July 23, 2015
Cover Story
Editorial Board
"President Obama’s commutations of non-violent drug sentences are a step in the right direction. By choosing non-violent drug offenders, he highlights the draconian sentences that those committing these crimes receive."
July 23, 2015 - Issue 616 var addthis_config = {"data_track_clickback":true}; Let Non-Violent Drug Offenders Go "President Obama’s commutations of non-violent drug sentences are a step in…
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Color of Law
Executive Editor
Mass incarceration is an American curse, created through a bipartisan effort to get “tough on crime,” lock people up and throw away the key. And although this is a uniquely American crisis, the war ondrugs that produced the world’s largest prison population
In the area of criminal justice, this was quite a week for President Obama. Articulating a vision for reform of the prisons and an end to…
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Guest Commentary
Guest Commentator
The truth is, they Are preserving history A racist, fascist, white- Supremacist, violent history
Flying in the breeze In the back of a pickup truck Like a big X A Jim Crow X A slavocracy X A battle flag for…
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Commentary
Columnist
This control-of-water problem is not just in a few communities across the U.S., it is in fact a part of a larger plan of “investment” in the necessities of life across the world.
What if you had to pay $100 a month for the privilege of having water flow into your home, when you turn on the faucet? For…
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Commentary
Columnist
Perhaps Garvey’s greatest contribution to the uplifting of our people was his ability to find a formula for organizing African people around the African principle: the greatest good for the greatest number.
In preparation for the 58th International Convention of the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League (UNIA/ACL) that will be held in Chicago, Illinois, August…
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