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May 26, 2011

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What Will it Take To Bring Obama Home? – His home is not my home – Moving Left – Part 9

By Carl Bloice Editorial Board

Maybe it depends on where home is. It’s not where I am. I’m to the left of Obama. Quite a bit. When Obama refers to “my friends on the left” he’s telling us two things: he has some and that’s not where he’s at. I knew it all along and that still didn’t stop me…

Maybe it depends on where home is. It’s not where I am. I’m to the left of Obama. Quite a bit. When Obama refers to “my…

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View from the Battlefield

Obama’s Foreign Policy, Israel’s Indefensible Stand

By Jamala Rogers Editorial Board

As President Obama was presenting the comprehensive vision of his Middle East policy, a contingent of St. Louis activists were landing in Tel-Aviv. The St. Louis Palestine Solidarity Committee (PSC) is composed of Jewish-Americans, Palestinian-Americans and other concerned Americans focused on bringing peace to the peoples of both countries. For the last several months, northern…

As President Obama was presenting the comprehensive vision of his Middle East policy, a contingent of St. Louis activists were landing in Tel-Aviv. The St. Louis…

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The African World

Two Things We Need the NAACP to Do in the Midst of the Current Economic Crisis

By Bill Fletcher, Jr. Editorial Board

A writer friend of mine, Nicholas Powers, just sent me the draft of a very good op-ed he is writing. In it, he makes reference to the depression-like conditions that Black America faces in the current economic crisis. For some reason, Powers’ article triggered the following thoughts. The election of Ben Jealous as president of…

A writer friend of mine, Nicholas Powers, just sent me the draft of a very good op-ed he is writing. In it, he makes reference to…

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Commentary

Freedom Riders Were Then; BMW Riders Are Now! Memorializing Resistance

By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD Editorial Board

This month, State media sees fit again to memorialize the struggle for justice and human rights. As with most presentations on labor, anti-war, and civil rights activism, the producers seem to suggest by-gone battles, ultimately won, and finally archived in black and white film footage and barely audible audio tapes. History! The battles to end…

This month, State media sees fit again to memorialize the struggle for justice and human rights. As with most presentations on labor, anti-war, and civil rights…

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Color of Law

18 Years Later, Will Justice Come for Stephen Lawrence? – The

By David A. Love, JD Executive Editor

A reader recently asked me if I think justice will finally come to Stephen Lawrence. This came after news that two men, David Norris and Gary Dobson, will face trial for his 1993 murder. Who is Stephen Lawrence, you ask? If you’re from the U.S., chances are that you’ve never heard of him, although there…

A reader recently asked me if I think justice will finally come to Stephen Lawrence. This came after news that two men, David Norris and Gary…

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Commentary

Political Parasites Pimping the People

By Larry Pinkney Editorial Board

In 21st century ‘America,’ the political pimping [i.e. the intellectual dumbing-down and economic exploitation] of everyday Black, White, Brown, Red, and Yellow people has reached systemic epidemic proportions. The result of this is that corporate-government lying, obfuscation, subterfuge, political repression, and perpetual U.S. wars abroad have become the norm rather than the exception. Biologically black…

In 21st century ‘America,’ the political pimping [i.e. the intellectual dumbing-down and economic exploitation] of everyday Black, White, Brown, Red, and Yellow people has reached systemic…

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Commentary

In “Hot-Lanta” You Stay “In The Closet” As CNN’s Don Lemon Did

By The Reverend Irene Monroe Editorial Board

CNN’s Don Lemon has penned a memoir titled, “Transparent” that will come out in September. In writing his book, Lemon said “the decision to come out happened organically.” One of the motivating reasons for Lemon, 45, now revealing his sexual orientation is because of the suicide of 18-year-old Rutgers University freshman, Tyler Clementi. Clementi, if…

CNN’s Don Lemon has penned a memoir titled, “Transparent” that will come out in September. In writing his book, Lemon said “the decision to come out…

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Commentary

Mom Power – Cindy Sheehan’s Soap Box

By Cindy Sheehan Guest Commentator

We have to reject this thinking that someone else will come along and solve our problems for us – or that there even exists such a person out there, somewhere, that cares more about our children, our families, and our communities than we do. I am a baby-boomer, born in the USA during the rise…

We have to reject this thinking that someone else will come along and solve our problems for us - or that there even exists such a…

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