Issue: 499
Jan 10, 2013
Commentary
Innocent Until They Imitate
Editorial Board
…inequalities and traditions are often reinforced, however directly, and created, however remotely, by government policies. Behind the husband’s abuse of his wife lie centuries of laws and doctrines awarding him authority over her; behind the employer’s cruelty are statues, past and present, granting him coercive power over his employees. Corey Robin, Fear: The History of…
…inequalities and traditions are often reinforced, however directly, and created, however remotely, by government policies. Behind the husband’s abuse of his wife lie centuries of laws…
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Commentary
Anti-Union Sen. Tim Scott Has Drunk Deeply of GOP Kool-aid
Columnist
With the appointment of Rep. Tim Scott to fill the U.S. Senate seat being abandoned by Sen. Jim DeMint, South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley has made certain that the same negative attitude toward lawmaking will continue. “Right to work” laws are part of the continuing effort to neutralize organized labor and to quash any hope…
With the appointment of Rep. Tim Scott to fill the U.S. Senate seat being abandoned by Sen. Jim DeMint, South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley has made…
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Sharp n’ Blunt
Django Unchained: A Look At Yesteryear To Better Understand Today?
Columnist
Django Unchained will both entertain and enlightenDjango Unchained… despite what the Blacker-than-Black “Black Puritans” are moaning about, is a movie that elicits the wrath of Rednecks like Sean Hannity, AM Hate Radio and the FOX News pundits… and any movie that achieves that alone is a “cinematic masterpiece” in my e-book. Like Spike’s joint Malcolm…
Django Unchained will both entertain and enlightenDjango Unchained... despite what the Blacker-than-Black “Black Puritans” are moaning about, is a movie that elicits the wrath of Rednecks…
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Commentary
Why They Owe Us!
Columnist
We have a historic responsibility to demand reparations from those forces of white supremacy that continue to benefit from what they did to us Day-by-day, African people in America are becoming more familiar with the concept of reparations and what it means to our continued struggle in America for self-determination, liberation, independence, and freedom. Therefore,…
We have a historic responsibility to demand reparations from those forces of white supremacy that continue to benefit from what they did to us Day-by-day, African…
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