371 – Black Commentator

Commentary

The Black Tea Partier… The American Pageant

By syreeta mcfadden Editorial Board

Note: BlackCommentator.com welcomes Syreeta McFadden as a columnist and member of the Editorial Board. At last year’s Tax Day Rally in New Dorp, Staten Island, I did in fact, meet ONE black Tea Party supporter and took his picture (above). I’m not sure if he’s still kickin” it with them today. He was a curious…

Note: BlackCommentator.com welcomes Syreeta McFadden as a columnist and member of the Editorial Board. At last year’s Tax Day Rally in New Dorp, Staten Island, I…

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The African World

Confederate History Month…yeah, you heard me right…

By Bill Fletcher, Jr. Editorial Board

Virginia Governor Robert McDonnell just had to do it:— renewing a strange symbol entitled “Confederate History Month.”— Once again, we are reminded that the US Civil War never really ended and that certainly the Reconstruction period that followed the Civil War did not simply end, but was truly defeated. What is always amazing with Confederate…

Virginia Governor Robert McDonnell just had to do it:— renewing a strange symbol entitled “Confederate History Month.”— Once again, we are reminded that the US Civil…

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Color of Law

Poor Whites Get Confederate History Month and Coal Mine Disasters – The

By David A. Love, JD Executive Editor

I have a question and I need a quick answer: Exactly what benefit is derived from the commemoration of Confederate History Month? Does it increase the standard of living for its celebrants, presumably poor and working-class whites? Does it provide them better wages, benefits and working conditions? I need to know” Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell…

I have a question and I need a quick answer: Exactly what benefit is derived from the commemoration of Confederate History Month? Does it increase the…

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Commentary

Empower Our Children Beyond Fear

By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD Editorial Board

Share or Print this Page of BC | In recent months, I have taught remedial sessions for high school graduates of our public schools. These sessions focus on basic writing skills, grammar and syntax. Students are taught the basic 5-paragraph essay in order to re-take the two-year college entrance exam. As a teacher of these…

Share or Print this Page of BC | In recent months, I have taught remedial sessions for high school graduates of our public schools. These sessions…

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Commentary

Decloaking the Deadly Foxes in Our Midst

By Larry Pinkney Editorial Board

It has been correctly written that: “Capitalism is the extraordinary belief that the nastiest of men, for the nastiest of reasons, will somehow work for the benefit of us all.” Indeed, the very system of capitalism is in fact, sustained systemic terrorism against the poor. Years of corporate-government subterfuge, disinformation, discreditation, wrongful imprisonments of political…

It has been correctly written that: “Capitalism is the extraordinary belief that the nastiest of men, for the nastiest of reasons, will somehow work for the…

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Commentary

The Catholic Church Needs Its Gay Priests

By The Reverend Irene Monroe Editorial Board

Share or Print this Page of BC | The Catholic Church is in damage control. Pope Benedict XVI won’t resign and he can’t be defrocked. And Catholics worldwide are enraged. The Church now needs a quick out, an easy solution and a fall guy to tamp down our rage and to explain away its decades-long…

Share or Print this Page of BC | The Catholic Church is in damage control. Pope Benedict XVI won’t resign and he can’t be defrocked. And…

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Commentary

Will Obama Fight for a Liberal on the Supreme Court? – African American Leadership

By Dr. Ron Walters Editorial Board

The coming resignation of Justice John Paul Stevens from the Supreme Court sets up a new fight for his successor and a question that I ” and others ” have, is will President Obama appoint someone as liberal as Stevens has become? An indication of where the President might be coming from is the comment…

The coming resignation of Justice John Paul Stevens from the Supreme Court sets up a new fight for his successor and a question that I "…

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Commentary

Is There an Economy Recovery? Depends Upon Your Vantage Point

By Carl Bloice Editorial Board

“Why So Glum?” Floyd Norris asked on the front page of the New York Times. After all, he wrote, the “Numbers Point to a Recovery.” “The American economy appears to be in a cyclical recovery that is gaining strength. Firms have begun to hire and consumer spending seems to be accelerating,” he said in his…

“Why So Glum?” Floyd Norris asked on the front page of the New York Times. After all, he wrote, the “Numbers Point to a Recovery.” “The…

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Art

Art: Cotton

By Kadir Nelson

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Commentary

We Know About Loan Sharks, but What About Loan Guppies?

By John Funiciello Columnist

Early this month, there was a small story in a local paper in upstate New York about the arrests at a local bar for alleged sale of drugs, along with a charge against the bartender for “acting as a loan shark.” The formal charge for the “loan shark” is usury and it was jarring to…

Early this month, there was a small story in a local paper in upstate New York about the arrests at a local bar for alleged sale…

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