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Issue: 459

Feb 16, 2012

Commentary

BlackCommentor.com: The Chickens Have Come Home to Roost!

By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD Editorial Board

I cannot end this article without commenting on Chris Hedges� article, �The Cancer in Occupy,� (Truthdig, February 6, 2012). I do not agree with all of its points or with Hedges� uncompromising stand on non-violence as a strategy for confronting the criminals of Wall Street, but I do agree – there is a �cancer� in…

I cannot end this article without commenting on Chris Hedges� article, �The Cancer in Occupy,� (Truthdig, February 6, 2012). I do not agree with all of…

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Cover Story

Black Wealth in America is Dwindling: Study

By John Funiciello Columnist

According to a 2011 study by the Pew Research Center, the average white household�s wealth was 20 times that of the average black household. How do such things happen? Jeannette Wicks-Lim, an assistant research professor at the Political Economy Research Institute, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, writing in the January-February 2012 issue of Dollars and Sense,…

According to a 2011 study by the Pew Research Center, the average white household�s wealth was 20 times that of the average black household. How do…

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Sharp n’ Blunt

A Divided Black America Cannot Stand

By Desi Cortez Columnist

You may not dig this, but dig this – in Malcolm�s words: I�m not here tonight to discuss my religion. I�m not here to try and change your religion. I�m not here to argue or discuss anything that we differ about, because it�s time for us to submerge our differences and realize that it is…

You may not dig this, but dig this - in Malcolm�s words: I�m not here tonight to discuss my religion. I�m not here to try and…

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Commentary

The Challenge of Black Nationalism

By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill, PhD Columnist

One of the biggest challenges African people face in America is to rejuvenate Black Nationalist thinking as struggle to determine for ourselves as a people what is in our best collective interests. There are far too many African people in this country who think what is good for other people should be good for us.…

One of the biggest challenges African people face in America is to rejuvenate Black Nationalist thinking as struggle to determine for ourselves as a people what…

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