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Issue: 458

Feb 9, 2012

Commentary

Lauding a Black “Reconciling and Inclusive” Church

By The Reverend Irene Monroe Editorial Board

February 1 began Black History Month, a national annual observance since 1926, honoring and celebrating the achievements of African-Americans and their institutions. The one institution least expected to be lauded among LGBTQ people of African descent in the month-long celebration is the Black Church. In this ongoing cacophony of anti-gay rhetoric from fire and brimstone,…

February 1 began Black History Month, a national annual observance since 1926, honoring and celebrating the achievements of African-Americans and their institutions. The one institution least…

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Commentary

From Occupying To Liberating

By Larry Pinkney Editorial Board

The �Occupy Movement,� which has swept this nation and indeed the planet, poses a serious threat to the self-preservation of the corporate-owned, blood sucking, political pimps of the Democratic and Republican parties, precisely because it has enhanced the consciousness of everyday people. Ordinary everyday people, despite being deluged by a daily diet consisting of diversions…

The �Occupy Movement,� which has swept this nation and indeed the planet, poses a serious threat to the self-preservation of the corporate-owned, blood sucking, political pimps…

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Commentary

The “Macho Concept of Struggle” Is Not Revolutionary

By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD Editorial Board

Others, Rosa Luxemburg continues, with �weak nerves� might not worry� But as far as I�m concerned, such a mode of operation – with the word �little bird� being thrown in on top of everything – to me that�s an insult, to put it mildly. Add to that the crass, heavy-handed instructions: Do such-and-such with Adolf…

Others, Rosa Luxemburg continues, with �weak nerves� might not worry� But as far as I�m concerned, such a mode of operation - with the word �little…

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Commentary

“Right to Work” A Euphemism for Workers Who Are Not Free

By John Funiciello Columnist

The so-called �right to work� laws got some attention this week, when Indiana�s governor, Mitch Daniels, signed his own state�s �right to work� law, making it the 23rd state to enact laws that emasculate American workers in their workplaces. These laws are a primary reason for the U.S. decline in unionization of its workers and,…

The so-called �right to work� laws got some attention this week, when Indiana�s governor, Mitch Daniels, signed his own state�s �right to work� law, making it…

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Commentary

What is the Real Meaning of Education?

By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill, PhD Columnist

We must stop the �Miseducation� of our youth. We must help our youth to redefine the reality of the institutions that affect us. The political behavior of a certain sector of Africans in America leadership in the educational arena should cause us to ask the question, �What is the real meaning of education?� Education is…

We must stop the �Miseducation� of our youth. We must help our youth to redefine the reality of the institutions that affect us. The political behavior…

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