kids at their institutions that it was a good thing for them to study hard and stay in school because their future and the future of the nation depended…

President Barack Obama wanted to do what he and his staff probably thought was an innocuous and very positive gesture – send a message to school…

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Color of Law

Healthcare Reform Is America’s Anti-Theft Device

By David A. Love, JD Executive Editor

James Baldwin warned: “It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.” These poignant words come to mind when I think about that freak show, that hot mess that has passed for a dialogue on healthcare reform this past summer. On the one hand, the…

James Baldwin warned: “It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.” These poignant words come…

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Commentary

Historical Revisionism and Selective Memory in ‘America’

By Larry Pinkney Editorial Board

To revise history is to distort it, which is precisely what the corporate media and so-called ‘educational’ institutions consistently practice in this nation. One of the fundamental reasons why serious progressive political struggle is so difficult in the United States is the never-ending historical revisionism carried out on a daily basis by the media and…

To revise history is to distort it, which is precisely what the corporate media and so-called ‘educational’ institutions consistently practice in this nation. One of the…

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Commentary

Turning Hoes into Housewives – Black Married Momma: The Anti-Statistic

By K. Danielle Edwards Columnist

Note: This is a new column by K. Danielle Edwards. The previous column by her was tltled “From the Fringe”. We anticipate it will appear weekly. Watching the train wreck that is season two of Bravo’s The Real Housewives of Atlanta is really starting to rub me the wrong way. Yes, the antics and absolute…

Note: This is a new column by K. Danielle Edwards. The previous column by her was tltled "From the Fringe". We anticipate it will appear weekly.…

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Commentary

Youth in a Suspect Society: A Review – The Substance of Truth

By Tolu Olorunda Columnist

– Giroux, Henry. Youth in a Suspect Society: Democracy or Disposability? New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009, p. x. It need not be said, though I find it necessary to restate, that Henry Giroux is one of the most important public servants the last 100 years have produced. In his expansive three decade plus academic career,…

- Giroux, Henry. Youth in a Suspect Society: Democracy or Disposability? New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009, p. x. It need not be said, though I find…

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Commentary

Slaveship Down: The Silver Wire – The 5th Column

By Dr. Jonathan David Farley Columnist

A pinkness swelled over the horizon, and the greyish grass slowly emerged to any eyes awake to see the blades rustling in the morning winds. Over the undulating hills, slightly west of the meadow, was the forest, and a few blue jays welcomed the dawn with their whistles, seeking sustenance for their young ones. A…

A pinkness swelled over the horizon, and the greyish grass slowly emerged to any eyes awake to see the blades rustling in the morning winds. Over…

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Commentary

Rough Road for a New Generation of Workers

By John Funiciello Columnist

American workers are in trouble. This past Labor Day, street reporters stuck microphones in front of union members and asked whether America’s union movement can survive this low point, and with union membership in the private sector at somewhere around eight percent, it would be easy to say that the movement is done and can’t…

American workers are in trouble. This past Labor Day, street reporters stuck microphones in front of union members and asked whether America’s union movement can survive…

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