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Issue: 353

December 3, 2009

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What Is Your Take On Obama’s Afghan Buildup? – 9 BC Writers Answer our Question of the Week

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

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Color of Law

The Surge We Need At Home

By David A. Love, JD Executive Editor

Sometimes, messes are so big that you just can’t fix them. The best thing to do is to leave it alone, and walk away, before you make things worse. Afghanistan is one of those big messes. President Obama’s decision to claim ownership of the war in Afghanistan—by sending 30,000 more troops to fight the unwinnable…

Sometimes, messes are so big that you just can’t fix them. The best thing to do is to leave it alone, and walk away, before you…

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The African World

Sarah Palin and the Cynicism in US Politics

By Bill Fletcher, Jr. Editorial Board

I resisted writing anything about Sarah Palin in much the same way that I resisted accepting that Palin is charismatic. On the evening of her debut at the Republican National Convention I was repulsed by her arrogance and mean-spiritedness. This temporarily blinded me to the fact that Palin is, in fact, a charismatic political leader,…

I resisted writing anything about Sarah Palin in much the same way that I resisted accepting that Palin is charismatic. On the evening of her debut…

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Commentary

Wal-Mart’s Successful Community Organizing

By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD Editorial Board

The original prompt read: Write a letter in praise of someone in your community. “This is our essay prompt for Friday night,” I said on Wednesday night as the intensive writing session came to an end. “No. We don’t have anyone to praise in our community.” NO. Older African and younger Black and Latino/a students…

The original prompt read: Write a letter in praise of someone in your community. “This is our essay prompt for Friday night,” I said on Wednesday…

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Commentary

Weekend Mysteries Scandals and Speculations

By Carl Bloice Editorial Board

Thanksgiving weekend was an active time for the news junkies and armchair analysts of my acquaintance. First, there was the suggestion that racial profiling works in reverse. The question spread through cyberspace was, imagine what would have happened had the White House party crashers been black ” how far would they have gotten? Then there…

Thanksgiving weekend was an active time for the news junkies and armchair analysts of my acquaintance. First, there was the suggestion that racial profiling works in…

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Commentary

Please Remember My Sisters This Month!

By The Reverend Irene Monroe Editorial Board

Please remember my sisters this month! Why? December 1 is World AIDS Day and Black women are dying of AIDS. And is anyone doing anything about it? Right here in the nation’s capitol, the HIV/AIDS epidemic rivals that of many Third World countries. Washington D.C. affectionately dubbed as “Chocolate City” is approximately 60 percent of…

Please remember my sisters this month! Why? December 1 is World AIDS Day and Black women are dying of AIDS. And is anyone doing anything about…

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Commentary

Silence: The Fifth Column of Complicity

By Larry Pinkney Editorial Board

Worst than those who blatantly trample upon justice, are those who are silently compliant in its demise. One does not end war by escalating it. Nor does one fight “terrorism” by instituting the terrorism of repression at home or abroad. In this nation the atrocities of slavery and genocide are, in the name of “progress,”…

Worst than those who blatantly trample upon justice, are those who are silently compliant in its demise. One does not end war by escalating it. Nor…

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Commentary

Why Just CBC Members Charged with Ethics Violations? – African American Leadership

By Dr. Ron Walters Editorial Board

I wasn’t too surprised when I read a report on Politico that in over 30 of the probes the new Office of Congressional Ethics was considering, the only active investigations were on black Congresspersons. That is the way institutional racism is supposed to work. During the 2008 presidential campaign, when Congressional ethics and corruption hit…

I wasn’t too surprised when I read a report on Politico that in over 30 of the probes the new Office of Congressional Ethics was considering,…

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