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May 20, 2010

Commentary

Guinea Pigs for Global Corporations

By John Funiciello Columnist

Transnational corporations are consolidating their stranglehold over food and food production, not just in the U.S., but also around the world. Our own country is a very important market for them, since it is the most lucrative market, but there is trouble brewing in the food system and it involves strange diseases and maladies among…

Transnational corporations are consolidating their stranglehold over food and food production, not just in the U.S., but also around the world. Our own country is a…

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Commentary

Bloody Revolution – Poetic Black Fusion

By Poet Blackman Preach Spoken Word Columnist (includes MP3 audio)

This recording was a part of the “State of the Ghetto Address” and dedicated to Brother Malcolm X at Western Washington University. Students created a day of celebration on May 19, 2000. Blackman Preach was honored to be a student on the original committee that organized the Remembrance Day for Brother Malcolm X. He was…

This recording was a part of the "State of the Ghetto Address" and dedicated to Brother Malcolm X at Western Washington University. Students created a day…

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Commentary

Reparations, Maafa, and Genocide

By Dr. Conrad Worrill Columnist

At this current stage of history in the Black Liberation Movement, it is important that key concepts be revisited and re-discussed in our continued efforts to seek clarity on certain ideas that are fundamental to the white supremacy foundation of America. First, there is the idea and concept of the “Maafa.” When we discuss genocide…

At this current stage of history in the Black Liberation Movement, it is important that key concepts be revisited and re-discussed in our continued efforts to…

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Commentary

Promoting a Positive Body Image – Black Married Momma, The Anti-Statistic

By K. Danielle Edwards Columnist

Becoming a mother in and of itself was not enough for me to realize how important it was to love myself ” as my self. Instead, that epiphany didn’t come to be until I realized that I would be parenting children who happened to be daughters and reflected upon my own development as such. As…

Becoming a mother in and of itself was not enough for me to realize how important it was to love myself " as my self. Instead,…

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Commentary

Richard the Lyinghearted – National Affairs

By Lawrence R. Velvel, JD Columnist

Question: What do John Roberts, Bernie Madoff, Elena Kagan, Richard Blumenthal, Allen Stanford, George W. Bush and Adam Wheeler have in common? Answer: All of them have shown lack of respect for truth and honesty. John Roberts told senators and the country that as a Justice he would merely call balls and strikes, not make…

Question: What do John Roberts, Bernie Madoff, Elena Kagan, Richard Blumenthal, Allen Stanford, George W. Bush and Adam Wheeler have in common? Answer: All of them…

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Commentary

The Passing of Bill Elkins and the Lessons of Growing Old – Between the Lines

By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD Columnist

The youth today, many known to be part of street organizations (what society calls “Gangs”), have this thing about respect. They’ll tell you in a heartbeat that all they want in this world is “respect.” Now you ask them what that means and you might get 100 different answers, but they all come down to…

The youth today, many known to be part of street organizations (what society calls “Gangs”), have this thing about respect. They’ll tell you in a heartbeat…

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Guest Commentary

Arizona’s New Immigration Law: An Injury to One Is an Injury to All

By Laura Garcia Guest Commentator

The people of this country have not taken Arizona governor Jan Brewer’s signing of the state’s new immigration law sitting down. The ink wasn’t yet dry on Brewer’s signature when the howls of the fight to uphold human civil and constitutional rights could be heard in the streets, the churches, and the union halls of…

The people of this country have not taken Arizona governor Jan Brewer’s signing of the state’s new immigration law sitting down. The ink wasn’t yet dry…

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