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Issue: 57

September 25, 2003

Commentary

Cover Story – Rangel Carries Clark’s Water for Clinton

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

The Arkansas Conjure Man with the 125th Street office has sucked every brain cell from Harlem Congressman Charles Rangel’s 73 year-old skull. Rangel, who hopes to follow in the great Adam Clayton Powell’s footsteps as Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee should the Democrats prevail in 2004, is betting the whole legacy on…

The Arkansas Conjure Man with the 125th Street office has sucked every brain cell from Harlem Congressman Charles Rangel’s 73 year-old skull. Rangel, who hopes to…

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Guest Commentary

Apartheid Still Matters

By Peter Hardie Guest Commentator

A recent editorial chastised African Americans for being “stuck” and “isolated”, “not part of the global village.” The writer was reviewing the recent events in Liberia, and the lukewarm attention of the African American community. Liberia is not the only thing about which we are lukewarm. We are lukewarm about political parties, though perhaps for…

A recent editorial chastised African Americans for being “stuck” and “isolated”, “not part of the global village.” The writer was reviewing the recent events in Liberia,…

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Commentary

Blacks and Immigrants Speak Out Against War on Terrorism

By Tammy Johnson Director of Race and Public Policy at the Applied Research Center

Re-printed from ColorLines RaceWire Los Angeles City Councilman Martin Ludlow’s copy of Black Voices, the unsparing photo-history of lynching, sits on his coffee table, where visitors and his children will always be exposed to this “chilling reminder of the history of this nation.” Ludlow brought this up in front of a diverse audience of immigrants…

Re-printed from ColorLines RaceWire Los Angeles City Councilman Martin Ludlow's copy of Black Voices, the unsparing photo-history of lynching, sits on his coffee table, where visitors…

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Commentary

e-Mailbox – Bush bombs at UN

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

Last week’s Cover Story, “What’s Up with the French? The ‘Not-American Strategy’” began, “We have arrived at a pregnant moment in history.” This past Tuesday, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan warned the General Assembly that the world body has reached “a fork in the road,” an historical juncture at which it must answer “the concerns…

Last week’s Cover Story, “What’s Up with the French? The ‘Not-American Strategy’” began, “We have arrived at a pregnant moment in history.” This past Tuesday, UN…

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