Issue: 463
Mar 15, 2012
The African World
What is happening with the Republicans?
Editorial Board
Look, I have no idea who will win in November but I have to say that what I am seeing among the Republicans is more bizarre than anything I have ever witnessed. The �circle of clowns� of Republican candidates seems increasingly intent on proving that they are the voices of ignorance, fear and irrationalism.� I…
Look, I have no idea who will win in November but I have to say that what I am seeing among the Republicans is more bizarre…
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Guest Commentary
Calling out Neil deGrasse Tyson
Columnist
Neil deGrasse Tyson believes that the United States has lost the sense of adventure, forward-looking expectation, and appreciation for innovation that was stimulated by President Kennedy�s call for space exploration. He bemoans this loss and is quite willing to recount the many scientific and material benefits that flowed from the activities of the National Aeronautics…
Neil deGrasse Tyson believes that the United States has lost the sense of adventure, forward-looking expectation, and appreciation for innovation that was stimulated by President Kennedy�s…
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Cover Story
What Is “Improved” In The New Anti-Free Speech Law?
Columnist
The new law just signed by President Obama sounds rather innocuous, but it takes the nation a step further in the restriction of citizens� rights to demand a redress of grievances of their government and to speak in a public place about what�s on their minds. Although the law, H.R. 347 (Federal Restricted Buildings and…
The new law just signed by President Obama sounds rather innocuous, but it takes the nation a step further in the restriction of citizens� rights to…
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Commentary
Just A Spoonful Of Novocaine Helps The Medicine Go Down
Editorial Board
This president has not once demonstrated the least bit of concern for the political prisoners confined in the prison gulags of this nation, or for that matter, for the burgeoning U.S. prison population in general, and the inhumane and deplorable conditions thereto. This president�� sang Al Green to his audience at a recent fund raiser…
This president has not once demonstrated the least bit of concern for the political prisoners confined in the prison gulags of this nation, or for that…
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Commentary
On Both Side of the Pond: Bad news for Young Black Workers
Editorial Board
Some truly distressing news made its way across the Atlantic last week. The jobless rate for young black male jobseekers in Britain rose from 28.8 percent in 2008 to 55.9 percent at the end of last year. According to government statistics, �Unemployment rate for black 16 to 24-year-olds available for work now double that for…
Some truly distressing news made its way across the Atlantic last week. The jobless rate for young black male jobseekers in Britain rose from 28.8 percent…
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Art
Quote to Ponder: “I want history to remember me not just as the first black woman to be elected to Congress, not as the first black woman to have made a bid for the presidency of the United States, but as a black woman who lived in the 20th century and dared to be herself.” – Congressperson Shirley Chisholm
Guest Commentator
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