Issue: 418
Mar 17, 2011
Commentary
Farmers Join Workers In Wisconsin – A Good Sign
Columnist
When the tractors rolled into Madison, Wisconsin, to support workers in fending off the attack by Governor Scott Walker and his Republican allies, it was a good sign that there is a sense of solidarity among those who do the work. Walker, his Tea Party supporters, the billionaire Koch brothers, and others like them are…
When the tractors rolled into Madison, Wisconsin, to support workers in fending off the attack by Governor Scott Walker and his Republican allies, it was a…
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Commentary
RACE-Y Topics – Why Do Blacks Earn Less?
Guest Commentator
Note: BC welcomes Algernon Austin as a columnist. “RACE-Y Topics” will appear on a regular basis. In 2008, the nation elected its first black president, Barack Obama. While some were celebrating the supposed arrival of a post-racial America, black men more generally earned only 71% of what white men earned. The median hourly wage for…
Note: BC welcomes Algernon Austin as a columnist. "RACE-Y Topics" will appear on a regular basis. In 2008, the nation elected its first black president, Barack…
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Commentary
The Black Movement And Loving African People
Columnist
The remembrance of our ancestors and their redemption, our continued oppression in America inspires me to re-acknowledge my love for African people. This inspiration and love also causes me to intensify my work in the Black Liberation Movement. The word love is probably one of the most used and overworked words in the English language.…
The remembrance of our ancestors and their redemption, our continued oppression in America inspires me to re-acknowledge my love for African people. This inspiration and love…
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Commentary
From Thurgood to No-Good – Point Blank
Columnist
Every now and then HBO tosses us a non-stereotypical black show (which only gives them away when they air “The Wire” or “The Corner,” and claim they don’t know any better). Consider “Thurgood” a home run. This is a one-man re-enactment of the life of the first black US Supreme Court Justice. As much as…
Every now and then HBO tosses us a non-stereotypical black show (which only gives them away when they air "The Wire" or "The Corner," and claim…
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Commentary
Razing the Voting Bloc
Columnist
I’ve said recently that there is a concerted “war on us.” And who is “us,” you ask? “Us” refers to the people that conservative Republicans despise: poor, working class, and/or people of color. That definition is greatly expanded when you factor in the cross-sections of people that fit into that description: the unemployed, under-educated, illiterate…
I’ve said recently that there is a concerted “war on us.” And who is “us,” you ask? “Us” refers to the people that conservative Republicans despise:…
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Guest Commentary
The Big Political Question of the Day
Guest Commentator
We knew the Wisconsin battle is not about the budget at all. It is a political question; a huge political question. Ohio, Michigan and Indiana among other States are there, too. What just happened in Wisconsin is so reflective of the manner in which civil rights setbacks occur time, after time at the State level,…
We knew the Wisconsin battle is not about the budget at all. It is a political question; a huge political question. Ohio, Michigan and Indiana among…
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Art
Quote to Ponder: “When you put your hand to the plow…” – Alice Paul, Feminist, Suffragist and Political Strategist
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