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Oct 4, 2012

Commentary

Debate Cover

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

Let me start off by saying that the Obama-Romney matchup in Denver was the worst presidential debate I’ve ever seen. I started off believing that we have to save the popcorn for Biden v. Ryan next week, and I’ll stick with that assertion. In order to assess the debate, it is necessary to separate the…

Let me start off by saying that the Obama-Romney matchup in Denver was the worst presidential debate I’ve ever seen. I started off believing that we…

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Commentary

A Month to Begin Anti-Bullying

By The Reverend Irene Monroe Editorial Board

October is National Anti-Bullying Awareness Month. With one incident of bullying every seven minutes, sadly, bullying is the most frequent form of violence school-aged children encounter. Their stories are unimaginably painful. In the 2011 documentary film, Bully, film director, Lee Hirsch, also the victim of bullying, gives us a window into the lives of five…

October is National Anti-Bullying Awareness Month. With one incident of bullying every seven minutes, sadly, bullying is the most frequent form of violence school-aged children encounter.…

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Commentary

Barack Obama: Ghetto Uprising Insurance – We Must Get This Blood Off Our Hands!

By Larry Pinkney Editorial Board

“The fascists already have power. The point is that some way must be found to expose them and combat them. An electoral choice of ten different fascists is like choosing which way one wishes to die. The holder of so called public office is always merely an extension of the hated ruling class. It is…

“The fascists already have power. The point is that some way must be found to expose them and combat them. An electoral choice of ten different…

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Commentary

Survival

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

The “survival of the fittest” model is now starting to collapse. With its collapse it is subtly undermining many of the most powerful political, economic, and social systems in the West, including capitalism. Cultural thinkers in the US are in crisis attempting to hold their own in a rising tide of alternative perspectives from a…

The “survival of the fittest” model is now starting to collapse. With its collapse it is subtly undermining many of the most powerful political, economic, and…

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Commentary

Where Is Our Priority?

By Perry Redd Columnist

Remember just months ago, we lambasted anyone who supported unions. Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker showed support for the unionized referees, but ignored, ridiculed, and then lambasted the unionized public servants of his state.

Remember just months ago, we lambasted anyone who supported unions. Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker showed support for the unionized referees, but ignored, ridiculed, and then lambasted…

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Commentary

American Education: Reform or Revolution

By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD Editorial Board

Imagine you are a young Latino in a classroom in the U.S. and the lesson you hear claims that Columbus discovered the Americas. We do not want to talk about the political mascots (Democrats and Republicans) who do the bidding of the corporate power and that surprising (for those least affected) number of Black Americans…

Imagine you are a young Latino in a classroom in the U.S. and the lesson you hear claims that Columbus discovered the Americas. We do not…

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Commentary

Where Will We Go For Drinking Water?

By John Funiciello Columnist

Most of the time, we don’t give it a second thought. We turn on the spigot and water comes out. It has been established by testing all across the country that the water that does come out of our spigots is potable (drinkable) and is of equal or better quality than the water that comes…

Most of the time, we don’t give it a second thought. We turn on the spigot and water comes out. It has been established by testing…

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Sharp n’ Blunt

Is Obama a Militant or a Sex Symbol…?

By Desi Cortez Columnist

President Obama’s a Black militant. Is that right? Are the outraged and ever-so-inflamed run-of-the-mill Republican Rednecks implying he’s cut in the identical mold of Huey P Newton, Bobby Seale and Angela Davis…? Or, is the charge this President is toting the WEB DuBois and Paul Robeson Communist mantle…? Or, can it be Obama sings the…

President Obama’s a Black militant. Is that right? Are the outraged and ever-so-inflamed run-of-the-mill Republican Rednecks implying he’s cut in the identical mold of Huey P…

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Commentary

We Must Listen to the Spirit of our 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. Let us…

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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