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September 17, 2009

Color of Law

Secesh 3.0: Fear of A Black President

By David A. Love, JD Executive Editor

When the Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) disrupted the President’s healthcare address before a joint session of Congress, it was not the first time that a president from Illinois had trouble from a South Carolina lawmaker. The first time, of course, was when the Palmetto State became the first to secede from the Union. South Carolina…

When the Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) disrupted the President’s healthcare address before a joint session of Congress, it was not the first time that a president…

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Commentary

“America’s Best Idea” – Destruction and Displacement

By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD Editorial Board

The Maasai are among the world’s new homeless. That’s right! The Maasai – who, for centuries, have been at home on the eastern coast of Africa in Tanzania and Kenya! Change the history textbooks! The Earth’s first cattle herders are “conservation refugees”! Thanks to the governments of Tanzania and Kenya, thanks to a wealthy businessman…

The Maasai are among the world’s new homeless. That’s right! The Maasai - who, for centuries, have been at home on the eastern coast of Africa…

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Commentary

Obama Fighting Back, At Last! – African American Leadership

By Dr. Ron Walters Editorial Board

President Barack Obama took off the gloves in his speech to the Congress on Health care, seeming to hear those who said that he was not leading, that he had not been specific enough; they did not know where he stood on some of the critical issues. Of course, many of these charges are a…

President Barack Obama took off the gloves in his speech to the Congress on Health care, seeming to hear those who said that he was not…

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Commentary

A Black Priest and Her Church Marries a Lesbian Mayor

By The Reverend Irene Monroe Editorial Board

Since the liberal arm of the U.S. Episcopal Church passed a resolution in July to bless same-sex unions, particularly in states like Massachusetts that legalize such marriages, so too has, at least, one black congregation within the Massachusetts diocese. On August 30, St. Bartholomew Episcopal Church in Cambridge hosted the marriage and blessed the union…

Since the liberal arm of the U.S. Episcopal Church passed a resolution in July to bless same-sex unions, particularly in states like Massachusetts that legalize such…

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The African World

“The End of White World Supremacy”

By Bill Fletcher, Jr. Editorial Board

Roderick Bush, The End of White World Supremacy: Black Internationalism and the Problem of the Color Line (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2009), 258 pps. St. John’s University Professor Roderick Bush has offered a very thought-provoking and challenging examination of the construction of racial capitalism (in the USA and globally) and the Black radical currents that…

Roderick Bush, The End of White World Supremacy: Black Internationalism and the Problem of the Color Line (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2009), 258 pps. St. John’s…

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Commentary

Leonard Peltier & Mumia Abu-Jamal – Justice Barometers of our Soul

By Larry Pinkney Editorial Board

Welcome to the United States of America, the land of hypocrisy, denial, and subterfuge. Intense economic and race war in fact continues unabated in this nation unabashedly fostered, sadly, by U.S. President Barack Obama, who is himself the aloof and blissfully oblivious target of increasing racial bigotry. What a terrible irony! It is stunning, but…

Welcome to the United States of America, the land of hypocrisy, denial, and subterfuge. Intense economic and race war in fact continues unabated in this nation…

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Commentary

Is Michelle Obama Being Pimped for the Chicago Olympics? – The Substance of Truth

By Tolu Olorunda Columnist

President Obama can’t make the trip to Copenhagen, so his wife would go instead. In a couple of weeks, First Lady Michelle Obama would be leading a U.S. delegation to the 121st International Olympic Committee Session in Copenhagen, Denmark. Her delegation, which is to also include senior White House advisor Valerie Jarrett, will seek to…

President Obama can’t make the trip to Copenhagen, so his wife would go instead. In a couple of weeks, First Lady Michelle Obama would be leading…

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Commentary

Wife Swap: No, Not the Kind You Think – Black Married Momma: The Anti-Statistic

By K. Danielle Edwards Columnist

As stressful, tiring, demanding and unendingly involving as parenthood is, one of its many silver linings is that you begin with a fresh script. With no content on the metaphorical page to revise – other than the nuances and noise of how you were raised – you are free to parent your child as you…

As stressful, tiring, demanding and unendingly involving as parenthood is, one of its many silver linings is that you begin with a fresh script. With no…

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