Issue: 441

Commentary

The Hershey Factory and State Department vs. The “Mighty, Mighty” Foreign Student Workers!

By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD bc Editorial Board

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In “Letter to My Nephew on the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Emancipation,” the Uncle James warns the younger James, “you can only be destroyed” if you believe “that you really are” what others tell you are. “Trust your experience. Know whence you came.” I remember being terrified of bullies. My arm, squeezed too tightly…

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In “Letter to My Nephew on the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Emancipation,” the Uncle James warns the younger James, “you can only be destroyed” if…

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Commentary

Homophobe Tim Hardaway’s Change of Words

By The Reverend Irene Monroe bc Editorial Board

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In the African American community, we desperately need public role models denouncing anti-homophobic bullying, vitriol, and discrimination. Since too few role models come from the Black Church, many of us lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) brothers and sisters of African descent look to black role models, especially males, in the areas of entertainment…

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In the African American community, we desperately need public role models denouncing anti-homophobic bullying, vitriol, and discrimination. Since too few role models come from the Black…

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Commentary

Counterinsurgency and Political Prisoners in the United States

By Larry Pinkney bc Editorial Board

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One of the most insidious historical myths perpetuated by so-called ‘educational’ institutions and the corporate-stream media is that the United States was founded upon the holistic principles of ‘democracy’ and ‘justice for all.’ Since when has ‘democracy’ and ‘justice for all’ meant the genocide of the Indigenous Native peoples, the enslavement of Black people, and…

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One of the most insidious historical myths perpetuated by so-called ‘educational’ institutions and the corporate-stream media is that the United States was founded upon the holistic…

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Commentary

Reflections from Behind the Wall – Anatomy of a Frame Up – Chapter 9 – Postscript – A Luta Continua

By Chuck Turner bc Editorial Board

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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…

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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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Cartoon

Political Cartoon – John Walker Lindh

By Eric Garcia bc Cartoonist/Artist

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