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Issue: 381

Jun 24, 2010

Color of Law

The Texas GOP Is A Grand Old Piece Of Work – The

By David A. Love, JD Executive Editor

The Texas Republican Party, that bastion of tolerance, goodwill and forward thinking, just released its policy platform. I can’t say I was surprised by the contents therein, but nevertheless, I was taken aback by the stunning absurdity emanating from a “mainstream” political party. And they run the state! Of course, these were the folks who…

The Texas Republican Party, that bastion of tolerance, goodwill and forward thinking, just released its policy platform. I can’t say I was surprised by the contents…

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Guest Commentary

The Democracy Charter & The Fierce Urgency of Now

By Jack O'Dell Guest Commentator

Jack O’Dell first articulated the idea of a Democracy Charter for the United States in his plenary address at the How Class Works – 2004 conference at Stony Brook, It is based on the South African experience with their Freedom Charter, adopted in 1955 as a founding document of the ultimately successful struggle to abolish…

Jack O'Dell first articulated the idea of a Democracy Charter for the United States in his plenary address at the How Class Works - 2004 conference…

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Commentary

The People and Mehserle

By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD Editorial Board

…We surely need to stop being the minority and become part of the majority. By the year 2050, whites in the U.S. will no longer be the dominant race. “Nearly one in five Americans (19%) will be an immigrant in 2050, compared with one in eight (12%) in 2005” (Pew Report 2008). The immigrants coming…

…We surely need to stop being the minority and become part of the majority. By the year 2050, whites in the U.S. will no longer be…

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Commentary

Coveting Riches on the Great Rare Earth Highway

By Carl Bloice Editorial Board

There is little doubt in my mind as to what prompted the sudden attention to the minerals beneath the ground in Afghanistan. It’s a rather blunt message to those amongst us who recently bought an IPod, Blackberry or Pirus: hold on, give the military more time; there’s is no light at the end of the…

There is little doubt in my mind as to what prompted the sudden attention to the minerals beneath the ground in Afghanistan. It’s a rather blunt…

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The African World

“If My Family has to Balance Its Budget and Live Within Its Means…”

By Bill Fletcher, Jr. Editorial Board

“If My Family has to Balance Its Budget and Live Within Its Means…” The African World By Bill Fletcher, Jr. BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board There are moments when a saying is repeated so often that it becomes common sense, irrespective of whether it is true. Most of us have heard, repeated ad nauseum, a critique of…

"If My Family has to Balance Its Budget and Live Within Its Means..." The African World By Bill Fletcher, Jr. BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board There are moments…

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Commentary

Control the Narrative and Win the Struggle!

By Larry Pinkney Editorial Board

Like most politicians in this nation, the articulate Barack Obama is a pathological liar – and has thus far been, with the complicity of the corporate media, much more effective at it than any other politician. The story [i.e. the narrative] of ‘America’ is replete with myth, lies, and more lies. In fact, the bigger…

Like most politicians in this nation, the articulate Barack Obama is a pathological liar - and has thus far been, with the complicity of the corporate…

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Commentary

Let’s Take Back Our Jobs – African American Leadership

By Dr. Ron Walters Editorial Board

I hear some folks saying they want to take back their country. I want to take back our jobs. I have just read a study produced by Vice President Joe Biden’s office about the performance of Stimulus funding which shows that it has taken many of the “shovel-ready” projects that were proposed 18 months ago…

I hear some folks saying they want to take back their country. I want to take back our jobs. I have just read a study produced…

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Commentary

With a 40 Percent Jump in Food Prices… How Will Working People Afford To Eat, Pay Bills?

By John Funiciello Columnist

With unemployment numbers holding at just under 10 percent nationwide, the bad news has been compounded by a United Nations report that predicts global food prices are likely to rise by 40 percent in the next decade. There are pockets of hunger all over America, and there are places where many are “food insecure,” which…

With unemployment numbers holding at just under 10 percent nationwide, the bad news has been compounded by a United Nations report that predicts global food prices…

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