Issue: 500
Jan 17, 2013
The African World
The Arab Democratic Uprisings Two Years Later
Editorial Board
A friend recently told me how a relative of theirs was most concerned about developments in Egypt, given the dominance of the right-wing Islamist Muslim Brotherhood. I have heard similar such concerns raised, as conservative Islamists have come to play major roles in post-uprising governments, e.g., Tunisia, Egypt. In some cases, there is an implication…
A friend recently told me how a relative of theirs was most concerned about developments in Egypt, given the dominance of the right-wing Islamist Muslim Brotherhood.…
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Cover Story
The Platinum Trillion Dollar Coin, the Deficit, and Tricksters
Columnist
Did you listen to the public discussion about the platinum trillion dollar coin as a way that Obama could avoid the debt ceiling debacle? The tone put forward by most of the perpetrators of this talk was “tongue in cheek.” Yet, almost all knowledgeable spokespersons ended up “copping” to the fact that the procedure is…
Did you listen to the public discussion about the platinum trillion dollar coin as a way that Obama could avoid the debt ceiling debacle? The tone…
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Guest Commentary
The Debt Owed to Haiti
Guest Commentator
Three years after the unprecedented earthquake in Haiti that extinguished at least 300,000 lives and upended millions more, the world is asking the same questions that were posed six months, one year, and two years after January 12, 2010. Why, after three years, is there so little evidence of reconstruction? Hundreds of thousands of homes…
Three years after the unprecedented earthquake in Haiti that extinguished at least 300,000 lives and upended millions more, the world is asking the same questions that…
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Commentary
Was There a Politically Correct Way for Tarantino to Portray Black Slavery?
Editorial Board
2013 is making it difficult to avoid one of America’s greatest sins – slavery. We’ve just marked the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, and a plethora of films, documentaries and TV specials are scheduled to address slavery. One blockbuster hit that’s playing in cinemas now, and is likely to walk away with several Golden…
2013 is making it difficult to avoid one of America’s greatest sins - slavery. We’ve just marked the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, and a…
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Commentary
Is Opposing Obama’s ‘Kill List’ & Drone Missile Murders Being Anti-Black?
Editorial Board
“You’re not supposed to be so blind with patriotism that you can’t face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or says it.” -Malcolm X [el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz] “Sometimes people hold a core belief that is very strong. When they are presented with evidence that works against that belief, the new evidence cannot…
“You're not supposed to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or says it.” -Malcolm…
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Commentary
Make Us Do Right – By: Jill M. Humphries, PhD – BC Guest Commentator – Bill Fletcher, Jr. – BC Editorial Board
Guest Commentator
“She’s not qualified. Anyone who goes on national television and in defiance of the facts, five days later – We’re all responsible for what we say and what we do. I’m responsible to my voters. She’s responsible to the Senate of the United States. We have our responsibility for advice and consent.” (John McCain, CBS…
“She’s not qualified. Anyone who goes on national television and in defiance of the facts, five days later - We’re all responsible for what we say…
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Commentary
When Government is the Bad Guys
Columnist
I looked upon the recent death of Aaron Swartz. He was the modern-day, internet-saving crusader, who at age 14, co-developed the Really Simple Syndication or RSS web protocol, the key component of much of the web’s entire publishing infrastructure. His untimely death occurred just weeks before he was to go on trial for using computers…
I looked upon the recent death of Aaron Swartz. He was the modern-day, internet-saving crusader, who at age 14, co-developed the Really Simple Syndication or RSS…
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