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Issue: 465

Mar 29, 2012

Commentary

The Massachusetts 3 Strikes Crime Bill

By Dr. James Jennings, PhD Editorial Board

Let�s be clear: the 3 strikes crime bill being proposed for Massachusetts has nothing to do with the stopping or reduction of crime.� If not for the kind of long-enduring negative impacts on people and families, and communities, the proposal could be described as silly.� We cannot describe it as silly, however, because there is…

Let�s be clear: the 3 strikes crime bill being proposed for Massachusetts has nothing to do with the stopping or reduction of crime.� If not for…

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The African World

Presentation on “MX” To the Left Forum in New York City, Saturday, March 17, 2012 [edited version]

By Bill Fletcher, Jr. Editorial Board

Good afternoon.� My thanks to Herb Boyd for inviting me to participate on this panel and my thanks to Herb and Haki Madhubuti for inviting me to contribute to the book of essays in response to the publication of Manning Marable�s Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention. Once we have established that Malcolm X was…

Good afternoon.� My thanks to Herb Boyd for inviting me to participate on this panel and my thanks to Herb and Haki Madhubuti for inviting me…

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Cover Story

The Hoodie Debate – Suspicion is in the “Shoot First” Law and in Negrophobia

By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD Columnist

Journalist Gerald Rivera set off a national firestorm when he suggested the hoodie that Florida youth, Trayvon Martin, was wearing cost him his life. What Rivera was suggesting, in an offbeat way, was that Martin was profiled by the clothes he was wearing – not such an outrageous assertion – given that it applies to…

Journalist Gerald Rivera set off a national firestorm when he suggested the hoodie that Florida youth, Trayvon Martin, was wearing cost him his life. What Rivera…

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Color of Law

Trayvon Martin and the Execution of the Innocent – The

By David A. Love, JD Executive Editor

The killing of Trayvon Martin reminds us that the death of an innocent person is senseless and tragic, whether at the hands of a self-appointed executioner, assassin, vigilante or lynch mob – or the state itself. Whether the violence is privatized or state-sponsored, the end result is inherently barbaric. Like so many others in the…

The killing of Trayvon Martin reminds us that the death of an innocent person is senseless and tragic, whether at the hands of a self-appointed executioner,…

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