Issue: 666
September 15, 2016
Sharp n’ Blunt
“A basket of deplorables . . .” if the sheet fits, wear it
Columnist
Clearly half of the Republican TEA Partiers are really Neo-Confederates - they have the political/economical and social viewpoints that David Dukes holds dear.
Look, honestly Hillary’s being highly generous if you ask me. Perhaps maybe even magnanimous if you really think about the elements in Donald Trump’s flock. Here’s…
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Commentary
Fear Has Its Merits
Columnist
It is imperative that you take a minute to observe the faces of the voices that are crying about their “anxiety.” They are chiefly a non-intellectual, working class, rural lot. These are the same people that Barack Obama, the 2008 presidential candidate said, in times of anxiety, “cling to their religion and guns.”
It should be a crime, but it isn’t. It has been said enough times, that you believe it: “Americans are angry.” Mainstream poll after poll has…
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Commentary
Are You Ready To Vote?
Editorial Board
Now is the time to make sure you are prepared. Are you registered? Where will you vote? Will you be out of town or unable to get to the polls on November 8? Can you do early voting or vote via an absentee ballot? These aren’t questions to ask on November 5, they are questions to ask now.
Are you ready to vote? Are you registered? These may seem like simplistic questions, especially for those who are aware, but every year some folks are…
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Commentary
Nissan: Southern U.S. Auto Workers Just Don’t Give Up
Columnist
Many southern politicians have bragged in public that they have lower wages and a more obedient workforce, as a way to lure automakers to their states.
Workers in southern U.S. auto plants, hotbeds of anti-worker, anti-union corporations and politicians, are showing that they just will not give up organizing their workplaces. Some…
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Commentary
Fight for Public Education in North Carolina and New Jersey
Columnist
In the current governor’s race in North Carolina and the upcoming 2017 gubernatorial election in New Jersey, there is a battle royal brewing between state-level Cartel representatives and public school teachers and their supporters.
The fight for the soul of public education is escalating, and is central to the 2016 presidential election where Donald Trump has doubled down on the…
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View from the Battlefield
Political Prisoners in the Shadows
Editorial Board
It’s not just a new generation that needs schooling on political prisoners. The larger social justice movement also needs to be reminded of those whose political views and activities captured the attention of the FBI and who were caught in its net of deception and lawlessness.
When young protesters started chanting a quote by Tass Shakur during the Ferguson Uprising, several veteran activists from around the country reached out to me. They…
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Commentary
50 Years and CCICS
Columnist
The Carruthers Center for Inner City Studies endeavored, for over fifty-years to develop a curriculum philosophy and theoretical framework that examine social experience from an African Centered perspective. The rewards of these efforts have been enriching for the academic community world-wide, as well as the inner city community.
The Carruthers Center for Inner City Studies (CCICS) was established on September 8, 1966 during the early years of Northeastern Illinois University, which was founded in…
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