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Sept 27, 2012

Commentary

The Poor and Low-Wage Workers May Pay More Taxes Than Romney

By John Funiciello Columnist

Once again, the Republican candidate for president has expressed his contempt for a large percentage of the American people, by claiming that they are “dependent” on government for their very lives and, therefore, will automatically vote for President Obama. The real wealth of the nation is in its people. Comments by the GOP standard bearer,…

Once again, the Republican candidate for president has expressed his contempt for a large percentage of the American people, by claiming that they are “dependent” on…

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Sharp n’ Blunt

Redistribution of Wealth

By Desi Cortez Columnist

President Obama is being crucified for advocating a “Redistribution of wealth in America,” being branded as a Communist because he believes there’s enough to go-around… “It’s called the American dream because you have to be asleep to believe it”Am I, you, we, the lilliputians of America, those of us who rake-in anywhere from say $30,000…

President Obama is being crucified for advocating a “Redistribution of wealth in America,” being branded as a Communist because he believes there’s enough to go-around... “It’s…

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View from the Battlefield

Holding Rogue Prosecutors Accountable: It’s past time to prosecute their crimes

By Jamala Rogers Editorial Board

At the top of the apex of problems with the system are professional criminals who supposedly are ridding our communities of crime and criminals. Reggie Clemons is on Missouri’s death row for the now infamous Chain of Rocks Bridge case where two young white girls, Julie and Robin Kerry, were allegedly raped and thrown off…

At the top of the apex of problems with the system are professional criminals who supposedly are ridding our communities of crime and criminals. Reggie Clemons…

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Commentary

Mind Damage and Dr. Bobby Wright

By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill, PhD Columnist

So many of the problems that African people face in the world today are due to the assault on our minds by those who captured us and removed significant numbers of us to the western hemisphere. This also included the mind damage caused by the tampering of African lands and culture on the continent of…

So many of the problems that African people face in the world today are due to the assault on our minds by those who captured us…

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