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Commentary

How Anti-Sodomy Laws Were Sunk – Racism, Jealousy, and a False Police Report

By The Reverend Irene Monroe Editorial Board

If you love John Grisham�s fictional legal thrillers, you�ll be riveted to Dale Carpenter�s real life page-turner Flagrant Conduct: The Story of Lawrence v. Texas. Carpenter is a Law professor at the University of Minnesota and is involved with LGBTQ legal issues. Told from the perspectives of the plaintiffs, arresting officers, attorneys, judges and prosecutors,…

If you love John Grisham�s fictional legal thrillers, you�ll be riveted to Dale Carpenter�s real life page-turner Flagrant Conduct: The Story of Lawrence v. Texas. Carpenter…

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Commentary

On Keeping the People Divided, Distracted and Controlled

By Larry Pinkney Editorial Board

The role of the U.S. corporate-stream – so-called �news� and information media – is an insidious and debilitating one, particularly as it pertains to crippling and manipulating the masses of everyday ordinary people, and keeping them on the mental and political plantations of the corporate Democratic and Republican party foxes and wolves. The job of…

The role of the U.S. corporate-stream - so-called �news� and information media - is an insidious and debilitating one, particularly as it pertains to crippling and…

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Commentary

The Cartagena Summit Failure Marks the End of an Era – Finally

By Carl Bloice Editorial Board

One would think that someone in official Washington would have had an inkling of what was coming. I mean, what is with all those �intelligence� agencies? And, wasn�t anybody awake at the State Department�s Latin America Desk? Couldn�t anybody have hipped President Obama before he left for Cartagena de Indias that he was headed for…

One would think that someone in official Washington would have had an inkling of what was coming. I mean, what is with all those �intelligence� agencies?…

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Commentary

When Justice is Not Served

By Perry Redd Columnist

It is true. I am not the biggest fan of law enforcement. No, it is not because I�ve been arrested several times during my lifetime. No, it is not because people who wear like clothing constitute �gangs� and they scare me. It is because law enforcement – and those who pride themselves as law enforcers…

It is true. I am not the biggest fan of law enforcement. No, it is not because I�ve been arrested several times during my lifetime. No,…

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Art

Quote to Ponder: “But there are certain very practical things American Negro writers can do. And must do. There’s a song that says, ‘the time ain’t long.’ That song is right. Something has got to change in America—and change soon. We must help that change to come.” – Langston Hughes

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

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Commentary

It’s the Education, Stupid!

By John Funiciello Columnist

For most of U.S. history, parents have warned their children, �If you want to succeed in life, you must get a good education.� No matter where they came from or how low the family�s standard of living, that was the constant advice of mothers and fathers (in reality, mostly mothers). Education was a vital part…

For most of U.S. history, parents have warned their children, �If you want to succeed in life, you must get a good education.� No matter where…

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View from the Battlefield

Manning Marable Memorial Conference: Continuing the Discussion About Movement Building

By Jamala Rogers Editorial Board

Bill Fletcher, a long-time friend of Manning�s, chose to take on the book�s detractors following the book�s release, a necessary task in order to put the criticisms in their proper perspective. But as important, in his article published in BlackCommentator.com following Manning�s death, Bill shared a discussion with him about how to use the book…

Bill Fletcher, a long-time friend of Manning�s, chose to take on the book�s detractors following the book�s release, a necessary task in order to put the…

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Guest Commentary

What Say We, The People!

By The Reverend D. D. Prather Guest Commentator

This past weekend, I had the unique privilege of once again experiencing the true democracy of a democratic society during the Georgia Fulton County 5th congressional district caucus. Over seventy people offered themselves for service, vying for one of the four seats as delegates to the democratic national convention in Charlotte, North Carolina. In my…

This past weekend, I had the unique privilege of once again experiencing the true democracy of a democratic society during the Georgia Fulton County 5th congressional…

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Commentary

Preparing for Malcolm X’s 87th Birthday

By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill, PhD Columnist

Since the untimely transition of Malcolm X in 1965, movement forces throughout the world have consistently commemorated his birthday. Malcolm X was born on May 19, 1925 in Omaha, Nebraska. It was on February 21, 1965 that Malcolm X was assassinated at the Audubon Ballroom in Manhattan, New York by forces that were trying to…

Since the untimely transition of Malcolm X in 1965, movement forces throughout the world have consistently commemorated his birthday. Malcolm X was born on May 19,…

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Issue: 469