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March 31, 2016

Color of Law

In Jerusalem, Afro-Palestinians Are the Hardest Hit in the Israeli Occupation

By David A. Love, JD Executive Editor

as the Israeli public shifts ever rightward in its anti-Palestinian and xenophobic attitudes, people of African descent have borne the brunt of anti-immigrant violence. This has included the lynching of African immigrants and refugees, and even attacks on Jews of African descent by police, causing Ethiopian Israeli Jews to hold Black Lives Matter protests last year.

The conflict between the Israelis and the Palestinians continues to take its toll, and in Jerusalem, Palestinians of African descent are among those most severely impacted…

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Commentary

The Media Makes the Madness In March

By Perry Redd Columnist

Among the players is Donald Trump. He played the 2016 race like Shaquille O’Neal and Moses Malone used to do with their opponents…simply the big bully on the court. The other teams knew not what to do with him.

This is about the time you start to realize that there will be another person presiding over the affairs of this country. In this era of…

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Commentary

Vulgarians Against Trump – Tax Plans by Trump & Cruz – What If Bernie Spoke to AIPAC and more… – Publisher’s Notes

By Peter Gamble Publisher

"So when we talk about Israel and Palestinian areas, it is important to understand that today there is a whole lot of suffering among Palestinians and that cannot be ignored. You can’t have good policy that results in peace if you ignore one side."

There is a lot on the WWW we think readers of BC might like. This column is a first try at presenting some items found while…

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Guest Commentary

Bernie’s Long Shot Campaign Strategy

By Tom Hayden Guest Commentator

Bernie's advantages are these: spirit, momentum, money and polls showing he’s better in a showdown with Trump. His disadvantages are the lack of a broad base in communities of color, above all, and the fear among Democratic officials that their candidates will suffer if they run on the same ballot with a democratic socialist this fall.

Bernie’s Continental Army (what else to call it?) is readying to throw itself into a vital string of primaries from Wisconsin (April 5) to the Wyoming…

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Commentary

Life is Valuable in Turkey, in Belgium

By Dr. Julianne Malveaux Columnist

Even as I decry the carnage in Paris and in Belgium, I am troubled that there is a disproportionate amount of compassion for those who are “first world” victims of terrorism and those who victims live in countries deemed less important in the international order of things.

The ISIS attack on Brussels, Belgium strikes fear in the heart of every human being who lives in a “first world” nation rattled by random, brutal…

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Guest Commentary

Human Rights Hypocrisy: US Criticizes Cuba

By Marjorie Cohn Guest Commentator

The US government criticizes civil and political rights in Cuba while disregarding Cubans’ superior access to universal housing, health care, education, and its guarantee of paid maternity leave and equal pay rates.

In advance of President Barack Obama’s historic visit to Cuba on March 20, there is speculation about whether he can pressure Cuba to improve its human…

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Commentary

Brother Obama

By Fidel Castro Ruz

We don’t need the empire to give us anything. Our efforts will be legal and peaceful, because our commitment is to peace and fraternity among all human beings who live on this planet.

The kings of Spain brought us the conquistadores and masters, whose footprints remained in the circular land grants assigned to those searching for gold in the…

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Commentary

Laughing at the Absurdities of Black Homophobia

By The Reverend Irene Monroe Editorial Board

The play opens with a precocious boy querying his mother about his genitalia. Showing her unease in having an explicit sit-down conversation with her son about his sex parts, the mother euphemistically tells him that his penis is called 'bootycandy.'

For many LGBTQs across the nation-especially those of us of African descent-we have been breathlessly waiting for Robert O’Hara’s “BootyCandy” to come to our cities. “BootyCandy”…

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Commentary

Connecting the Dots: Cartel Public School Privatization–Montclair, Washington, D.C., Baltimore, and Chicago Parallels, Part XVII

By Dr. Walter C. Farrell, Jr., PhD, M.S.P.H. Columnist

These are perilous times for K-12 educators across America as the Cartel is geared up to eradicate public education.

The Cartel of public school privatization education reformers has intensified its coordinated efforts to dismantle America’s public school districts in every state in the country. It…

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