Issue: 474
May 31, 2012
The African World
The Wisconsin Recall
Editorial Board
The June 5th recall election is one of the most important electoral moments I can remember. This is not due to its potential impact on the Presidential elections. The impact, one way or another, will be difficult to determine. The significance of the recall election is found in the willingness of thousands of Wisconsin-ites to…
The June 5th recall election is one of the most important electoral moments I can remember. This is not due to its potential impact on the…
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Commentary
Book Review of The Constructive Extermination Of Women Of Color
Editorial Board
The twin demons of racism and sexism have long been, and continue to be, formidable debilitating factors for women of color in U.S. society. Suzanne Brooks has produced a thorough and forthright look into the factors that contribute to, and in fact perpetuate, the systemic “extermination” of women of color. Just as importantly, and notwithstanding…
The twin demons of racism and sexism have long been, and continue to be, formidable debilitating factors for women of color in U.S. society. Suzanne Brooks…
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Color of Law
American Trifecta – Broken Political, Economic and Justice Systems – The
Executive Editor
People are losing faith in a number of America�s institutions because these institutions are failing miserably.� For example, take the U.S. criminal justice system.� In one week we learned two things: First, Columbia law professor James Liebman and his students revealed that Texas executed an innocent man named Carlos DeLuna in 1989.� DeLuna was executed…
People are losing faith in a number of America�s institutions because these institutions are failing miserably.� For example, take the U.S. criminal justice system.� In one…
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Commentary
NC Cleric Wants Gays Behind Electric Fence
Editorial Board
When North Carolina amended its constitution last month prohibiting any possibility for LGBTQ couples to wed, it comes as no surprise the loudest voices condemning President Obama�s support of marriage equality is presently coming from there. �The last time NC amended the constitution on marriage was in 1875 to ban interracial marriage. We look like…
When North Carolina amended its constitution last month prohibiting any possibility for LGBTQ couples to wed, it comes as no surprise the loudest voices condemning President…
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Commentary
Corporate Media and the Dumbing Down of ‘America’
Editorial Board
The most effective way in which to address the corporate-stream media is to overwhelmingly tune it out. This does not mean that we should remain totally unaware of the corporate-stream media’s propaganda. It does mean however, that on those occasions when we do read, watch, or hear the corporate media we must always keep in…
The most effective way in which to address the corporate-stream media is to overwhelmingly tune it out. This does not mean that we should remain totally…
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