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Oct 6, 2011

Sharp n’ Blunt

The Cain Mutiny

By Desi Cortez Columnist

If Black America fears with whom Obama may be burning the mid-night oil, up-plottin’, break’in bread behind closed Black House doors with Dixie-crat disciples of Reagen … betraying the best interest of Black Americans, then good lord, Mary, sweet mother of Jesus…we’re going to be scared as Hell who TEA Bagger Herman Cain might be…

If Black America fears with whom Obama may be burning the mid-night oil, up-plottin’, break’in bread behind closed Black House doors with Dixie-crat disciples of Reagen…

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Commentary

Depiction of Contradiction

By Perry Redd Columnist

This past week, the news cycle has been fast and furious. If you’ve blinked, then you’ve missed something. Not necessarily the stories, but the truth. The actors have said one thing, and then have done another. They’ve stood on principle – or so they’ve said – then stood on someone else’s. Of course, I’m sick…

This past week, the news cycle has been fast and furious. If you’ve blinked, then you’ve missed something. Not necessarily the stories, but the truth. The…

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Commentary

Black Politics in America

By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill, PhD Columnist

Since the end of the Civil War in 1865, when African Americans were granted the right to vote, through the 15th Amendment in 1868, electoral politics has played a dominant role in the African American Community. African Americans have been participating in electoral politics for 138 years. With the North winning the Civil War and…

Since the end of the Civil War in 1865, when African Americans were granted the right to vote, through the 15th Amendment in 1868, electoral politics…

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Guest Commentary

Our Africa: The U.S. Moral Obligation To Address Global Hunger

By Rev. Derrick Boykin and Bishop Charles E. Blake Guest Commentators

We’ve heard it said before, “Yes, I know people in poor countries have a lot of needs. But so do many people in this country, and we should take care of them first.” The speakers are rarely people who are unconcerned about poverty and hunger. On the contrary, they are paying attention – and reacting…

We’ve heard it said before, “Yes, I know people in poor countries have a lot of needs. But so do many people in this country, and…

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Guest Commentary

“It’s a Matter of Life or Death”

By Dr. Mei-Ling Malone, PhD Guest Commentator

I open with a quote I took from a sixth grade science lesson plan on “Human Needs”. “Human beings have certain basic needs. We must have food, water, air, and shelter to survive. If any one of these basic needs is not met, then humans cannot survive.”(1) You see, shelter is a must have for…

I open with a quote I took from a sixth grade science lesson plan on “Human Needs”. “Human beings have certain basic needs. We must have…

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