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June 27, 2002

Guest Commentary

The N-word as Therapy for Racists

By Dr. Martin Kilson Editorial Board

Dr. Martin Kilson, a Harvard research professor of political science, was the first African American to be granted full tenure at the college, in 1968. He retired from Harvard’s Department of Government three years ago, and is now completing 22 years of work on the two-volume study, “The Making of Black Intellectuals,” to be published…

Dr. Martin Kilson, a Harvard research professor of political science, was the first African American to be granted full tenure at the college, in 1968. He…

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Commentary

A Monument to George Washington’s Slaves Picking favorites among Black heroes and What a real man said on the 4th of July

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

From: Co-Publisher Glen Ford To: Readers Dear Reader, If you have occasion to fly the jittery skies during this holiday period, be aware that you owe a measure of your safety to South Carolina’s Black Congressman James E. Clyburn and to American Airlines whistleblower Julie Robichaux. George Bush is no more the air traveler’s guardian…

From: Co-Publisher Glen Ford To: Readers Dear Reader, If you have occasion to fly the jittery skies during this holiday period, be aware that you owe…

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Commentary

CIA Trumps FBI Forget about a War on Drugs

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

The CIA now reigns supreme in the international narcotics trade arena. Inevitably, the agency will further infect us with the drug plague; that’s simply the way it does business. The FBI is all but out of the narcotics game, gutted in the May-June battle over who was to blame for September 11. Somebody had to…

The CIA now reigns supreme in the international narcotics trade arena. Inevitably, the agency will further infect us with the drug plague; that's simply the way…

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Commentary

Goin’ South

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

The forward elements of organized labor are going South in earnest. Let us hope that the main forces are not far behind. The struggle to unionize the South began late and remains problematical, yet it is unavoidable if unions are to reverse their long slide into the margins of political influence. In this battle, Black…

The forward elements of organized labor are going South in earnest. Let us hope that the main forces are not far behind. The struggle to unionize…

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