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Issue: 504

Feb 14, 2013

Commentary

Drones: Warfare Fit for a Changed America

By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD Editorial Board

my sweet old etcetera aunt lucy during the recent war could and what is more did tell you just what everybody was fighting for, my sister isabel created hundreds (and hundreds) of socks not to mention shirts fleaproof ear warmers etcetera wristers etcetera, my mother hoped that i would die etcetera bravely of course my…

my sweet old etcetera aunt lucy during the recent war could and what is more did tell you just what everybody was fighting for, my sister…

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Commentary

Monsanto Keeps on Moving Toward a Lock on the World’s Food System

By John Funiciello Columnist

Arguments are scheduled to begin next week before the U.S. Supreme Court about whether an Indiana farmer is right when he claims that the seeds he planted should not be considered under the control of Monsanto, the giant transnational chemical and seed monopoly, through its patenting of the seeds. Some are calling it a “David…

Arguments are scheduled to begin next week before the U.S. Supreme Court about whether an Indiana farmer is right when he claims that the seeds he…

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Guest Commentary

William Wells Brown: Resourceful Reformer, Author, and Physician – Black History Month

By Dr. Marion Kilson, PhD Guest Commentator

On November 10, 1884 both The Boston Daily Globe and The Boston Herald reported the burial of William Wells Brown in the Cambridge Cemetery; two days before his death had been recorded in six Boston newspapers.[1] At the time of his death Brown was probably seventy years old. Born enslaved near Lexington, Kentucky to an…

On November 10, 1884 both The Boston Daily Globe and The Boston Herald reported the burial of William Wells Brown in the Cambridge Cemetery; two days…

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Commentary

The White Supremacy System

By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill, PhD Columnist

How many times have you heard someone of African ancestry say that “Black people are our own worst enemy”? If you have lived among African people in this country for any length of time, I am sure you have heard this remark made many times. Unfortunately, the system of white supremacy developed in the western…

How many times have you heard someone of African ancestry say that “Black people are our own worst enemy”? If you have lived among African people…

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