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Issue: 365

March 4, 2010

Cover Story

Black Parenting = Raised Stakes? – Black Married Momma, The Anti-Statistic

By K. Danielle Edwards Columnist

Occasionally, something happens to make me jerk my neck around, turn to my husband, and say, “Their parents should have taught them better than that.” It’s not because the acts are always particularly egregious or out of step for adolescents testing the limitations of invincibility and coming of age. Instead, it’s because as a black…

Occasionally, something happens to make me jerk my neck around, turn to my husband, and say, “Their parents should have taught them better than that.” It’s…

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The African World

Requests and Demands – Not the Same

By Bill Fletcher, Jr. Editorial Board

Note: This is an address made to a gathering of more than 500 leaders from American Federation of Government Employees local unions and councils where policy issues are discussed. Bill Fletcher, Jr. is the Director of Field Services & Education for AFGE. The speech was delivered on Sunday, February 21st. Good afternoon and thank you.…

Note: This is an address made to a gathering of more than 500 leaders from American Federation of Government Employees local unions and councils where policy…

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Commentary

Happy Days Are Here Again or Better Dead than Black

By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD Editorial Board

Capitalists have the power to make everyone else worry about them. – Vivek Chibber, Professor of Sociology, NYU Happy days are here again! It’s not just an old song. Happy days are here again for some Black Americans! The last time these happy days came around, Old Abe freed them. Dismiss what you hear about…

Capitalists have the power to make everyone else worry about them. - Vivek Chibber, Professor of Sociology, NYU Happy days are here again! It’s not just…

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Commentary

Student Protests and the Threat to Public Education

By Carl Bloice Editorial Board

They’ve started sending the pink slips to teachers and other employees in San Francisco. In all, almost 900 of them will get layoff notices over the next couple of weeks because the city can’t come up with the $113 million needed to cover the expense of educating its children and young people. The education workers…

They’ve started sending the pink slips to teachers and other employees in San Francisco. In all, almost 900 of them will get layoff notices over the…

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Commentary

Black Community’s Division On Abortion Ad Campaign

By The Reverend Irene Monroe Editorial Board

Given the history of the exploitation of African American women’s reproductive system for involuntary sterilization, medical experimentation, monetary compensation, and political gain, it’s difficulty for many of us in the black community to not see an anti-abortion ad campaign specifically targeting the African-American community in Georgia with a message of “Black Children are an Endangered…

Given the history of the exploitation of African American women's reproductive system for involuntary sterilization, medical experimentation, monetary compensation, and political gain, it’s difficulty for many…

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Commentary

Time to ACTUALIZE A People’s Vision of the Future

By Larry Pinkney Editorial Board

Real change that serves everyday Black, Brown, Red, White, and Yellow peoples does not come about by osmosis nor by magic. Change, that serves the people (and not the Wall Street corporate vultures and military elite), is brought about through serious, protracted, collective political struggle. In other words, the actualization of a collective people’s vision.—“—…

Real change that serves everyday Black, Brown, Red, White, and Yellow peoples does not come about by osmosis nor by magic. Change, that serves the people…

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Color of Law

Disproportionality is Killing America – The

By David A. Love, JD Executive Editor

The word disproportionality has been on my mind a great deal lately. The definition of disproportionality is the state of lacking symmetry or proportion; of being out of proportion, as in size, shape or amount; of being unequal. In order to better understand the concept of disproportionality, consider a punishment of ten years” imprisonment for…

The word disproportionality has been on my mind a great deal lately. The definition of disproportionality is the state of lacking symmetry or proportion; of being…

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Commentary

Government is Broken: Who Broke it? – African American Leadership

By Dr. Ron Walters Editorial Board

Recent public opinion polls are being used to marry the Obama administration to the failure of government. For example, a recent CNN poll (Feb 12-15) expresses the sentiment of 86% of those polled that “government is broken.” It should go without saying that CNN has been pushing this slogan for several weeks and now, a…

Recent public opinion polls are being used to marry the Obama administration to the failure of government. For example, a recent CNN poll (Feb 12-15) expresses…

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