Issue: 503
Feb 7, 2013
The African World
The Choice: David Fagen, the Philippine-US war, & Black Internationalism – Black History Month
Editorial Board
“We all wanted to kill ‘niggers’…beats rabbit hunting…” -White US soldier commenting on the Philippine-US War[i] One of the least known conflicts in US history was the Philippine-US War. The length of the war is, itself, a subject of some debate, having ended according to many historians in 1901, but actually lasting closer to 1913.…
“We all wanted to kill ‘niggers’…beats rabbit hunting…” -White US soldier commenting on the Philippine-US War[i] One of the least known conflicts in US history was…
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Cover Story
Who Didn’t Have Sex with Neanderthals? – Black History Month
Columnist
“Who didn’t have Sex with Neanderthals?” was part of the title of a recent article on the scientific journal website LiveScience. It turns out that the “only modern humans whose ancestors did not interbreed with Neanderthals are apparently sub-Saharan Africans.” New research indicates that those of European white, Asian, and North Africans ancestry “carry genetic…
“Who didn’t have Sex with Neanderthals?” was part of the title of a recent article on the scientific journal website LiveScience. It turns out that the…
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Commentary
Haiti’s LGBTQ Accepting Vodou Societies – Black History Month
Editorial Board
As I celebrate Black History Month, I’d like to recognize one of my indigenous West African ancestral religions that’s not homophobic – even if some of the practitioners are. To the disbelief of many – it’s Vodun. Haitian Vodou is an ancestral folk religion whose tenets have always been queer-friendly, accepting people of all sexual…
As I celebrate Black History Month, I’d like to recognize one of my indigenous West African ancestral religions that’s not homophobic - even if some of…
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Commentary
Storming the Bastille Takes Many Forms
Editorial Board
“It is better to die for an idea that will live, than to live for an idea that will die.” – Steve Biko Nothing worth attaining comes into being without conscious struggle. Everyday ordinary Black, White, Brown, Red, and Yellow people in this nation have been systemically and systematically indoctrinated to believe the fallacious notion…
"It is better to die for an idea that will live, than to live for an idea that will die." - Steve Biko Nothing worth attaining…
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Commentary
A Bit of Optimism in the Alps, a Lot of Pain in the Everyday World
Editorial Board
One thing can be said for certain: 99.9 percent of those who gathered recently week for an Alpine sleepover either have a job or don’t need one. The same cannot be said of the billions who were not there. While some of the world’s economic and political elite gathered in Davos, Switzerland for the annual…
One thing can be said for certain: 99.9 percent of those who gathered recently week for an Alpine sleepover either have a job or don’t need…
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Commentary
Dreams of A Reason to Commit Treason
Columnist
It’s time for a party again…even if it’s a tea party. The patriots are back, but this time, they’re anything but patriotic. The gun lobby has sicced its dogs on America. Richard Mack, a gun rights advocate and former Arizona sheriff who now lives in Texas, is urging defiance of the Obama Administration’s efforts to…
It’s time for a party again…even if it’s a tea party. The patriots are back, but this time, they’re anything but patriotic. The gun lobby has…
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