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Issue: 63

November 6, 2003

Commentary

Cities Part 3: Black and Urban Power Under Siege

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

“While many of these projects are bringing sorely-needed jobs and tax revenues back to areas that have been disinvested, there is no guarantee that the “ripple effects” of the projects will benefit those residents who need them most. CBAs give a role in the process to community residents, and help insure that the people who…

“While many of these projects are bringing sorely-needed jobs and tax revenues back to areas that have been disinvested, there is no guarantee that the “ripple…

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Commentary

e-Mailbox: Janice Brown’s caricature debut

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

Liberal good intentions sometimes produce contradictory results. Last Friday’s “NOW with Bill Moyers” episode on PBS led with a segment on George Bush’s attempts to pack the federal judiciary with reactionary lawyers. The 20-plus minute piece was keyed to Janice Rogers Brown’s appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee, October 22, during which Orrin Hatch and…

Liberal good intentions sometimes produce contradictory results. Last Friday’s “NOW with Bill Moyers” episode on PBS led with a segment on George Bush’s attempts to pack…

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Commentary

Freedom Rider- Should We Bring Back the Draft?

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

I find myself in a difficult situation on the issue of military conscription. It appears that I agree with George W. Bush and Donald Rumsfeld but disagree with Black Commentator, Charles Rangel and John Conyers. It is very uncomfortable position, to say the least. The cause of my discomfort is advocacy of a return to…

I find myself in a difficult situation on the issue of military conscription. It appears that I agree with George W. Bush and Donald Rumsfeld but…

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Commentary

Southern White Male Democrats, Where Ya At?

By Erik R. Fleming State Representative (D-MS)

As the dust settles after another election year, here is a request to those individuals who place missing persons on milk cartons: could you help us find the real Southern white male Democrats? It is obvious that they are MIA when it comes to local and national politics. Case in point: in the recent campaign…

As the dust settles after another election year, here is a request to those individuals who place missing persons on milk cartons: could you help us…

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Commentary

Ghettos are Not a Game, Part III

By Tim Wise Guest Commentator

It’s just a game. Thus speaks David Chang, creator of GHETTOPOLY, which uses the traditional MONOPOLY board game formula to steer players through life in an inner-city community: or at least what Chang presumes such a place looks like. Though he has never spent time in a ghetto himself, Chang explains that watching MTV and…

It’s just a game. Thus speaks David Chang, creator of GHETTOPOLY, which uses the traditional MONOPOLY board game formula to steer players through life in an…

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Commentary

US Corporate Media Distort Haitian Events

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

Immediately after Transparency International took its turn trying to beat the Haitian government’s credibility senseless, the so-called independent voices of the US press stepped in to deliver a few more uncritical yet fatal blows. The message of these so-called independent voices was uncannily similar and nearly indistinguishable: Amiot Metayer was a demon created by the…

Immediately after Transparency International took its turn trying to beat the Haitian government’s credibility senseless, the so-called independent voices of the US press stepped in to…

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