Issue: 344
October 1, 2009
Art
Quote to Ponder: Because he was a man who fought and died for what he thought was fair… – Alberto Granado
Guest Commentator
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The African World
What Is Not Being Discussed In The Iran Nuclear Story
Editorial Board
Last week’s announcement of the discovery of a previously unknown but suspected nuclear research and production site became a major story in the Western media. The Obama administration, along with its allies in Europe, saw this as evidence of Iranian duplicity on the matter of its nuclear intentions. Though Iran admitted the existence of this…
Last week’s announcement of the discovery of a previously unknown but suspected nuclear research and production site became a major story in the Western media. The…
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Commentary
The Other Pittsburgh at the G-20 Meeting – African American Leadership
Editorial Board
Just before the G-20 nations met in Pittsburgh September 24-25, I was the keynote speaker at an Urban Summit hosted by a community group, the Community Empowerment Association. This African American city-wide organization felt it important enough to sponsor a meeting that would draw people from other cities to highlight issues of importance to those…
Just before the G-20 nations met in Pittsburgh September 24-25, I was the keynote speaker at an Urban Summit hosted by a community group, the Community…
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Commentary
Che: A Friend to the World’s 1 Billion in Poverty
Editorial Board
One billion people, that is, “one in every 6 inhabitants of the planet,” according to the UN World Food Program, writes Jerry White, are going hungry this year (“UN Report, 1 Billion of the World’s People Going Hungry”). Only 8% of the world’s hungry population is the result of floods, droughts, or temporary food shortage.…
One billion people, that is, “one in every 6 inhabitants of the planet,” according to the UN World Food Program, writes Jerry White, are going hungry…
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Commentary
Corporate Power and the Myth of Democracy in ‘America’
Editorial Board
Corporate power to the politicians of this nation is like dope to an addict. Their appetites are insatiable and they will do and say anything to keep getting their corporate fixes. In ‘America,’ the unending greed of a relative few has emaciated the many. Democracy is utterly meaningless when it is selective. So it continues…
Corporate power to the politicians of this nation is like dope to an addict. Their appetites are insatiable and they will do and say anything to…
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Commentary
Black Queers Are Tying The Knot
Editorial Board
More and more lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer people of African descent are marrying. An idea that was once thought of as an anathema to black queer identity, marriage, in our LGBTQ communities, is being celebrated and on the rise. And many of us are now proudly walking down the aisle to tie the…
More and more lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer people of African descent are marrying. An idea that was once thought of as an anathema to…
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Color of Law
There Should Be More Pro Athletes Like Tracy McGrady
Executive Editor
I don’t live on the Earth just to live to walk it, I live on here to make a difference, and I’ve done a lot of things in the community of Houston and Florida, within the states, but I wanted to something more on a global level, and this is huge. I mean, it was…
I don’t live on the Earth just to live to walk it, I live on here to make a difference, and I’ve done a lot of…
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