Issue: 521
Jun 20, 2013
The African World
So, Why Do We Need a Minimum Wage?
Editorial Board
if the federal minimum wage had kept up with the increases in productivity, it would stand today at roughly $22/hour rather than $7.25.
When I received a call from BlackCommentator.com publisher, Peter Gamble, the other day, I assumed that it was BC business. To my surprise he wanted to…
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Cover Story
State of American Workers: Headed for a Lower Standard
Columnist
if wages had increased along with productivity, the average American worker would be making $1,183 a week.
Pity the poor American worker. Union and other labor leaders in the country are desperately trying to find a way to resurrect the power of the…
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Commentary
Barack Obama: The Dream Deferred
Editorial Board
Barack Obama has proven to be the bane of everyday ordinary people. He is this nation's first president to officially have his very own secret extrajudicial 'kill list.'
A Dream Deferred Langston Hughes What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore…
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Commentary
Susan Rice at the UN – Déjà Vu All Over Again?
Editorial Board
“coalition of the willing” outside the UN, told UN weapons inspectors to leave Iraq and preceded with invasion.
Susan Rice and Colin Powell have more than one thing in common, but if things continue to move as they are now, the most historically significant…
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Commentary
Watch Who You Call Qualified
Columnist
White people are still the beneficiaries of an unequal and unjust socio-economic system.
Since the current news cycle is going bonkers over the NSA leak scandal, I have to put it in an Other-Side-of-the-Tracks perspective. I’ll justly focus on…
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