December 10, 2015
Guest Commentary
Guest Commentator
The neo-Confederate movement includes a great many academics, writers, journalists, and persons in various institutions. I have sixteen books by neo-Confederates published by the University of Missouri Press in my library.
Some of these books are still for sale from the press. John Sheton Reed’s books are his construction of an illiberal South. He was a founding…
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Color of Law
Executive Editor
One outgrowth of the debate over racial injustice has been the effort to rename monuments with racially offensive names, faces or connotations, and to replace symbols that have reflected a painful, objectionable and often unacknowledged legacy. A most potent example is the removal of the Confederate rebel flag over the South Carolina state capitol in July of this year, following the Charleston massacre.
Through the use of symbols, society makes a statement concerning its past, present and future values. In the process, the U.S. reinforces to the world -…
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Commentary
Editorial Board
By neglecting to include a storyline that illuminates root causes or draws parallels between this country’s racial and ethnic inequalities and the state of emergency we find in our cities, Lee leaves the audience to draw its own conclusions.
We finally went to check out Spike Lee’s latest offering, Chi-Raq - the only film on my “2015 must see” list. Based on the ancient Greek…
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Commentary
Editorial Board
"I am excited that student activists are stepping up and speaking out about the racist and Confederate symbols that are woven into the very existence of our nation."
December 10, 2015 - Issue 633 var addthis_config = {"data_track_clickback":true}; Symbolism and Substance "I am excited that student activists are stepping up and speaking out about…
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The African World
Editorial Board
December 10, 2015 – Issue 633 var addthis_config = {“data_track_clickback”:true}; The Potential Power of College Athletes Video is courtesy of The Global African & teleSUR Dave Zirin talks about the untapped power that collegiate athletes possess. Later, Mr. Fletcher gives a special comment on the recent attacks in Paris and the American response.
December 10, 2015 - Issue 633 var addthis_config = {"data_track_clickback":true}; The Potential Power of College Athletes Video is courtesy of The Global African & teleSUR Dave…
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Commentary
Columnist
Whether it’s Wall Street’s theft of Main Street or police shootings of Black men, white people won’t lift a sorry finger to call wrong wrong, until it smacks them in the face.
In the land of “exceptionalism” where justice and equality are core principles, the question of the hour is, does America play favorites? In light of increased…
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Commentary
Columnist
Current Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel has pushed privatization to the limits while launching a full-scale assault on the budget of the Chicago public schools as a way to plug holes in the city budget, pay the Cartel, and to provide raises for the city’s police officers while they are wantonly killing males of color in the streets.
The current police and political crisis enveloping Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is emblematic of the power of the Cartel syndicate of America’s conservative corporations, foundations, and…
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