Issue: 385
Jul 22, 2010
Commentary
COINTELPRO and the Omaha Two –An interview with Michael Richardson
Guest Commentator
In 2007, veteran journalist Michael Richardson began writing a series of articles for OpEdNews.com about Ed Poindexter and Mondo we Langa, who are two Black Panther political prisoners known as the Omaha Two. Richardson argues that they were framed for the 1970 murder of a policeman as part of the FBI’s notorious counterintelligence program, dubbed…
In 2007, veteran journalist Michael Richardson began writing a series of articles for OpEdNews.com about Ed Poindexter and Mondo we Langa, who are two Black Panther…
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Art
Quote to Ponder: “It’s so clear that you have to cherish everyone…” —Alice Walker
Guest Commentator
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Cover Story
Your Voice as a Veteran or Member of a Military Family
Guest Commentator
Cover Story Your Voice as a Veteran or Member of a Military Family Military Families & Veterans Speak Out By Michael T. McPhearson BlackCommentator.com Columnist Note: BlackCommentator.com welcomes Military Families Speak Out (MFSO) as a columnist. Representatives of MFSO and Veterans will be writing in this space on a regular basis. When attending a recent…
Cover Story Your Voice as a Veteran or Member of a Military Family Military Families & Veterans Speak Out By Michael T. McPhearson BlackCommentator.com Columnist Note:…
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Color of Law
Dysfunctional Politics Begets Suicidal Policies – The
Executive Editor
America is in a whole lotta trouble, but I’m not telling you anything you didn’t already know. We unleash the so-called free market, and then once that free market has destroyed millions of lives and livelihoods, government must come to the rescue to save the system from itself. And once the oil company despoils the…
America is in a whole lotta trouble, but I’m not telling you anything you didn’t already know. We unleash the so-called free market, and then once…
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Commentary
A Hoop Dream, Politics & the Long Reach of High Tech Money
Editorial Board
A Hoop Dream, Politics & the Long Reach of High Tech Money Left Margin By Carl Bloice BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board Larry Ellison was ready to pony up more that $400 million of his own money to buy the Golden State Warriors but, alas, it was not to be. A couple of entertainment moguls came up…
A Hoop Dream, Politics & the Long Reach of High Tech Money Left Margin By Carl Bloice BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board Larry Ellison was ready to pony…
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Commentary
Imitating One Another Imitating Master
Editorial Board
Imitating One Another Imitating Master Represent Our Resistance By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board They said, watch out for Bafana Bafana, but the South Africa team played the one game and that was it. Watch out for Ghana! Ghana played one more game after its win against the U.S. It was okay!…
Imitating One Another Imitating Master Represent Our Resistance By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board They said, watch out for Bafana Bafana, but the…
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The African World
Victory for an excluded and invisible workforce: Domestic workers in New York win historic victory!
Editorial Board
“Long constituting a vast secret economy in New York,” as described by the New York Times, domestic workers won a striking victory in righting a wrong in labor laws that has hung, like an albatross, around the necks of hundreds of thousands of workers. Signing into law the Domestic Workers Bill of Rights, New York…
“Long constituting a vast secret economy in New York,” as described by the New York Times, domestic workers won a striking victory in righting a wrong…
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