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Issue: 452

Dec 15, 2011

Commentary

Words Matter for Our Progress

By Perry Redd Columnist

So the story goes: “we’ve made great strides in American race relations. We’re in a post-racial society.” I, of course, don’t go for that one. As a matter of fact, I believe we’re rapidly digressing from the progress we had achieved through the blood and sacrifice of our enslaved forbearers and civil rights warriors. One…

So the story goes: “we’ve made great strides in American race relations. We’re in a post-racial society.” I, of course, don’t go for that one. As…

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Commentary

Am I The Only One That Think The Lakers Are Trippin’?

By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD Columnist

The NBA lockout was finally resolved two weeks ago, ending our “Basketball Jones” depression. Even though college basketball has been “poppin’,” it doesn’t resolve our daily dose of funks, dunks, shakes and bakes that come with professional basketball. So now the NBA is back and commissioner David Stern hasn’t cut us any slack, as the…

The NBA lockout was finally resolved two weeks ago, ending our “Basketball Jones” depression. Even though college basketball has been “poppin’,” it doesn’t resolve our daily…

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