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Issue: 347

October 22, 2009

Commentary

The Next Nasty Attack from the Right

By Carl Bloice Editorial Board

“So, have you enjoyed the debate over health care reform?” Paul Krugman asked in late September. “Have you been impressed by the civility of the discussion and the intellectual honesty of reform opponents? “If so, you’ll love the next big debate: the fight over climate change.” the New York Times columnist wrote. Sarcasm aside, the…

“So, have you enjoyed the debate over health care reform?” Paul Krugman asked in late September. “Have you been impressed by the civility of the discussion…

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Commentary

Armies of Gods: Peaceful Coups Are Our Business

By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD Editorial Board

-Malcolm If you do not believe the U.S.-weapons Israel deploys to hold down Palestinian resistance is an act of a declared war; if you do not believe the U.S.-trained Honduras military now surrounding the Brazilian embassy where the democratically-elected Honduras President Manuel Zalaya and his supporters are under threat of death is an act of…

-Malcolm If you do not believe the U.S.-weapons Israel deploys to hold down Palestinian resistance is an act of a declared war; if you do not…

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Commentary

When Will Adults Take Responsibility for Youth Violence? – The Substance of Truth

By Tolu Olorunda Columnist

-Jasiri X, “What’s Peace?” This Week With Jasiri X (Season 3), 2009. A couple of weeks back, Attorney General Eric Holder, responding to the horrific caught-on-tape death of 16-year-old Chicagoan Derrion Albert, hoped it would serve as a “stark wake-up call to a reality that can be easy for too many to ignore as they…

-Jasiri X, “What’s Peace?” This Week With Jasiri X (Season 3), 2009. A couple of weeks back, Attorney General Eric Holder, responding to the horrific caught-on-tape…

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Commentary

Youth and the Politics of Prison Culture – Politics and the Subversive Imagination

By Dr. Henry A. Giroux Columnist

Introduction by Tolu Olorunda: Last week, video surfaced of a 15-year-old Black boy, Marshawn Pitts, recounting an experience that left him scars, bruises, fractures, and a broken nose. Pitts, a special needs student, was walking to his locker when a police officer began verbally abusing him, then flung him across the hall, smashed his face…

Introduction by Tolu Olorunda: Last week, video surfaced of a 15-year-old Black boy, Marshawn Pitts, recounting an experience that left him scars, bruises, fractures, and a…

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Commentary

When the Brothers Blast You and the… – Black Married Momma The Anti-Statistic

By K. Danielle Edwards Columnist

As much as I am proud and thankful to be married to a beautiful black man, I cannot help but look at many of today’s headlines on the state of black marriage and relationships with a bit of déjà vu. In this recent Washington Post story, “Wedded to the Idea of Promoting Black Marriages,” we…

As much as I am proud and thankful to be married to a beautiful black man, I cannot help but look at many of today’s headlines…

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Commentary

Union Busters Gearing Up for a Big Payday on EFCA

By John Funiciello Columnist

Union busters are set to come out of the woodwork over consideration by the U.S. Senate of the Employee Free Choice Act, the law that would make it a little easier for Americans to organize unions in their workplaces. Already, the section of EFCA that had Corporate America and the right wing in an uproar,…

Union busters are set to come out of the woodwork over consideration by the U.S. Senate of the Employee Free Choice Act, the law that would…

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Commentary

Black Unity: Can It Ever Happen?

By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD Columnist

Since President Barack Obama achieved what most Blacks (if not all Blacks) thought was impossible, this call for “Black unity” has been an overarching theme of everything the African American community (multiple and singular) desires to achieve in the 21st Century. People who have never agreed on the same thing, at the same time, EVER,…

Since President Barack Obama achieved what most Blacks (if not all Blacks) thought was impossible, this call for “Black unity” has been an overarching theme of…

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Commentary

Mack and Jackie: Pasadena’s Twin Heroes

By Dr. Conrad Worrill Columnist

Recently my father, Walter Worrill, sent me an article from the October 8, 2009 issue of the Los Angeles Times. The article focused on the debate around the naming of the $24 million sports complex on Fair Oaks Avenue in Pasadena, California. First, I have to acknowledge that I was born in Pasadena, California on…

Recently my father, Walter Worrill, sent me an article from the October 8, 2009 issue of the Los Angeles Times. The article focused on the debate…

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