Issue: 455
Jan 19, 2012
The African World
King, 1967 and Challenging Your “Friends”
Editorial Board
Each year, at the time of the celebration of the life of Dr. King, little attention is focused on King�s April 1967 speech against US aggression in Vietnam.� We are exposed to remembrances concerning the 1963 March on Washington, and sometimes the events surrounding his murder in 1968, but little about his strong stand against…
Each year, at the time of the celebration of the life of Dr. King, little attention is focused on King�s April 1967 speech against US aggression…
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Guest Commentary
The Latest Adventures of the Black “Underclass”
Guest Commentator
Republican presidential hopefuls Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney have burnished their conservative credentials through racially coded invective evoking the dependency of the black �underclass� on government handouts.� Late last year, Gingrich caused a commotion when he referred to child labor laws as �truly stupid.�� He mused that poor children could develop the honest work ethic…
Republican presidential hopefuls Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney have burnished their conservative credentials through racially coded invective evoking the dependency of the black �underclass� on government…
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Color of Law
Dr. King’s Stance Against the Death Penalty – The
Executive Editor
As the U.S. observes the eighty-third birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., this is a perfect time to reflect on the slain civil rights leader, Nobel laureate and death penalty opponent. Much is known of the Montgomery bus boycott that he led in the 1950s. He fought for economic justice and the plight of…
As the U.S. observes the eighty-third birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., this is a perfect time to reflect on the slain civil rights leader,…
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Guest Commentary
A Sickening Political Season
Guest Commentator
As I watch the pathetic Republican parade of so-called presidential candidates strut their stuff I�m struck by what these people think are the important issues facing the United States and how conservatives define �liberty�. It�s old hat, I know, to suggest that to them it means we all do things their way, but it�s hard…
As I watch the pathetic Republican parade of so-called presidential candidates strut their stuff I�m struck by what these people think are the important issues facing…
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Commentary
MLK Day Reflection for LGBTQ Justice in the Black Church
Editorial Board
Like her parents� faith, the Kings� eldest daughter Yolanda�s faith in the civil rights movement drove her passion for LGBTQ justice. �If you are gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender, you do not have the same rights as other Americans,� she said at Chicago�s Out & Equal Workplace Summit in 2006. �You cannot marry. … [Y]ou…
Like her parents� faith, the Kings� eldest daughter Yolanda�s faith in the civil rights movement drove her passion for LGBTQ justice. �If you are gay, lesbian,…
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Commentary
Shredding the Illusion of U.S. Democracy
Editorial Board
It is the entire irretrievably corrupt, hypocritical, corporate-controlled U.S. system that must be unequivocally changed by everyday people. It must be totally and utterly scrapped and creatively replaced with a model that is a work in progress – a model that is based upon collective human needs, not avaricious corporate greed, economic austerity and perpetual…
It is the entire irretrievably corrupt, hypocritical, corporate-controlled U.S. system that must be unequivocally changed by everyday people. It must be totally and utterly scrapped and…
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