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Sept 15, 2011

Commentary

At a Time of Anniversary – Observances, Remember Attica

By John Funiciello Columnist

The past few weeks have been filled with remembrances of the attacks of September 11, 2001, and rightly so. Horrific events such as those, which occurred on that day, stay in the mind. This is especially true for the families of those who died on that day, affecting the lives of the next generation and…

The past few weeks have been filled with remembrances of the attacks of September 11, 2001, and rightly so. Horrific events such as those, which occurred…

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Commentary

Obama’s Job Speech: Will it Put an End to Political Gamesmanship?

By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD Columnist

After the August jobs report came in showing the economy flatlining (at least for a month) on new jobs, President Obama’s jobs plan is coming right on time. Lazy @ss Congress is back at work, after a summer of political gamesmanship, and we will now see if all the “big talk” will turn into action.…

After the August jobs report came in showing the economy flatlining (at least for a month) on new jobs, President Obama’s jobs plan is coming right…

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Commentary

Repairing the Curriculum

By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill, PhD Columnist

Part of our repair as an African people is the continued struggle to organize to challenge the teaching of African and Africans in America history in the public schools of America. This issue should continue to be a priority on our educational organizing agenda. Throughout the development of education in the western world, the idea…

Part of our repair as an African people is the continued struggle to organize to challenge the teaching of African and Africans in America history in…

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Guest Commentary

The Real Agenda of the Museum of the Confederacy and Why I Don’t Want Our Book to Receive an Award from Them

By Edward H. Sebesta Guest Commentator

[This is Part 1 of a 4-Part series] Recently, and against my wishes, my book, The Confederate and Neo-Confederate Reader: The “Great Truth” about the “Lost Cause”(University Press of Mississippi, 2010) was submitted to the Museum of the Confederacy (MOC) to be considered for an award. [1] The Confederate and Neo-Confederate Reader shows, in the…

[This is Part 1 of a 4-Part series] Recently, and against my wishes, my book, The Confederate and Neo-Confederate Reader: The "Great Truth" about the "Lost…

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Art: Lynch Mob

Art

Art: Lynch Mob

By Kadir Nelson

This work originally appeared in Scenario Magazine

This work originally appeared in Scenario Magazine

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Cover Story

Obama Job Plan: the Promise and the Drawbacks

By Carl Bloice Editorial Board

More than once in the morning after the President’s jobs speech, I had the same conversation: “it’s more than I expected.” “It’s a far cry from enough.” “It doesn’t really matter because the Republicans will kill it.” Therein lay the quandary for progressives. Should we rally around a program that is deficient, or continue to…

More than once in the morning after the President’s jobs speech, I had the same conversation: “it’s more than I expected.” “It’s a far cry from…

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Animated Political Cartoon - Tea Party Tradition

Cartoon

Animated Political Cartoon – Tea Party Tradition

By Mark Fiore

Pulitzer Prize-winner, Mark Fiore, who the Wall Street Journal has called “the undisputed guru of the form,” creates animated political cartoons in San Francisco, where his work has been featured on the San Francisco Chronicle’s web site, SFGate.com, for over ten years. His work also appears on Newsweek.com, Slate.com, CBSNews.com, MotherJones.com and NPR’s web site.…

Pulitzer Prize-winner, Mark Fiore, who the Wall Street Journal has called “the undisputed guru of the form,” creates animated political cartoons in San Francisco, where his…

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Guest Commentary

Obama as a One Term President: Implications for the Progressive Movement

By Dr. Ron Daniels, PhD Guest Commentator

Note: This commentary is the first part in a 4 part series titled: Beyond Obama and the Democrats and was written prior to Obama’s speech to the congress the president put forth his proposal for the American Jobs Act. Congresswoman Michele Bachman, the Tea Party firebrand from Minnesota, has declared her candidacy for the Republican…

Note: This commentary is the first part in a 4 part series titled: Beyond Obama and the Democrats and was written prior to Obama’s speech to…

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