Issue: 464

Commentary

Book Review – Body and Soul: The Black Panther Party And The Fight Against Medical Discrimination

By Larry Pinkney bc Editorial Board

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One of the political rallying cries of the Black Panther Party was, �Serve the people body and soul.� Alondra Nelson has brought forth a highly informative, meticulously documented, extremely relevant, and deeply engaging historical account of precisely how the daily activism of the Black Panther Party, in the area of health care, positively impacted Black…

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One of the political rallying cries of the Black Panther Party was, �Serve the people body and soul.� Alondra Nelson has brought forth a highly informative,…

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Commentary

A God of Politics

By Perry Redd bc Columnist

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Yes, I said it last year, but I don�t think you were listening. That�s okay because that�s also par for the course for the American populace. When E.F. Hutton spoke, people listened�remember that? Well, when God speaks, people hear what they want to hear. I – and you too – witnessed another round of winter…

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Yes, I said it last year, but I don�t think you were listening. That�s okay because that�s also par for the course for the American populace.…

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Art

Quote to Ponder: “If women want any rights more than they’s got, why don’t they just take them, and not be talking about it

By The Black Commentator bc Guest Commentator

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