Issue: 491

Commentary

GLAD’s Diversity Work

By The Reverend Irene Monroe bc Editorial Board

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In 2005, the GLAD Board asked the executive director to develop a diversity plan.I was lounging on the sofa watching a rerun episode of The Bernie Mac Show when the FedEx truck stopped in front of the house. The mail courier handed me a letter that stated the following: “Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders…

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In 2005, the GLAD Board asked the executive director to develop a diversity plan.I was lounging on the sofa watching a rerun episode of The Bernie…

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Commentary

In Tribute To Russell Means – Whose Spirit Shall Never Die!

By Larry Pinkney bc Editorial Board

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“A very great vision is needed and the man who has it must follow it as the eagle seeks the deepest blue of the sky.” -Chief Crazy Horse We shall intensify and carry on in the just and necessary struggle.It is through boundless tears of enormous sorrow and simultaneously, with a renewed sense of determination…

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“A very great vision is needed and the man who has it must follow it as the eagle seeks the deepest blue of the sky.” -Chief…

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Commentary

Vote Smart and then Prepare for the Next Stage

By Carl Bloice bc Editorial Board

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Progressives must be resolute in defending such critical things as Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.By the time these words go out into the internet there will be about 10 days left before the election. So, it doesn’t seem worthwhile taking the time to address the proverbial question on the Left: who to vote for or…

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Progressives must be resolute in defending such critical things as Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.By the time these words go out into the internet there will…

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Commentary

The Adult in the Room

By Wilson Riles bc Columnist

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Our deliberative intelligence can be integrated with our soaring emotions.That term, “the adult in the room,” has a complex, sometimes biased meaning. I do not intend to imply that there is not an obvious difference between adults and children. However, I want to raise up to your consideration the false, unvoiced assumption buried in that…

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Our deliberative intelligence can be integrated with our soaring emotions.That term, “the adult in the room,” has a complex, sometimes biased meaning. I do not intend…

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Commentary

Never Saw It Coming

By The Black Commentator bc Guest Commentator

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Such injustices aren’t supposed to happen to white males.I find it strange that white people are amazed when they find out that someone spent four years in solitary confinement. We all know and agree that the criminal justice system is pockmarked with injustice… like unrestrained solitary confinement. That’s kind of what Guantanamo Bay looks like.…

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Such injustices aren’t supposed to happen to white males.I find it strange that white people are amazed when they find out that someone spent four years…

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Art

Quote to Ponder: “Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves and the only way they could do this is by not voting. – Franklin D. Roosevelt

By The Black Commentator bc Guest Commentator

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Commentary

Privatization: War on Democracy

By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD bc Editorial Board

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A system that cannot conceive stopping and dreads a slowdown has developed its cultural complement in a postmodern sensibility that adores novelty, dreads boredom, and far from operating as a ‘fetter’ on capitalism, encourages its rhythms. -Sheldon Wolin, Politics and Vision [I]ntellectual activity, according to me, is, and must be, disinterested – the truth is…

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A system that cannot conceive stopping and dreads a slowdown has developed its cultural complement in a postmodern sensibility that adores novelty, dreads boredom, and far…

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Commentary

In Newspaper Contract Talks, Persistence Pays Off

By John Funiciello bc Columnist

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Unity and solidarity are what count for workers. If there ever was an example of persistence, and there have been a few of them in the annals of labor, it has to be the reporters and workers at the Dayton Daily News, as their union reported that they have signed a contract after 26 years.…

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Unity and solidarity are what count for workers. If there ever was an example of persistence, and there have been a few of them in the…

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