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Oct 18, 2012

Commentary

Measure J

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

Crenshaw’s elected officials are listening. Crenshaw’s Mayor is not.For the past year, the Los Angeles black community has been trying to negotiate a suitable and acceptable plan to mitigate traffic and business disruption around the construction of the Crenshaw/LAX rail line that will be coming down Crenshaw. Like every other community that has been impacted…

Crenshaw's elected officials are listening. Crenshaw's Mayor is not.For the past year, the Los Angeles black community has been trying to negotiate a suitable and acceptable…

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Cover Story

Latino activists join with marriage activists. Will it work?

By The Reverend Irene Monroe Editorial Board

Note: Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) is honoring Reverend Irene Monroe at their 13th Annual Spirit of Justice Award Dinner on Friday, October 26th in Boston! As an African American feminist theologian, Rev. Irene speaks for a sector of society that is frequently invisible. She is being honored for her life-long work advancing…

Note: Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) is honoring Reverend Irene Monroe at their 13th Annual Spirit of Justice Award Dinner on Friday, October 26th…

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Commentary

The Scurvy Little Obamas of the Betrayer Judas Generation

By Larry Pinkney Editorial Board

“To me, the thing that is worse than death is betrayal.” – Malcolm X [el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz “We, as freedom fighters, are not weeping for the death of a man, even a man who was a companion in struggle and an exemplary revolutionary…Nor are we weeping for Africa’s betrayal. But we are weeping with hatred…

"To me, the thing that is worse than death is betrayal." - Malcolm X [el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz "We, as freedom fighters, are not weeping for the…

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Commentary

Elections and the Quakers Who Repudiated the Doctrine of Discovery

By Wilson Riles Columnist

When fundamental human differences are not resolved to the satisfaction of all parties they will go on and on and on and on... This immoral doctrine remains at the root of most of our present day difficulties in the US!Conquering one side in a war or in a competitive contest would never provide more than…

When fundamental human differences are not resolved to the satisfaction of all parties they will go on and on and on and on... This immoral doctrine…

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Commentary

Storm Of Change

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

Johann Joachim Winkelmann (1717-68)…the father of art history… [popularized] the hard, pure, white aesthetic…making the issue of whiteness versus color more than simply a question of taste…[He] declared the Apollo Belvedere, already the most famous statue in Europe, the embodiment of perfect human beauty… – Nell Irvin Painter, The History of White People In Rome,…

Johann Joachim Winkelmann (1717-68)…the father of art history… [popularized] the hard, pure, white aesthetic…making the issue of whiteness versus color more than simply a question of…

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Commentary

War On Workers

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

For anyone who thinks that the current Republican war on workers, especially public workers, is anything new, a quick look at recent history should disabuse that thought and further show that this war has been a long time in the making and in its conduct. This struggle is not about money in a contract. It’s…

For anyone who thinks that the current Republican war on workers, especially public workers, is anything new, a quick look at recent history should disabuse that…

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