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Issue: 456

Jan 26, 2012

Commentary

The Economy, Indefinite Detention and the Drums of War

By Larry Pinkney Editorial Board

The actual message of the U.S. corporate-government to the world is, �do as I say, not as I do!� Ironically, it is the U.S. government itself who first unleashed the terrible nuclear genie upon humankind, and who remains a foremost nuclear power to this very day – which fact is not missed by other nations…

The actual message of the U.S. corporate-government to the world is, �do as I say, not as I do!� Ironically, it is the U.S. government itself…

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Commentary

Envy is the Illusion

By Perry Redd Columnist

Have you heard the latest buzzword? It�s more akin to an allegation. As we bear witness to the Republicans vying for the opportunity to face incumbent Barack Obama for the presidency, �The Politics of Envy� has become the allegation placed against anyone who might call a fact a fact or a truth a truth. The…

Have you heard the latest buzzword? It�s more akin to an allegation. As we bear witness to the Republicans vying for the opportunity to face incumbent…

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Guest Commentary

Quilt Story: Black Rural Women, White Urban Entrepreneurs, and the American Dream

By Linda Hunt Beckman Guest Commentator

In May 2012 a new exhibition of quilts from Gee�s Bend, Alabama will open in Nashville. William Arnett, with his companies that all have �Tinwood� in their names, has won recognition as art for patchwork from this African American hamlet. But there has been criticism. A remark, made in an interview on Alabama Public Television…

In May 2012 a new exhibition of quilts from Gee�s Bend, Alabama will open in Nashville. William Arnett, with his companies that all have �Tinwood� in…

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Quote to Ponder: "I’m worried that students will take their obedient place in society and look to become successful cogs in the wheel - let the wheel spin around them as it wants without taking a look at what they’re doing. I’m concerned that students not become passive acceptors of the official doctrine that’s handed down to them from the White House, the media, textbooks, teachers and preachers." - Howard Zinn

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Quote to Ponder: “I’m worried that students will take their obedient place in society and look to become successful cogs in the wheel – let the wheel spin around them as it wants without taking a look at what they’re doing. I’m concerned that students not become passive acceptors of the official doctrine that’s handed down to them from the White House, the media, textbooks, teachers and preachers.” – Howard Zinn

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

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Commentary

Applaud Tucson’s Unified School District! Now, Confiscate Shakespeare’s Plays!

By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD Editorial Board

Children and young adults in the U.S. do not need an introduction into the scheming and conniving ways of someone like Iago. What is it that our children and young people are to learn from reading the words of a liar who hates his superior – a Moor! – so much that he plots to…

Children and young adults in the U.S. do not need an introduction into the scheming and conniving ways of someone like Iago. What is it that…

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