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Dec 16, 2010

Commentary

Don’t Mess with Texas? A Court Challenge puts a Spotlight on their Death Penalty System

By Jamala Rogers Editorial Board

Judge Kevin Fine may have to watch his back these days. The Texas Judge had the audacity to hold a historic hearing last week on whether the death penalty is unconstitutional based upon the “disproportionately high risk of wrongful convictions.” Death penalty folks in Texas are madder than a mule chewing on bumblebees! For the…

Judge Kevin Fine may have to watch his back these days. The Texas Judge had the audacity to hold a historic hearing last week on whether…

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Commentary

An Historical View from the “Sanctimonious” Left

By Carl Bloice Editorial Board

Smarting from the complaints within his own party about the tax deal he and the Republican leadership had hatched, an increasingly defensive President Obama said,” this is the public option debate all over again.” Then, he claimed, that while he was able to pass a meaningful reform, progressives had instead viewed it as “weakness and…

Smarting from the complaints within his own party about the tax deal he and the Republican leadership had hatched, an increasingly defensive President Obama said,” this…

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The African World

The Challenge of a Divided Sudan

By Bill Fletcher, Jr. Editorial Board

A referendum is to soon take place in the southern Sudan as to whether the south will secede and form an independent nation or whether it will remain part of, what is now, the largest nation-state in Africa. This referendum is the result of peace talks that brought the North/South civil war in the Sudan…

A referendum is to soon take place in the southern Sudan as to whether the south will secede and form an independent nation or whether it…

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Commentary

The WikiLeaks: Establish a Norm of Indifference for the Developing Fascist State

By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD Editorial Board

The WikiLeaks: Establish a Norm of Indifference for the Developing Fascist State Represent Our Resistance By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board There is a man sitting at his desk. He is on the phone taking care of business. Underneath the desk, there is a young woman. She, too, is taking care of…

The WikiLeaks: Establish a Norm of Indifference for the Developing Fascist State Represent Our Resistance By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board There is…

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Commentary

Double-Speak & Waging Psychological War Against the People

By Larry Pinkney Editorial Board

Double-Speak & Waging Psychological War Against the People Keeping it Real By Larry Pinkney BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board History is not a rote set of events on some linear calendar, to be spewed forth by those who are themselves imprisoned by misinformation, obfuscation, and deceit. History is, in fact, circular, intertwined with many occurrences – and…

Double-Speak & Waging Psychological War Against the People Keeping it Real By Larry Pinkney BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board History is not a rote set of events on…

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Commentary

Oprah is not gay folks!

By The Reverend Irene Monroe Editorial Board

Oprah is known everywhere around the world, and has touched nearly everyone. Her media stardom and public ministry make her omnipresent as well as omnipotent. Her converts would argue she is also omniscient, especially with her monthly oracle — “O, The Oprah Magazine” — pontificating the principles of self-help, self-love, and self-giving. Oprah’s principles empower…

Oprah is known everywhere around the world, and has touched nearly everyone. Her media stardom and public ministry make her omnipresent as well as omnipotent. Her…

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Commentary

Crimes Against Haiti’s Helpless Children – Ezili Dantò’s Note

By Ezili Dantò/Marguerite Laurent Guest Commentator

In the latest development, the defense team for convicted pedophile, Douglas Perlitz, is attempting to lessen the sentence by claiming, according to the court document , that Mr. Perlitz’s ten year abuse of street boys in Haiti he raised monies to school and shelter was due to his struggles with homosexuality and the fact he…

In the latest development, the defense team for convicted pedophile, Douglas Perlitz, is attempting to lessen the sentence by claiming, according to the court document ,…

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