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Mar 14, 2013

Guest Commentary

Love and War

By Greg King Guest Commentator

I’ve got a friend, Nick Burlak, who’s an American veteran of the Soviet Red Army during World War II. Nick took part in the biggest tank battle in world history, the Battle of Kursk. He became a tank commander and a lieutenant in the Red Army. As the Soviet forces rolled westward, Nick helped liberate…

I've got a friend, Nick Burlak, who's an American veteran of the Soviet Red Army during World War II. Nick took part in the biggest tank…

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Commentary

Making the Bad Good: Oz the Great and Powerful

By Wilson Riles Columnist

Allegory is a fictional story composition device that uses characters and other story phenomena to stand in for real concepts and historical people. Allegories broaden these associations and comparisons through the story lines and, thereby, make subtle and not so subtle comments and judgments about the real historical thing. For thousands of years, humans have…

Allegory is a fictional story composition device that uses characters and other story phenomena to stand in for real concepts and historical people. Allegories broaden these…

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Commentary

Blinded By the Right

By Perry Redd Columnist

Some of you may know by now, but for those who don’t, I am a candidate for DC’s City Council. I’m running to represent the entire city, rather than a single ward. I am considered a long shot in this Special Election. I’m considered a long shot for a variety of reasons – even among…

Some of you may know by now, but for those who don’t, I am a candidate for DC’s City Council. I’m running to represent the entire…

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Commentary

Problem of Immigrant High Tech Workers Similar to Farmworkers

By John Funiciello Columnist

How many times have we heard that immigrant farm workers do work that “Americans just won’t do?” The economics of the U.S. food system have been discussed for 75 years and, during that time, there has been an unending search for lower production costs and that means the lowest wages possible to maintain the generations-old…

How many times have we heard that immigrant farm workers do work that “Americans just won’t do?” The economics of the U.S. food system have been…

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View from the Battlefield

The Drone Factor: U.S. Citizens Can’t Be Silent About These Stealth Killers

By Jamala Rogers Editorial Board

Two extraordinary events happened on March 5 in different parts of the world. First, after a fierce battle including medical treatment in Cuba, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez succumbed to cancer. The epilogue to his profound legacy is yet to be written. U.S. lawmakers and mainstream media scoffed at the accusations of Venezuelan Vice President Nicolas…

Two extraordinary events happened on March 5 in different parts of the world. First, after a fierce battle including medical treatment in Cuba, Venezuelan President Hugo…

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Commentary

ASCAC – A Major Intellectual Force

By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill, PhD Columnist

The Association for the Study of Classical African Civilizations / ASCAC, an organization co-founded by our late ancestor Dr. Jacob H. Carruthers, will convene its 30th Annual Ancient Kemetic Studies Conference at Howard University in Washington, D.C. from March 14-17, 2013. This conference, under the leadership International President Dr. Mario Beatty, is shaping up to…

The Association for the Study of Classical African Civilizations / ASCAC, an organization co-founded by our late ancestor Dr. Jacob H. Carruthers, will convene its 30th…

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