Issue: 506
Feb 28, 2013
Commentary
Ode to Jerry Buss: NBA (and Los Angeles) Gamechanger
Columnist
We take a break from the serious stuff to give propers to a man who changed our lives and changed our culture in the city of Los Angeles. The passing of Los Angeles Lakers owner, Dr. Jerry Buss, requires that we take pause and reflect on a man whose charisma changed the face of a…
We take a break from the serious stuff to give propers to a man who changed our lives and changed our culture in the city of…
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Cover Story
Lincoln’s White Blind Spot – The Slaves Were the Leading Actors in Their Own Emancipation
Guest Commentator
As the Oscars are just passed, I’d like to contribute to the discussion of Stephen Spielberg’s Lincoln that is still in theaters, will be moving to Netflix, HBO, and pay per view, and as celebrated by the liberal media, will be an influential cultural and political force for a long time. As a civil rights…
As the Oscars are just passed, I’d like to contribute to the discussion of Stephen Spielberg's Lincoln that is still in theaters, will be moving to…
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Commentary
Hedonistic ‘Americans’ and the Role of the Media: Will It Ever Change?
Editorial Board
“The media’s the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that’s power. Because they control the minds of the masses.” -Malcolm X [el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz] “If those in charge of our society – politicians, corporate executives, and owners of press and…
“The media’s the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that’s power.…
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Commentary
CSI New York: Hill Harper Should be Ashamed!
Columnist
The Crime Scene Investigator (CSI) television series is one of the most popular series on television today. CSI New York with the President’s college buddy, Hill Harper, playing one of the characters is one of the spinoffs that have helped greatly to garner this popularity. Audiences’ sense of justice achieved in the criminal justice world…
The Crime Scene Investigator (CSI) television series is one of the most popular series on television today. CSI New York with the President’s college buddy, Hill…
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Commentary
Sequester Me, Please
Columnist
Okay, the sky is about to fall, and now, people are concerned. When the Republicans were playing hardball and the Democrats were talking about raising taxes – on the rich – you were silent…my working-class brothers and sisters. You were watching Scandal and going out to Chuck E. Cheese in your shiny, new BMW. Federal…
Okay, the sky is about to fall, and now, people are concerned. When the Republicans were playing hardball and the Democrats were talking about raising taxes…
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Art
Quote to Ponder: “We should emphasize not Negro History, but the Negro in history…” – Carter Woodson, 1926, historian
Guest Commentator
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