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Feb 7, 2013

Commentary

Mission Implausible: If Blacks Stop Selling Drugs, Wealthy Whites Would Declare Civil War – Point Blank

By Chris Stevenson Columnist

When you hear talk of “gun control” and laws being created around the country in response to recent random shootings by angry or crazed whites, don’t for one second think law enforcement is going to adopt measures to racially profile white males. White police officers, male and female have no desire to arrest white men…

When you hear talk of “gun control” and laws being created around the country in response to recent random shootings by angry or crazed whites, don’t…

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Guest Commentary

Brief Reflections on the Debate Surrounding Publication of” Malcolm X, a Life of Reinvention” by Manning Marable

By Jack Smith Guest Commentator

[Acknowledgment: Author wishes to express heartfelt appreciation to Bill Fletcher Jr., Professor Robyn C. Spencer, Professor Jeanne Theoharis, Professor Johanna Fernandez, Professor Farah Griffin, Professor Zak Kondo, Professor Komozi Woodard, Professor Clayborne Carson, Professor Ronda Levine, Professor Michael Vinson Williams, Garret Felber, Professor Waldo E Martin, Joshua Bloom, Zaheer Ali, Professor Barbara Ransby etc.,. and…

[Acknowledgment: Author wishes to express heartfelt appreciation to Bill Fletcher Jr., Professor Robyn C. Spencer, Professor Jeanne Theoharis, Professor Johanna Fernandez, Professor Farah Griffin, Professor Zak…

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Commentary

Food Sovereignty or Industrial Agriculture?

By John Funiciello Columnist

As national economies around the world are each facing “fiscal cliffs” of their own, and as climate change and environmental degradation threaten all nations, the crisis in agriculture may be a greater threat and the solutions that are being proposed might make things even worse. The power of transnational corporations, headquartered mostly in the economically…

As national economies around the world are each facing “fiscal cliffs” of their own, and as climate change and environmental degradation threaten all nations, the crisis…

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View from the Battlefield

The Gun Debate: Remembering Cookie Thornton

By Jamala Rogers Editorial Board

On February 7, 2008 the unthinkable happened. Breaking news brought one of the most deadly shootings the St. Louis metropolitan area into our living rooms. Yet only five years later, such a rampage is sadly becoming commonplace. This one was personal. I knew Charles Thornton, affectionately known as Cookie, and his case still intrigues me.…

On February 7, 2008 the unthinkable happened. Breaking news brought one of the most deadly shootings the St. Louis metropolitan area into our living rooms. Yet…

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