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Sep 30, 2010

Color of Law

The Bishop Has No Clothes By David A. Love – The

By David A. Love, JD Executive Editor

Just about everyone knows about the problems facing Bishop Eddie Long, senior pastor of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church. Specifically, there are the four young men who allege that the prominent Atlanta-area pastor coerced them into a sexual relationship, and possibly more waiting in the wings. They claim that Long used his status to seduce…

Just about everyone knows about the problems facing Bishop Eddie Long, senior pastor of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church. Specifically, there are the four young men…

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Guest Commentary

Progressive Mobilization – Washington DC on October 2

By UnitedforPeace.org Guest Commentator

Demand the change that was promised! Dear friends, Our country is at a crossroads. Big oil, big banks, big pharmaceuticals, the military-industrial complex and big money of all types have a stranglehold on our government and our society. Their corporate agenda has led us into an unparalleled social crisis marked by economic distress, environmental danger,…

Demand the change that was promised! Dear friends, Our country is at a crossroads. Big oil, big banks, big pharmaceuticals, the military-industrial complex and big money…

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Commentary

This is a Secular, People’s Struggle for Justice – Not a Religious One

By Larry Pinkney Editorial Board

This is a Secular, People’s Struggle for Justice – Not a Religious One Keeping it Real By Larry Pinkney BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board The struggle for social, political, and economic justice derives its fundamental authority from the legitimate yearnings and needs of all people – be they Black, White, Brown, Red, or Yellow. The human right…

This is a Secular, People’s Struggle for Justice - Not a Religious One Keeping it Real By Larry Pinkney BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board The struggle for social,…

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Commentary

The Messology of Bishop Eddie Long

By The Reverend Irene Monroe Editorial Board

When preachers pontificate too much from on High about the sins of homosexual sex, the cautionary tale is to be careful of what you say, because your words invariable will come back to bite you, as we are seeing with Bishop Eddie Long. Called by the Southern Poverty Law Center as “one of the most…

When preachers pontificate too much from on High about the sins of homosexual sex, the cautionary tale is to be careful of what you say, because…

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Commentary

Racism and Islamophobia in an Era of a Capitalist Depression

By Dr. Horace Campbell, PhD Editorial Board

Context When the news of the plans to burn more than 200 copies of the Koran reached international headlines, a sane person wondered if the US society had gone crazy. The incendiary plan came weeks after international debates about the plans by a group to build an Islamic community center in New York City. Conservatives…

Context When the news of the plans to burn more than 200 copies of the Koran reached international headlines, a sane person wondered if the US…

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The African World

The Washington Redskins and the NYC Islamic Center Controversy

By Bill Fletcher, Jr. Editorial Board

I know what you are thinking. If this guy can make the connection between these two very different issues, he deserves a prize. Well, readers, hold onto your hats and let’s see where this ride takes us. There are many things about the insane, Islamophobic debate concerning the proposed NYC Islamic Center that have struck…

I know what you are thinking. If this guy can make the connection between these two very different issues, he deserves a prize. Well, readers, hold…

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Commentary

Put Your Hands Together for the Whiners! – Leftward-Ho

By Peter Gamble Publisher

6 – Even though the first parts of health care reform are kicking in, do you still think Medicare for everyone would be much better. – Even though you’ve been told over and over by President Obama that what was passed is the best that could have been done and you must be satisfied because…

6 – Even though the first parts of health care reform are kicking in, do you still think Medicare for everyone would be much better. –…

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Commentary

Update: So Go the Days in the Lives of Women of Color – Women of Color

By Suzanne Brooks Columnist

Update: So Go the Days in the Lives of Women of Color Women of Color By Suzanne Brooks BlackCommentator.com Columnist From Poverty – ghetto, barrio or “the hood” to Education in Spite of Discrimination to Achievement Against the Odds in Education and Employment to Discrimination in Employment and Education with Retaliation for Filing Complaints to…

Update: So Go the Days in the Lives of Women of Color Women of Color By Suzanne Brooks BlackCommentator.com Columnist From Poverty - ghetto, barrio or…

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Commentary

Constitution and Bill of Rights Threatened by U.S. Policy Regarding Dissent or Even Disobedience

By John Funiciello Columnist

A restive general, police armed with the latest technology in “non-lethal” force, and grid locked government have been joined by an FBI that seems to have morphed into the thought police, all firing the shot across the bow of those who seek to exercise their constitutional rights and the Bill of Rights. The news of…

A restive general, police armed with the latest technology in “non-lethal” force, and grid locked government have been joined by an FBI that seems to have…

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