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Dec 23 & 30, 2010

Cover Story

Three Holiday Stories: 2010 – Women of Color

By Suzanne Brooks Columnist

A law enforcement agency or a disaster relief organization ordered the evacuation of the building. In our situation, the responding fire department declared the building uninhabitable and you are failing to respond to a lawful order. Loss of use coverage also reimburses the tenant for living expenses that exceed those that the tenant would normally…

A law enforcement agency or a disaster relief organization ordered the evacuation of the building. In our situation, the responding fire department declared the building uninhabitable…

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Commentary

In 2010 No Photos of Obama with MLK Equivalent!

By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD Editorial Board

Obama’s Orwellian embrace of all things corporate and politically rightward has been deliberate, forceful and consistent throughout his career; not the product of cowardice, weakness, incompetence, naïve idealism, or bad timing. This is Barack Obama, as he has always been: a servile facilitator and protector of the political establishment; an insidious capitulator and “consensus man”;…

Obama’s Orwellian embrace of all things corporate and politically rightward has been deliberate, forceful and consistent throughout his career; not the product of cowardice, weakness, incompetence,…

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The African World

Obama and the Question of the “angry black man”

By Bill Fletcher, Jr. Editorial Board

Since his 2008 campaign, much discussion has been devoted to understanding President Obama’s approach. At various points Obama’s public coolness has been seen as a plus, while at other points it has been viewed as a real minus. On those rare occasions when Obama has dared give expression to his ire, he has confronted the…

Since his 2008 campaign, much discussion has been devoted to understanding President Obama’s approach. At various points Obama’s public coolness has been seen as a plus,…

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Commentary

U.S. Tax Cuts: Will Obama End Up Like Toussaint L’Overture?

By Dr. Horace Campbell, PhD Editorial Board

“The tax plan would extend all of the lowered income tax rates enacted under President George W. Bush, as well as the 15 percent rate on capital gains and dividends, which were due to expire at the end of this month. And it would set new estate tax parameters, including an exemption of $5 million…

“The tax plan would extend all of the lowered income tax rates enacted under President George W. Bush, as well as the 15 percent rate on…

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Color of Law

Americans, Our Work Is Cut Out For Us In 2011 – The

By David A. Love, JD Executive Editor

It is the end of another year, and quite a year it was. On a personal note, reflecting on life this holiday season, I am thankful for my wife Sarah, my family and good friends, and for my son Micah, who is about to turn a year old and is starting to run around the…

It is the end of another year, and quite a year it was. On a personal note, reflecting on life this holiday season, I am thankful…

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Commentary

Obama: A Titanic Disaster for Everyday People

By Larry Pinkney Editorial Board

-Amilcar Cabral The only way to ameliorate an unacceptable reality is to first acknowledge its existence. In other words, one cannot change a condition that one fails (or refuses) to recognize. After approximately two years of continued shenanigans, double speak, and betrayal by the Obama / Biden regime (and its ever-willing accomplices from both major…

-Amilcar Cabral The only way to ameliorate an unacceptable reality is to first acknowledge its existence. In other words, one cannot change a condition that one…

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Commentary

Remember Our Homeless Gay Youth This Holiday

By The Reverend Irene Monroe Editorial Board

The holiday season is a difficult time of year many of us. Our culture’s egregious forms of commercialism always bother me — and its anemic recognition of other celebratory forms of this holiday season other than Christmas, like Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Ramadan, and the celebration of the winter solstice. Too often we see the glitz and…

The holiday season is a difficult time of year many of us. Our culture’s egregious forms of commercialism always bother me -- and its anemic recognition…

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Commentary

Corporate Media War Pigs – Leftward-Ho

By Peter Gamble Publisher

On Dec-16th Veterans for Peace and a lineup of high-profile dissenters engaged in civil disobedience at the White House to End War. 131 people were arrested including Daniel Ellsberg and FBI whistleblower Colleen Rowley. The reason I mention Ellsberg and Rowley is because they were interviewed a few days prior to the protest by Keith…

On Dec-16th Veterans for Peace and a lineup of high-profile dissenters engaged in civil disobedience at the White House to End War. 131 people were arrested…

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