Issue: 415
Feb 24, 2011
Commentary
Maybe Egypt‘s Youth aren‘t Silenced, but Who‘s Silencing Egypt‘s Blacks; the Original Egyptians? – Point Blank
Columnist
The ambiguous Egyptian dictator actually stepped down. Egyptians will soon be free to vote for the wrong candidate just like we do here in the US. At least that‘s what I tweeted to the known universe. Hosni Mubarak waited ‘til the last possible micro-second before finally making his exit. It‘s not everyday that we witness…
The ambiguous Egyptian dictator actually stepped down. Egyptians will soon be free to vote for the wrong candidate just like we do here in the US.…
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Commentary
The Very Recent War On Us
Columnist
I wrote a song a few years back that I never really warmed up to, until I recorded it. It was written while I sat behind the walls of a federal prison. It was fueled by the reality of, not only the place where I was sitting in American society in July of “07, but…
I wrote a song a few years back that I never really warmed up to, until I recorded it. It was written while I sat behind…
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Commentary
A Problem That Lingers
Columnist
One of our great ancestors, Harold Cruse wrote a book, The Crisis of the Negro Intellectual, which was published in 1967, at the height of the Black Power Movement. This insightful book stirred up a spirited conversation in the African Liberation Movement. That conversation revolves around the weaknesses of our movement, the direction of our…
One of our great ancestors, Harold Cruse wrote a book, The Crisis of the Negro Intellectual, which was published in 1967, at the height of the…
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Guest Commentary
American Exceptionalism
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Editor’s Note: The following are the words of the late Howard Zinn (1922-2010, historian, author, political activist, playwright, intellectual and Professor of Political Science at Boston University). The notion of American exceptionalism—that the United States alone has the right, whether by divine sanction or moral obligation, to bring civilization, or democracy, or liberty to the…
Editor’s Note: The following are the words of the late Howard Zinn (1922-2010, historian, author, political activist, playwright, intellectual and Professor of Political Science at Boston…
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Art
Quote to Ponder: “Freedom is never given; it is won.” – A. Philip Randolph
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