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Issue: 343

September 24, 2009

Commentary

Will the Church Say “Amen”? – Black Married Momma – The Anti-Statistic

By K. Danielle Edwards Columnist

As truth-seeking and spiritually minded as my husband and I are, we neither regularly attend any church nor acknowledge membership to any particular denomination or building where church services are held. We’re not non-believers. We’re not heathens. We’re not agnostics, atheists or apologists for either. Instead, we see ourselves as being super-sensitive to truths, believing…

As truth-seeking and spiritually minded as my husband and I are, we neither regularly attend any church nor acknowledge membership to any particular denomination or building…

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Commentary

Kanye, Serena and Dumb Sh*t – Between the Lines

By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD Columnist

Now I’m gonna say, right out the box, this might not be a column you want your children to read—or maybe you will. I know my publishers usually don’t like profanity laced commentary, and Lord knows black people have had a reason to cuss lately, but I’ve always been one to push my First Amendment…

Now I’m gonna say, right out the box, this might not be a column you want your children to read—or maybe you will. I know my…

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Commentary

Pittsburgh to Its Homeless: Go Away, Come Again Another Day – The Substance of Truth

By Tolu Olorunda Columnist

“Waste,” “undesirable,” “embarrassing,” “disposable” – just a few kind words Pittsburgh, PA, officials could have used to cut to the chase, rather than employing more sophisticated stratagems like, say, ejecting the city’s homeless population from under the Rachel Carson Bridge (better known as the Ninth Street Bridge) – to protect them from the sights of…

“Waste,” “undesirable,” “embarrassing,” “disposable” - just a few kind words Pittsburgh, PA, officials could have used to cut to the chase, rather than employing more sophisticated…

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Commentary

Celebration of America’s Supremacy was Premature

By John Funiciello Columnist

When the Soviet Union collapsed a few decades ago, there was virtual celebration in the streets and Americans claimed victory over the behemoth that seemed to pervade our every place and time for a half-century. In the minds of many, if not most Americans, there were communists everywhere: they were in the State Department, they…

When the Soviet Union collapsed a few decades ago, there was virtual celebration in the streets and Americans claimed victory over the behemoth that seemed to…

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Commentary

MAAFA: The African Holocaust of Enslavement

By Dr. Conrad Worrill Columnist

The idea that Christopher Columbus discovered America on October 12, 1492 has been thoroughly dismantled by the African Centered and Indigenous Native Movements over the last forty year period. As Rosemary Richmond of the American Indian Community House in New York explains, “Columbus did not discover anything. A society 10,000 years old was here ……

The idea that Christopher Columbus discovered America on October 12, 1492 has been thoroughly dismantled by the African Centered and Indigenous Native Movements over the last…

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Guest Commentary

I Was A Sellout!

By Jessica Watson-Crosby Guest Commentator

Yes, there was a period of time in my life when I was called a sellout. Actually, those were not the words used, at least to my face. I was told more or less, as President of a local chapter of a national women’s business owners group, that I was helping white women do business.…

Yes, there was a period of time in my life when I was called a sellout. Actually, those were not the words used, at least to…

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Guest Commentary

The Legacy of Jim Crow

By The Reverend D. D. Prather Guest Commentator

It is interesting, although the laws of the infamous Jim Crow era have been virtually eradicated, resentment and legacy of such remain a pronounced part of the fabric of America through persons who maintain such thought. The remnants and residue of such attitudes have become more and more evident and blatant, in my opinion, since…

It is interesting, although the laws of the infamous Jim Crow era have been virtually eradicated, resentment and legacy of such remain a pronounced part of…

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Art: Banjar

By Kadir Nelson

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