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Mar 21, 2013

Commentary

To GOP: Make it $10 Billion – Or Save Your Money

By John Funiciello Columnist

A headline in the local paper Monday morning announced: “GOP to spend $10 million to reach out to minority voters.” It’s common knowledge that American voters have extremely short memories, especially when it comes to politics, but the announced plan of the Republican National Committee (RNC) to spend $10 million to send political operatives and…

A headline in the local paper Monday morning announced: “GOP to spend $10 million to reach out to minority voters.” It’s common knowledge that American voters…

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Sharp n’ Blunt

For Republican TEA Party House Negroes the Kitchen is Gettin’ Kinda’ Hot

By Desi Cortez Columnist

Here’s the question: with the hallowed 1965 Voting Rights Act on this Supreme Court’s chopping block. Hangman Antonin Scalia spits on the graves of heroes such as Dr. King, Fannie Lou, Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner… Will these attempts to “go back in time” serve as a 3:37-in-the-AM-wake-your-ass-up-call for Americans of color? Now please note, that’s…

Here’s the question: with the hallowed 1965 Voting Rights Act on this Supreme Court’s chopping block. Hangman Antonin Scalia spits on the graves of heroes such…

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Commentary

Revisiting Black Nationalist History

By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill, PhD Columnist

One of the biggest challenges African people face in America is to rejuvenate Black Nationalist thinking as struggle to determine for ourselves as a people what is in our best collective interests. There are far too many African people in this country who think what is good for other people should be good for us.…

One of the biggest challenges African people face in America is to rejuvenate Black Nationalist thinking as struggle to determine for ourselves as a people what…

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