November 05, 2015
Commentary
Editorial Board
Why are officers of the law on school grounds? How often is their behavior inappropriate?
Richland County Senior Deputy Sheriff Ben Fields seemed to think the only way he could get a young black girl out of her seat was to…
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Color of Law
Executive Editor
Not only did his words make light of the Holocaust and wreak of Holocaust denial, it also set up the Palestinians for current and future reprisals against them. Surely, Netanyahu is paving the way for the next perennial bombing of Gaza.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s assertion that the Palestinians people were responsible for the Holocaust tells us not only what is wrong with the leader who…
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Commentary
Columnist
high-performing charters have attained their results by methodically getting rid of the most difficult to teach students and that, overall, based on third-party assessments, traditional public schools perform as well as charters although they do not have the same options to create a student population with a lower risk of failure.
The Koch Bros., key leaders of a Cartel of corporate, foundation, and Wall Street financial institutions, have been getting positive press of late and very kind…
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Commentary
Columnist
The danger of unions, in the eyes of Corporate America, is that all workers might see the value of solidarity in joining a union and, if that happened, perhaps all workers might want to join a union. Such a dangerous move would change the complexion of the workplace, the economy, and even, the politics of the nation.
In early October, two members of Congress introduced legislation that would give workers the right to a union, without the oppressive drawn-out process that it has…
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The African World
Editorial Board
November 05, 2015 – Issue 628 var addthis_config = {“data_track_clickback”:true}; The Global African Canadian Elections & Protests in Baltimore Video is courtesy of The Global African & teleSUR Mr. Fletcher talks to Janaya Khan about the impact of the recent elections in Canada and Tre Murphy speaks about recent protests in Baltimore. <br>
November 05, 2015 - Issue 628 var addthis_config = {"data_track_clickback":true}; The Global African Canadian Elections & Protests in Baltimore Video is courtesy of The Global African…
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Guest Commentary
Guest Commentator
The fact that some niceties are inconvenienced and people can’t get to work on time because there are protests in the streets, well, hello, that is what we do. That is what we are supposed to do. That is what Dr. King did.
You don’t miss someone like Harry Belafonte, 88, walking into a room — a long cane, svelte brown suit, bald head, kind eyes and sturdy handshake.…
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Sharp n’ Blunt
Columnist
I’ve been abroad, and I know plenty of Black folks who traveled more than I, so with that noted I can declare they're other global locals where Black Americans could find as much liberty, equality, justice and freedom . . . as we’ve here in the land of Donald Trump.
Here’s the question we Black American parents ought be asking ourselves; What country are we leaving them to live in? How much resentment, if not hatred…
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Commentary
Columnist
We should demand that the issue of Reparations for African people be a central point of discussion for all Presidential candidates and that negotiations for this long standing issue begin.
During this Presidential election cycle the issue of reparations for African people in America should be raised just like all the other interest groups raise their…
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