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Issue: 487

Sept 27, 2012

Commentary

Open Letter to the Anti-War Movement

By Raha: Iranian Feminist Collective and Havaar With an Introduction by Bill Fletcher, Jr. Editorial Board

Introduction By Bill Fletcher, Jr., BC Editorial Board In the context of repeated threats by Israel to attack Iran and discussions in the USA—particularly within the Israeli lobby—about the need for US involvement in such an attack, it may at first glance seem odd to pay any attention to the internal situation in Iran. After…

Introduction By Bill Fletcher, Jr., BC Editorial Board In the context of repeated threats by Israel to attack Iran and discussions in the USA—particularly within the…

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Commentary

The Crenshaw-LAX Rail Line and 2013 Mayor’s Race: The Black Community Will Decide the Next Mayor and Won’t Be Played Again

By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD Columnist

If there was a fourth thing the community came away with, it was that it is tired of being taken for granted.The bell has sounded for the 2013 Mayor’s Race and the horses are fast out of the gate. The first of what I’m sure will be many debates took place over the weekend, and…

If there was a fourth thing the community came away with, it was that it is tired of being taken for granted.The bell has sounded for…

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Commentary

Native American Voters Exploited by Brown and Warren

By The Reverend Irene Monroe Editorial Board

The campaign has successfully latched on to Warren’s claim of Native American roots as a rallying tool to deflect attention away from pressing issues facing Massachusetts residents, but also to attack, in a more insidious way, the hotly contested issue of affirmative action. Nonetheless, in a Boston.com article dated April 30, 2012, Noah Bierman reported…

The campaign has successfully latched on to Warren’s claim of Native American roots as a rallying tool to deflect attention away from pressing issues facing Massachusetts…

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Commentary

21st Century Black America: MisEducated and Sleeping?

By Larry Pinkney Editorial Board

If we free our minds our actions will follow. In the classic and extremely relevant book by Dr. Carter G. Woodson titled, The Mis-Education of the Negro, the ‘educational’ and media process of brainwashing is clearly delineated. Dr. Woodson’s poignant observations from 1933, when the book was originally published, are indeed more relevant today, in…

If we free our minds our actions will follow. In the classic and extremely relevant book by Dr. Carter G. Woodson titled, The Mis-Education of the…

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Cover Story

Romney & His Homies – All-Out for Capital

By Carl Bloice Editorial Board

The part I liked most about Romney’s Florida address to campaign donors, where he wrote off nearly half the country’s population as lazy ingrates, was the part about the house. It came right after he declared that the “biggest surprise that I have is that young people will vote for Democrats,” when he suddenly segued…

The part I liked most about Romney’s Florida address to campaign donors, where he wrote off nearly half the country’s population as lazy ingrates, was the…

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Commentary

No Badge of Honor

By Perry Redd Columnist

Police are the protectors of the purveyors of America’s wealth inequality. Look Man, there need not be any more award giving to police. Period. In Conservatives’ efforts to thwart and destroy labor unions, I see them passing over one unionized group of civil servants – police unions. I see all deference given to these people…

Police are the protectors of the purveyors of America’s wealth inequality. Look Man, there need not be any more award giving to police. Period. In Conservatives’…

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