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Issue: 484

Sept 6, 2012

Commentary

Re-Living a Moses Moment

By Perry Redd Columnist

The country witnessed a miracle short of the burning bush. The Republican National Convention (RNC) in Tampa was just another dry cheerleading event with the same old talking points and disenfranchising positions. Conservative Republicans received their awakening at just the right moment. Eastwood’s gesture and remarks were vulgar and degrading toward the President and the…

The country witnessed a miracle short of the burning bush. The Republican National Convention (RNC) in Tampa was just another dry cheerleading event with the same…

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Commentary

Baby Darl and the Quality of Life – Under Capitalism in the U.S.A

By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD Editorial Board

But I tell you, a cat needs a name that’s particular, A name that’s peculiar, and more dignified, Else how can he keep up his tail perpendicular, Or spread out his whiskers, or cherish his pride? Of names of this kind, I can give you a quorum, Such as Munkustrap, Quaxo, or Coricopat, Such as…

But I tell you, a cat needs a name that's particular, A name that's peculiar, and more dignified, Else how can he keep up his tail…

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Commentary

With Collapse in Sight, Why Not a Raise in the Minimum Wage?

By John Funiciello Columnist

It’s that time again. Time to have a small, but meaningless national discussion about a raise in the minimum wage and, by extension, about the millions of American families who are at the bottom of the train wreck that is the U.S. economy. Considering the state of the economy and considering that we are in…

It’s that time again. Time to have a small, but meaningless national discussion about a raise in the minimum wage and, by extension, about the millions…

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Sharp n’ Blunt

Black America – Chained, Gagged And Dragged Back In Time

By Desi Cortez Columnist

I’d suggest Black folks, and all other Americans-of-Color prepare for conflicts and hostility not seen since the early 1960’s in America. If ever upon a time . . . America has as its President Mitt Romney, whose Joseph Smith autographed “good book” declares, as Romney’s Book of Mormon does, the entire Black race has been…

I’d suggest Black folks, and all other Americans-of-Color prepare for conflicts and hostility not seen since the early 1960’s in America. If ever upon a time…

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Commentary

Public Schools and the African Centered Curriculum

By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill, PhD Columnist

The movement to implement an appropriate African Centered Curriculum in predominately African in America inner city schools is critical to the on–going struggle for the liberation of African people in this country. We must continue to demand that the truth be taught as we continue to struggle to build the Reparations Movement in America. Africa…

The movement to implement an appropriate African Centered Curriculum in predominately African in America inner city schools is critical to the on–going struggle for the liberation…

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The African World

What I Found Myself Thinking About On Labor Day

By Bill Fletcher, Jr. Editorial Board

We need to think about how we need to change our own movement so that we are better positioned to win. Virtually every Labor Day there is less and less discussion of workers and unions than the previous year. Many of us who have been deeply involved in the labor union movement bemoan this situation,…

We need to think about how we need to change our own movement so that we are better positioned to win. Virtually every Labor Day there…

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