Issue: 373
April 29, 2010
Commentary
Budget Problems: Easy to Solve – Cut Wages & Benefits, or Fire the Workers
Columnist
States, counties, cities, and school districts are having budget problems. It’s not so surprising, since the economic recovery in America is being accomplished without any meaningful job creation. No jobs, no paychecks. No paychecks, no taxes. No taxes, and you get budget problems. Americans can’t seem to hold on to their jobs or their homes.…
States, counties, cities, and school districts are having budget problems. It’s not so surprising, since the economic recovery in America is being accomplished without any meaningful…
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Commentary
A Book to Read: Should America Pay?
Columnist
Share or Print this Page of BC | Henry Louis Gates recently wrote an Op-Ed article that appeared in the New York Times on April 23, 2010, essentially attempting to re-conceptualize the reparations issue by implying that history is too complicated to bring about a “just and lasting agreement on the divisive issue of slavery…
Share or Print this Page of BC | Henry Louis Gates recently wrote an Op-Ed article that appeared in the New York Times on April 23,…
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Commentary
Who’s Who In Black Los Angeles – Between the Lines
Columnist
Guess who discovered Who’s Who In Black Los Angeles after two years? Before you ask, I really wanted to feature a Los Angeles Times editor in Who’s Who in Black Los Angeles. Really. The problem is, there is not a single African American among those who make coverage decisions for the paper. In hindsight, it…
Guess who discovered Who's Who In Black Los Angeles after two years? Before you ask, I really wanted to feature a Los Angeles Times editor in…
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Guest Commentary
The Time is Now – A Declaration for a Free Arizona
Guest Commentator
Share or Print this Page of BC | On Behalf of the day laborers, domestic workers, home care workers, laundry, and debris cleaners, who are the diaspora of the world economy, On Behalf of the young people, who feel the difference between right and wrong in their veins, and who inherit our world, On Behalf…
Share or Print this Page of BC | On Behalf of the day laborers, domestic workers, home care workers, laundry, and debris cleaners, who are the…
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Guest Commentary
Neo-Liberalism and the Assault on Public Education
Guest Commentator
The nearly four decade-long effort to restructure public education along Neo-Liberal guidelines has accelerated since President Barack Obama assumed office. Neo-Liberalism is an ideology that calls for “limited government” and a market-driven economy. This project is being carried out on the federal, state, and local levels, while targeting publicly-financed K-12 schools and higher education. Some…
The nearly four decade-long effort to restructure public education along Neo-Liberal guidelines has accelerated since President Barack Obama assumed office. Neo-Liberalism is an ideology that calls…
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Guest Commentary
No One is Illegal: Boycott the Arizona Diamondbacks
Guest Commentator
Gonna find a way Make the state pay Lookin” for the day Hard as it seems This ain’t no damn dream Gotta know what I mean It’s team against team“Public Enemy, By the Time I Get to Arizona This will be the last column I write about the Arizona Diamondbacks in the foreseeable future. For…
Gonna find a way Make the state pay Lookin" for the day Hard as it seems This ain’t no damn dream Gotta know what I mean…
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Art
Quote to Ponder: “Any kind of movement for freedom of Black people…” – Malcolm X
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