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Issue: 453

Jan 5, 2012

Guest Commentary

Racial Disparities in Air Quality

By James E. Harris, President, NAACP New Jersey State Conference Guest Commentator

As the NAACP State Conference President for New Jersey I am responsible for hearing and addressing all types of concerns. In New Jersey far too many of the complaints I hear relate to deprivation of what should be a basic human right for all, the right to breathe clean air. The racial disparities in air…

As the NAACP State Conference President for New Jersey I am responsible for hearing and addressing all types of concerns. In New Jersey far too many…

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Color of Law

It’s the Old South vs. the New South – The

By David A. Love, JD Executive Editor

The American South can�t seem to shake off the Civil War. Or Jim Crow. And yet, that region of the U.S. is undergoing some dramatic changes. How the South responds to these changes will determine how easily it will enter the modern world and usher out the racial demons of its past. Latinos are on…

The American South can�t seem to shake off the Civil War. Or Jim Crow. And yet, that region of the U.S. is undergoing some dramatic changes.…

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Cover Story

Obama’s Ominous Arming of Despots in the Gulf

By Carl Bloice Editorial Board

Just as the year was coming to a close, three prominent Iraqi political figures declared their country �stands on the brink of disaster.�� Rather than becoming a �a functioning democratic and nonsectarian state,� Iraq is on the path to becoming� a sectarian autocracy that carries with it the threat of devastating civil war,� asserted Ayad…

Just as the year was coming to a close, three prominent Iraqi political figures declared their country �stands on the brink of disaster.�� Rather than becoming…

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Commentary

Black LGBTQs Finding Voice for the Future

By The Reverend Irene Monroe Editorial Board

Having voice in the Black Community is still an arduous struggle for its lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBTQ) community. As we cross over into 2012, one of our biggest accomplishments in 2011 has been the various ways in which LGBTQ of African descent have employed different public venues to be heard. And these venues…

Having voice in the Black Community is still an arduous struggle for its lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBTQ) community. As we cross over into 2012,…

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Commentary

‘Beyond Vietnam’ Into Afghanistan and Indefinite Detention of U.S. Citizens

By Larry Pinkney Editorial Board

Everyday ordinary Black, White, Brown, Red, and Yellow people of this nation and world want simply to be accorded the right to live our lives with collective human dignity, justice, economic security, and in peace. Thanks to the signing by U.S. President Barack Obama on (New Year’s Eve) December 31, 2011 of the so-called National…

Everyday ordinary Black, White, Brown, Red, and Yellow people of this nation and world want simply to be accorded the right to live our lives with…

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Commentary

When A Wolf Is Not A Wolf

By Perry Redd Columnist

The New Year is the time when people conscientiously decide to �turn over a new leaf� and do things differently. Some excise old vices; others add new virtues. But what happens when former ideals re-surface in the midst of professed change? Or, even more, when past beliefs appear at inconvenient times of new progress. Well,…

The New Year is the time when people conscientiously decide to �turn over a new leaf� and do things differently. Some excise old vices; others add…

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