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Jan 20, 2011

Cover Story

The Hypocrisy of ‘America’s’ Democracy

By Larry Pinkney Editorial Board

“Sometimes people hold a core belief that is very strong. When they are presented with evidence that works against that belief, the new evidence cannot be accepted. It would create a feeling that is extremely uncomfortable, called cognitive dissonance. And because it is so important to protect the core belief, they will rationalize, ignore and…

"Sometimes people hold a core belief that is very strong. When they are presented with evidence that works against that belief, the new evidence cannot be…

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Commentary

President Aristide Is Ready To Return To Haiti – Former President Sends Email Message

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

I would like to thank the government and the people of South Africa for the historic hospitality, deeply rooted in Ubuntu, extended to my family and I. Since my forced arrival in the Mother Continent six and a half years ago, the people of Haiti have never stopped calling for my return to Haiti .…

I would like to thank the government and the people of South Africa for the historic hospitality, deeply rooted in Ubuntu, extended to my family and…

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Commentary

Terrorists Are Us: Arizona, U.S.A

By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD Editorial Board

The BBC radio host and non-American guests wanted to sound civil, objective, as they discussed another shooting rampage in the U.S. The Wild Wild West. Arizona. The OK Corral! John Wayne and Gary Cooper. The host and guests stumbled over the contradictions – the 2nd Amendment, the right to bare arms and shocked and grieving…

The BBC radio host and non-American guests wanted to sound civil, objective, as they discussed another shooting rampage in the U.S. The Wild Wild West. Arizona.…

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Commentary

The Jasmine Revolution – Testing Time for the White House

By Carl Bloice Editorial Board

Shortly after the start of the New Year, Reuters reported that “Millions of Pakistanis are growing frustrated at widespread corruption, power cuts, poverty and rising inflation – problems that risk pushing more young men to join militants groups in the South Asian country of 170 million.” In that atmosphere, the country’s government decided last year,…

Shortly after the start of the New Year, Reuters reported that “Millions of Pakistanis are growing frustrated at widespread corruption, power cuts, poverty and rising inflation…

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The African World

Book Review

By Bill Fletcher, Jr. Editorial Board

Horace Campbell, Barack Obama and Twenty-First Century Politics: A revolutionary moment in the USA (New York: Pluto Press, 2010), 319 pps. $29 paperback, $95 hardback. Horace Campbell has produced a rigorous, thought-provoking look at the political moment in which we find ourselves. Barack Obama and Twenty-first Century Politics: A Revolutionary Moment in the USA presents…

Horace Campbell, Barack Obama and Twenty-First Century Politics: A revolutionary moment in the USA (New York: Pluto Press, 2010), 319 pps. $29 paperback, $95 hardback. Horace…

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Color of Law

GOP Austerity Plan is an Assault on Blacks and Latinos – The

By David A. Love, JD Executive Editor

“Them that’s got shall get. Them that’s not shall lose,” as the Billie Holiday song goes. “Yes, the strong gets more while the weak ones fade. Empty pockets don’t ever make the grade.” It is a tale of two cities in early twenty-first century America. Wall Street is enjoying hefty bonuses and corporate America is…

“Them that’s got shall get. Them that’s not shall lose,” as the Billie Holiday song goes. “Yes, the strong gets more while the weak ones fade.…

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