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Issue: 423

Apr 21, 2011

Cover Story

Building a Movement For a Better Future (The past ain’t comin’ back!)

By Ethel Long-Scott Editorial Board

For all of the talk about getting our economy back from its 2008 crash, two things haven’t changed. The super rich continue to get richer at the expense of the rest of us, while workers continue to lose ground. Now that Congress and state legislatures are struggling with what additional safety net programs to cut,…

For all of the talk about getting our economy back from its 2008 crash, two things haven’t changed. The super rich continue to get richer at…

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Commentary

Malcolm X’s Message: Finish the Work that Must be Done!

By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD Editorial Board

Repetition. Some crew members take note: the same card game resulting in the shuffling of the same cards to the same players and the same outcome. The doctor believes she examines the same patient for an inner ear infection and the patient seems to recall the same examination. The captain thinks aloud that he has…

Repetition. Some crew members take note: the same card game resulting in the shuffling of the same cards to the same players and the same outcome.…

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Commentary

Moving Left – Part 2 How Do We Bring Obama Home? How to Respond to Obama

By Bill Fletcher, Jr. Editorial Board

Rather than dwell on the question of whether we can bring Obama home, whether he ever was home, etc., I want to refocus on this question of how to respond to him, particularly as we start to think about 2012. First, what do we now say about 2008? Contrary to those who have thrown up…

Rather than dwell on the question of whether we can bring Obama home, whether he ever was home, etc., I want to refocus on this question…

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Commentary

Honoring the Legacy of Thurgood Marshall at Syracuse University College of Law

By Larry Pinkney Editorial Board

When it comes to the study of history, we have the choice of actively learning from it or being relegated to infamy by it. Everyday ordinary Black, White, Brown, Red, and Yellow people have many s/heroes who have risked life and limb in the pursuit of justice and human rights. More often than not, their…

When it comes to the study of history, we have the choice of actively learning from it or being relegated to infamy by it. Everyday ordinary…

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Commentary

Reflections from Behind the Wall – A Luta Continua

By Chuck Turner Editorial Board

BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board member Chuck Turner is writing this column from the U.S. Federal Prison in Hazelton, West Virginia where he is serving a three year term for a bribery conviction. BC is in contact with Mr. Turner by email and telephone. Click here to send an email message that BC can pass on to…

BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board member Chuck Turner is writing this column from the U.S. Federal Prison in Hazelton, West Virginia where he is serving a three year…

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Color of Law

Miral Defies Racial Stereotypes of Arabs in the Media – The

By David A. Love, JD Executive Editor

Over the weekend, I saw the new film Miral by director Julian Schnabel (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly). I’ll start off by saying that overall, it was well done. What was perhaps most noteworthy about the film is that it told a story about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from the point of view of a…

Over the weekend, I saw the new film Miral by director Julian Schnabel (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly). I’ll start off by saying that overall,…

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Commentary

Dr. Charshee Mcintyre: A Great Black Woman

By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill, PhD Columnist

I often think of Sister Charshee McIntyre who had great impact of all of us in the Black Liberation Movement. I miss her dearly. I miss the late night talks, advice, and consultation. I am sure that many other activists, scholars and leaders in our movement also miss her. Sister Charshee, like Queen Mother Moore,…

I often think of Sister Charshee McIntyre who had great impact of all of us in the Black Liberation Movement. I miss her dearly. I miss…

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