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Issue: 431

June 16, 2011

Color of Law

Dealing With Double Layers of Grief and Joy on Father’s Day – The

By David A. Love, JD Executive Editor

I thought I would reflect on Father’s Day, not with my standard fare of global social and political analysis, but on a personal note for a change. Father’s Day has a special significance to me, in a month filled with life’s milestones. After all, my birthday is in June, as is my father’s birthday, my…

I thought I would reflect on Father’s Day, not with my standard fare of global social and political analysis, but on a personal note for a…

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Commentary

Reflections from Behind the Wall – Preview of Anatomy of a Frame Up – A Luta Continua

By Chuck Turner Editorial Board

Note: 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…

Note: 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…

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Commentary

Accommodationists: Couching the Truth in Perpetration

By Larry Pinkney Editorial Board

The most insidious and exploitative political and economic pimps of everyday Black, White, Brown, Red, and Yellow people are those motivated by personal ambition that is devoid of principles. These metaphorical vultures, masquerading as human beings, come in both genders and in all colors and ethnicities. They are, in fact, the bane of humanity in…

The most insidious and exploitative political and economic pimps of everyday Black, White, Brown, Red, and Yellow people are those motivated by personal ambition that is…

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Commentary

Earth Democracy Not the Farce of the Political Process

By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD Editorial Board

Whenever Black Americans have dared to think of the electoral process as a farce, they have been punished, marginalized, ostracized, condemned as “anti-American,” and forces are mobilized for the extermination of “terror.” Figures such as Paul Robeson, Pauli Murray, Claudia Tate, Angela Davis, and the Black Panthers come to mind. Recently, the former Black Panther,…

Whenever Black Americans have dared to think of the electoral process as a farce, they have been punished, marginalized, ostracized, condemned as “anti-American,” and forces are…

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Commentary

Boston Pride Events Honored The Late Rev. Peter Gomes

By The Reverend Irene Monroe Editorial Board

Rev. Peter J. Gomes (1942 – 2011), the former Plummer Professor of Christian Morals and Pusey Minister in the Memorial Church at Harvard, died on February 28, but his soul was honored and his spirit partied with us at Boston Pride. By a vote of over 2,000 people, Gomes was nominated as one of Boston…

Rev. Peter J. Gomes (1942 – 2011), the former Plummer Professor of Christian Morals and Pusey Minister in the Memorial Church at Harvard, died on February…

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Commentary

My Annual Graduation Message

By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill, PhD Columnist

Once again I am sharing my annual graduation speech in hopes that it will help African people in America understand the real meaning of these rites of passage for thousands of our young people who will be participating in commencement exercises affirming their graduation from elementary, middle school, high school, and college in the next…

Once again I am sharing my annual graduation speech in hopes that it will help African people in America understand the real meaning of these rites…

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Commentary

Independent Union Movement? It’s Been a Long Time Coming

By John Funiciello Columnist

Richard Trumka, president of the AFL-CIO, earlier this month called for a politically independent labor movement, indicating a definite move toward cutting off organized labor’s dependence on the political parties for advancement of wage working Americans. For many who have been involved in organized labor and the labor movement, in general, for decades, Trumka’s new…

Richard Trumka, president of the AFL-CIO, earlier this month called for a politically independent labor movement, indicating a definite move toward cutting off organized labor’s dependence…

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Commentary

Getting to the ROOTS of What and Who is Relevant in Our World Today

By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD Columnist

The only thing that we all know for sure is that relevant is REAL. We talk about “keepin’ it real” but keeping it real is only important if it is relevant to what we’re talk in about or what we’re trying to resolve. The Republican and Tea Party candidates for President got stage this week…

The only thing that we all know for sure is that relevant is REAL. We talk about “keepin’ it real” but keeping it real is only…

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