Issue: 435

Commentary

Education and Doing for Self

By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill, PhD bc Columnist

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Throughout most of our lives, African people in America have been told if you get a good education you can get a good job. African people in Africa were told something similar. If you get a good education your condition in life will improve. In the early part of the twentieth-century until the late 1960s…

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Throughout most of our lives, African people in America have been told if you get a good education you can get a good job. African people…

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Commentary

Waffling and Delay Eroding Confidence

By John Funiciello bc Columnist

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The spectacle of a president facing a so-called double-dip recession if the debt ceiling is not raised in a few weeks and confronted by an opposition party that will not yield in its reckless race to the edge of the cliff is sure to erode what little confidence the people have in their political and…

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The spectacle of a president facing a so-called double-dip recession if the debt ceiling is not raised in a few weeks and confronted by an opposition…

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Commentary

Thieves in the Temple

By Perry Redd bc Columnist

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There’s a constituency of Americans who are not being served by their elected leaders with the degree of integrity vowed to by those leaders. I’d like to think that I can pin this occurrence down to my hometown, but unfortunately, it’s the storm cloud in The American Dream. Washington, DC is simply carrying the mantle…

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There’s a constituency of Americans who are not being served by their elected leaders with the degree of integrity vowed to by those leaders. I’d like…

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Commentary

Los Angeles County’s Prisoner Release Dilemma: Letting Law Enforcement Supervise Parolees Creates Constitutional Conflicts

By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD bc Columnist

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2) with unemployment already between 24% and 40% (depending who’s numbers you cite), where are they going to work? Early parolees and probationers must find work in a relatively short time (usually 30 days, although many aren’t released until they can prove they have work). But the biggest dilemma Los Angeles County has is who…

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2) with unemployment already between 24% and 40% (depending who’s numbers you cite), where are they going to work? Early parolees and probationers must find work…

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Cartoon

Political Cartoon – Yes We Can

By Chuck Siler

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Commentary

Justice for Palestine – A Call to Action From Indigenous and Women of Color Feminists

By The Black Commentator bc Guest Commentator

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Between June 14 and June 23, 2011, a delegation of 11 scholars, activists, and artists visited occupied Palestine. As indigenous and women of color feminists involved in multiple social justice struggles, we sought to affirm our association with the growing international movement for a free Palestine. We wanted to see for ourselves the conditions under…

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Between June 14 and June 23, 2011, a delegation of 11 scholars, activists, and artists visited occupied Palestine. As indigenous and women of color feminists involved…

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Commentary

Art: Morning Patrol

By Kadir Nelson

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Art Morning Patrol By Kadir Nelson, San Diego CA F11 key for full screen view For Share-able Page – Click here Third in a series of western paintings by Kadir Nelson, “Morning Patrol” pays homage to the African American soldiers who, after the end of the Civil War, were stationed in the west to protect…

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Art Morning Patrol By Kadir Nelson, San Diego CA F11 key for full screen view For Share-able Page - Click here Third in a series of…

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Art

Quote to Ponder: “Wall Street owns the country…” – Mary Elizabeth Lease, 1890

By The Black Commentator bc Guest Commentator

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