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Issue: 397

Oct 14, 2010

Color of Law

When the Poor Conspire to Keep Themselves Poor – The

By David A. Love, JD Executive Editor

Sometimes we are our own worst enemies. So the poor are conspiring with the wealthy, against their own self-interests, to keep themselves in poverty. How is it that economic inequality makes the poor more conservative and in opposition to government programs that are designed to fight inequality? A new study by Nathan J. Kelly and…

Sometimes we are our own worst enemies. So the poor are conspiring with the wealthy, against their own self-interests, to keep themselves in poverty. How is…

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Commentary

An Appeal from BlackCommentator.com – We need your financial support – A message from the Publisher and Staff

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

Dear Reader of BlackCommentator.com, At BlackCommentator.com, we measure the health of the economy by one simple metric: the number of BC readers requesting a no-cost subscription through the Low Income Readers Program. The economic outlook isn’t good. As BC approaches Issue #400, we have more non-paying subscribers than ever before. A higher percent of all…

Dear Reader of BlackCommentator.com, At BlackCommentator.com, we measure the health of the economy by one simple metric: the number of BC readers requesting a no-cost subscription…

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Commentary

When Will the Homophobic Bullying Cease?

By The Reverend Irene Monroe Editorial Board

When Will the Homophobic Bullying Cease? Inclusion By The Reverend Irene Monroe BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board When Sirdeaner L. Walker of Springfield spoke at a press conference in Massachusetts last year calling for effective and comprehensive anti-bullying legislation to be passed in response to the tragic loss of her 11-year-old-son, Carl, I had hoped I would…

When Will the Homophobic Bullying Cease? Inclusion By The Reverend Irene Monroe BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board When Sirdeaner L. Walker of Springfield spoke at a press conference…

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Commentary

DEMOCRAT OR REPUBLICAN: The Choice To Be Drowned or Hanged

By Larry Pinkney Editorial Board

The opportunity to choose is utterly meaningless and irrelevant when the supposed choices that are offered are fundamentally the same ones with different packaging. In the 21st Century, different packaging is in this instance essentially what is known as corporate branding, which means that messages, images, and imagery target a mass (and often undiscerning) audience.…

The opportunity to choose is utterly meaningless and irrelevant when the supposed choices that are offered are fundamentally the same ones with different packaging. In the…

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Commentary

Are Sarkozy and Kagame playing games?

By Dr. Horace Campbell, PhD Editorial Board

Intrigue and uncertainty surround the arrest of Agathe Habyarimana in France on Tuesday 2 March. Agathe is the widow of the former president of Rwanda Juvénal Habyarimana. The fastest genocide in human history took place in Rwanda between April and July 1994. Both Juvénal and Agathe Habyarimana had been associated with the most extreme section…

Intrigue and uncertainty surround the arrest of Agathe Habyarimana in France on Tuesday 2 March. Agathe is the widow of the former president of Rwanda Juvénal…

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The African World

What About Al Gore’s Proposed March for the Environment?

By Bill Fletcher, Jr. Editorial Board

In August former Vice President Al Gore put out a call for environmental activists to conduct mass demonstrations concerning continuing Congressional stalemate on any climate change legislation. When I started to write this commentary I Googled Al Gore just to see what was out there in terms of the demonstration. What I found caused me…

In August former Vice President Al Gore put out a call for environmental activists to conduct mass demonstrations concerning continuing Congressional stalemate on any climate change…

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Commentary

The Terrorist Narrative and the American Capitalist Dream

By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD Editorial Board

– Albert Einstein The teenaged William O’Neal in 1968 could avoid a felony charge for interstate care theft and for impersonating a federal officer if he agreed to assist in the construction of a narrative, agreed to be a reliable narrator. So the young O’Neal joins the Black Panthers in Chicago, and moves through the…

- Albert Einstein The teenaged William O’Neal in 1968 could avoid a felony charge for interstate care theft and for impersonating a federal officer if he…

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Commentary

Jobs Not Coming Back? Someone Should Tell The President

By John Funiciello Columnist

The Obama Administration has tried its best to convince the people that economic recovery is beginning to show. It might be slow, but it’s coming. Others, notably many observers on Wall Street, are telling the people that, if there is a recovery coming, it had better be based on something more than additional jobs in…

The Obama Administration has tried its best to convince the people that economic recovery is beginning to show. It might be slow, but it’s coming. Others,…

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