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Jun 17, 2010

Cover Story

Obama’s Oil Spill Leadership – African American Leadership

By Dr. Ron Walters Editorial Board

Note: This commentary was written prior to President Obama’s speech about the Oil Spill. Below is an audio interview with Dr. Walters conducted by BC Publisher, Peter Gamble after the speech. Additional interviews with BC Editorial Board members can be found in Analysis: The Obama Oil Spill Speech in this issue. The charge that the…

Note: This commentary was written prior to President Obama's speech about the Oil Spill. Below is an audio interview with Dr. Walters conducted by BC Publisher,…

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Commentary

Analysis: The Obama Oil Spill Speech (complete video & text) Plus Audio Interviews with BC Editorial Board Members

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

This article presents the an assessment of the speech in the form of three interviews followed by complete video and text of the Obama Oil Spill Speech. Carl Bloice The amount BP has agreed to set aside for oil spill compensation is $20 billion, not $10 billion. Mr. Bloice offers this correction. However, it does…

This article presents the an assessment of the speech in the form of three interviews followed by complete video and text of the Obama Oil Spill…

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Color of Law

A Tribute to Fathers and Children Forever Separated – The

By David A. Love, JD Executive Editor

June was always a big month in my family. My father’s birthday, my birthday, Father’s Day, and my parents’ anniversary all jammed into a period of a few weeks. Last year’s Father’s Day was a bittersweet one for me, and I imagine that from now on, Father’s Day for me will always evoke a bit…

June was always a big month in my family. My father’s birthday, my birthday, Father’s Day, and my parents’ anniversary all jammed into a period of…

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The African World

A ‘Birmingham’ for Palestine?

By Bill Fletcher, Jr. Editorial Board

It has been fascinating to watch the international response to Israel’s pirate attack on the humanitarian flotilla headed to Gaza. Not only has the international response, characterized by near universal condemnation of Israeli military action been noteworthy, but also the response within Israel. The Israelis may have underestimated the willingness of most of the world…

It has been fascinating to watch the international response to Israel’s pirate attack on the humanitarian flotilla headed to Gaza. Not only has the international response,…

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Commentary

A Comment on Unnatural Destruction

By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD Editorial Board

A Comment on Unnatural Destruction Represent Our Resistance By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board Wherever it treads, progress and wealth follows. In place of forests, plains, and urban ruins, structures rise and people thrive. The free market brings basic goods to the masses. Corporations feed the world. New millionaires in China, India,…

A Comment on Unnatural Destruction Represent Our Resistance By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board Wherever it treads, progress and wealth follows. In place…

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Commentary

Ted Haggard’s New Church of Homophobia

By The Reverend Irene Monroe Editorial Board

To the disbelief of everyone – straight and gay – the Rev. Ted Haggard, former anti-gay megachurch pastor who was excommunicated for soliciting sex from a male prostitute, is starting a new church. But this one won’t blossom to be like the 14,000-member New Life Church he founded decades ago in Colorado Springs. As a…

To the disbelief of everyone - straight and gay - the Rev. Ted Haggard, former anti-gay megachurch pastor who was excommunicated for soliciting sex from a…

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Commentary

The Deadliest ‘Scoundrels’ Are Obama Supporters

By Larry Pinkney Editorial Board

Ignorance is not bliss. It is the certain foundation for disaster. Notwithstanding the corporate media manipulated, euphorically misguided, color-conscious support of Barack Obama on the part of so many Black people and other people of color; those who are the most insidious at cleverly and effectively perpetuating ongoing economic disenfranchisement, corporate plutocracy, U.S. wars, extreme…

Ignorance is not bliss. It is the certain foundation for disaster. Notwithstanding the corporate media manipulated, euphorically misguided, color-conscious support of Barack Obama on the part…

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Commentary

In New York: Time to Pass the Dignity for All Students Act

By John Funiciello Columnist

When a child commits suicide because of something that happens in school – bullying or harassment – it’s past time to do something about it. And we’ve had not just one or two, but many across the country that we know about. Before the New York State Senate this week was a bill called the…

When a child commits suicide because of something that happens in school - bullying or harassment - it’s past time to do something about it. And…

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