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March 25, 2010

The African World

Putting the sheets on: The Tea Party crew shows its ‘colors’

By Bill Fletcher, Jr. Editorial Board

It was just a matter of time, and most Black people knew just that. At an anti-healthcare rally in Washington, DC, right-wing demonstrators associated with the so-called “Tea Party” movement verbally assaulted Congressman John Lewis. Calling upon him to vote against the healthcare legislation, they chose to use the “N” word in describing the Congressman.…

It was just a matter of time, and most Black people knew just that. At an anti-healthcare rally in Washington, DC, right-wing demonstrators associated with the…

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Commentary

ObamaCare Passed Passing Up Reproductive Justice

By The Reverend Irene Monroe Editorial Board

Eight million more women than men voted for Obama for president. And one of the reasons we did was because of his purported position on reproductive justice issues like abortion and emergency contraception (EC). For example, in 2008 he pledged to Planned Parenthood: “I will not yield” to pro-life concerns. But with the stroke of…

Eight million more women than men voted for Obama for president. And one of the reasons we did was because of his purported position on reproductive…

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Color of Law

Harvard Murder Highlights the Perils of Being Young, Gifted and Black – The

By David A. Love, JD Executive Editor

On March 16, former Harvard student Brittany Smith was indicted for her alleged involvement in a campus shooting that left a man dead. Smith was charged with being an accessory after the fact in the May 2009 murder of 21-year old Justin Cosby. Specifically, Smith is accused of participating in a drug deal gone bad,…

On March 16, former Harvard student Brittany Smith was indicted for her alleged involvement in a campus shooting that left a man dead. Smith was charged…

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Commentary

Predatory Education: Armies of Foot Soldiers and Spies

By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD Editorial Board

Share or Print this Page of BC | I managed to convince the moving company to cart me from Chicago to Wisconsin where I was to begin a 2-year Visiting Assistant Professorship in the English department at a predominantly white state institution. Tenure-track was possible. I settled in. I still needed to commute by train…

Share or Print this Page of BC | I managed to convince the moving company to cart me from Chicago to Wisconsin where I was to…

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Commentary

The Chicanery of the Democratic Party Foxes

By Larry Pinkney Editorial Board

A rotten, poisonous, stinking pie is far worse than no pie at all. Yet, this is precisely what the corporate Democratic Party and corporate “news” media have repeatedly forced down the throats of the “American” people, cloaked in the deceptive rhetoric of “change” and “reform.” The Democratic Party foxes and the Republican Party wolves are…

A rotten, poisonous, stinking pie is far worse than no pie at all. Yet, this is precisely what the corporate Democratic Party and corporate “news” media…

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Commentary

The Black Agenda – African American Leadership

By Dr. Ron Walters Editorial Board

There never has been a time when Black folks in America did not have an agenda, from when we tried to avoid captivity in Africa to be sent here, to when we were in the holes of slave ships, or on plantations planning ways to survive and to escape, or those of us today still…

There never has been a time when Black folks in America did not have an agenda, from when we tried to avoid captivity in Africa to…

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Commentary

Ethiopian Farmland Will Feed People in Middle East

By John Funiciello Columnist

The rich will always eat. Even in the worst of times, the rich have rarely felt the pinch of hunger in their bellies. Whether in the U.S., Asia, or Africa, they have the money to buy as much food as they want, in good times and in bad. They are not ever “food-insecure,” a modern…

The rich will always eat. Even in the worst of times, the rich have rarely felt the pinch of hunger in their bellies. Whether in the…

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Commentary

Repairing Ourselves

By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill, PhD Columnist

Share or Print this Page of BC | Day in and day out we can observe the increased number of African people killing each other, mentally and physically abusing each other, stealing from each other, being dishonest with each other, and the list goes on and on. These negative incidents occur, in part, because segments…

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