Issue: 472
May 17, 2012
The African World
Some Odd Responses to Obama’s Statement on Same-Sex Marriage
Editorial Board
Soon after Obama�s historic statement in favor of gay marriage, I watched the traffic on Facebook. Overall, the responses were very positive, even where people had questions as to the relative strength of the statement. But then I started seeing comments that questioned the sincerity of the statement. My immediate response was simple: who cares…
Soon after Obama�s historic statement in favor of gay marriage, I watched the traffic on Facebook. Overall, the responses were very positive, even where people had…
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Color of Law
The Tip of America’s Human Rights Iceberg – The
Executive Editor
There�s a buzz about the death penalty in America these days. And nearly all of the conversation focuses not on how to maintain the practice, but rather on abolition. Connecticut just decided to repeal the death penalty, following the lead of Illinois, New Mexico and New Jersey in recent years. Meanwhile, California voters will vote…
There�s a buzz about the death penalty in America these days. And nearly all of the conversation focuses not on how to maintain the practice, but…
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Commentary
Black Ministers Follow Obama
Editorial Board
African-American ministers have come out for, and against, Obama’s stance on marriage equality. LGBTQ activists of African descent have pondered what would be the catalyst to rally those African-American Christian ministers to support same-sex marriage and engage the black community in a nationwide discussion. Last week the answer arrived in President Barack Obama’s support of…
African-American ministers have come out for, and against, Obama's stance on marriage equality. LGBTQ activists of African descent have pondered what would be the catalyst to…
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Commentary
Guantanamo: Obama’s Ongoing Hypocrisy in Cuba
Editorial Board
We must organize, educate, and agitate for a better nation and world – one which serves everyday people, and does not politically, economically, and socially pimp them! This is OUR Mother Earth, not that of the corporate pimps of �America� and elsewhere. BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board Member, Larry Pinkney, is a veteran of the Black Panther…
We must organize, educate, and agitate for a better nation and world - one which serves everyday people, and does not politically, economically, and socially pimp…
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Commentary
Austerity Meets Resistance and the Democratic Will
Editorial Board
The economic elites on both sides of the Atlantic have suddenly seen their plans for the future run into a volatile foe: democracy. I say sudden because who would have thought, say five years ago, that an aroused popular will would be shaking the foundations of the political order from Los Angeles to Bucharest? Said…
The economic elites on both sides of the Atlantic have suddenly seen their plans for the future run into a volatile foe: democracy. I say sudden…
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