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Issue: 357

January 7, 2010

Commentary

Hostility Toward American Workers Shown by Republican Leaders

By John Funiciello Columnist

There are few clearer examples of Republican hostility toward American workers and hatred of their unions than the recent mini-storm over the hold-up of Barack Obama’s nominee to head the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and the near-disaster of the failed Christmas bombing of a jetliner bound for Detroit. It only took a few minutes for…

There are few clearer examples of Republican hostility toward American workers and hatred of their unions than the recent mini-storm over the hold-up of Barack Obama’s…

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Commentary

Kiilu Nyasha: Still Strong, Still True, and Still a Revolutionary – In Struggle Spotlight

By Larry Pinkney Editorial Board

The blood, sweat, tears, and suffering of Black people are the foundation of the wealth and power of the United States of America. – Huey P. Newton, THE BLACK PANTHER newspaper, February 17, 1969, Vol 2. #23 The Black Panther Party with its many programs, including free breakfast programs for children, free medical programs, free…

The blood, sweat, tears, and suffering of Black people are the foundation of the wealth and power of the United States of America. - Huey P.…

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Commentary

Women in Relationships More Apt to Develop Love Handles – Black Married Momma

By K. Danielle Edwards Columnist

A new study says that women who live with a mate – even if they don’t have a child, but especially if they do – are more likely than their single, solo habitating and childless peers to pack on the pounds. Those of us who have been bitten by the love bug knows how it…

A new study says that women who live with a mate - even if they don't have a child, but especially if they do - are…

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Guest Commentary

What the UN Climate Talks in Copenhagen Mean for US?

By Jacqui Patterson Guest Commentator

How many of us in black communities in the US watching CNN and other media house coverage of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of Parties 15(COP15) in Copenhagen in December would glean any sense that our communities are going to be the hardest hit in the US, by the impacts of…

How many of us in black communities in the US watching CNN and other media house coverage of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)…

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Commentary

New Year’s Resolution

By Daniel N. White Guest Commentator

BC“s call for New Year’s Resolutions that I’m making for myself, or that I’d want someone else to make for themselves has me in a bit of a pickle. I hardly ever bother with New Year’s resolutions – in my younger days I’d generally pick something grandiose that wouldn’t ever get done or happen, and…

BC“s call for New Year’s Resolutions that I’m making for myself, or that I’d want someone else to make for themselves has me in a bit…

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Commentary

Obama Did It: Morphs the Stockholm Syndrome into the Oslo Syndrome

By Wilson Riles Columnist

The Stockholm syndrome is a psychological response sometimes seen in abducted hostages, in which the hostage shows signs of loyalty to the hostage-taker, regardless of the danger or risk in which they have been placed. [1] The original characterizing-incident took place on August 23, 1973, where bank robbers held bank employees hostage. The victims became…

The Stockholm syndrome is a psychological response sometimes seen in abducted hostages, in which the hostage shows signs of loyalty to the hostage-taker, regardless of the…

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