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July 12, 2012

Commentary

The Financial System’s Rotten Heart

By Carl Bloice Editorial Board

The Conservative Party head of the British government, Prime Minister David Cameron, condemned the “spivvy and probably illegal” activity of Barclays and other banks involved in fixing interest rates. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, (treasury secretary) George Osborne, called the Barclays affair “symptomatic of a financial system that elevated greed above all” and “brought economy…

The Conservative Party head of the British government, Prime Minister David Cameron, condemned the “spivvy and probably illegal” activity of Barclays and other banks involved in…

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Guest Commentary

No Americans Need Apply – 100 Want Ads Exclude Americans From Us-Based High-Tech Jobs

By Donna Conroy, Director, Bright Future Jobs Guest Commentator

Sixty-eight percent (68%) offered H1-B visas. Industry-wide Discrimination Harms America’s Tech Future “The public is led to believe that companies can’t find Americans to fill high-tech jobs when, in fact, they are not searching for Americans—as these ads show,” said Conroy. This closely guarded industry secret has been damaging America’s technological promise, especially in Silicon…

Sixty-eight percent (68%) offered H1-B visas. Industry-wide Discrimination Harms America’s Tech Future “The public is led to believe that companies can’t find Americans to fill high-tech…

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Commentary

Stand and Fight

By Wilson Riles Columnist

. Biondi writes about the African Americans “who mobilized to make the war against fascism a launching pad for a postwar struggle against white supremacy at home.” These New Yorkers did not seek integration in the abstract. They “demanded first-class citizenship – jobs for all, affordable housing, protection from police violence, access to higher education,…

. Biondi writes about the African Americans “who mobilized to make the war against fascism a launching pad for a postwar struggle against white supremacy at…

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Commentary

My Child’s Rage

By Perry Redd Columnist

I’ve spent years and years watching mothers grieve over the shooting deaths of their sons. That type of grief is commonplace in my community – the Black community. That grief is multiplied to unfathomable levels when the authority figures – the police – are the shooters. I will show him how to appropriately and legally…

I’ve spent years and years watching mothers grieve over the shooting deaths of their sons. That type of grief is commonplace in my community - the…

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Sharp n’ Blunt

The Lynch Mob Rides Again

By Desi Cortez Columnist

“Coon hunt.” I know a detached, elitist robber baron when I see one and Mitt Romney is certainly one. The lynch-mob that is the New, yet very ol’ Republican TEA Party, led by an assortment of fruits n’ nuts – Rush Limbaugh, Karl “Turd Blossom” Rove, the Koch Brothers and their flunky Congressman, Darrell Issa,…

“Coon hunt.” I know a detached, elitist robber baron when I see one and Mitt Romney is certainly one. The lynch-mob that is the New, yet…

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Guest Commentary

I Am Trayvon Martin

By Dr. Richard Sheldon Koonce, PhD Guest Commentator

I am Trayvon Martin This became the rallying cry among thousands of protesters throughout America who called for the arrest and prosecution of George Zimmerman, the man who shot and killed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. This simple, declarative statement carries a profoundly provocative message, particularly for young African-American men. Essentially, it symbolizes the deep-rooted frustration of…

I am Trayvon Martin This became the rallying cry among thousands of protesters throughout America who called for the arrest and prosecution of George Zimmerman, the…

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Commentary

Listening to the Ancestors

By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill, PhD Columnist

African people throughout the world are uniformly under the yoke of white supremacy. This has created tremendous problems for us as a people. There are solutions to these problems that we must be reminded of time and time again. These solutions have come from the wisdom of the ancestors and their deep thought. Our challenge…

African people throughout the world are uniformly under the yoke of white supremacy. This has created tremendous problems for us as a people. There are solutions…

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