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January 26, 2017

Commentary

What’s Next for the Economy?

By Dr. Julianne Malveaux, PhD Editorial Board

African Americans with moderate incomes (the average African American family income is about $35,000), others who a similarly situated, lower-income people, and the economically vulnerable are not likely to gain in the “new economy”. Businesses, however, are likely to do very well. Is America made “great again” if economic vulnerability increases? I think not!

The economic philosophies of Democrats and Republicans are drastically different. While neither party is interested in dismantling the predatory capitalism that extracts surplus value from workers,…

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Commentary

Seven Hundred Acres Not Enough for Zuckerberg Hideaway In Hawaii

By John Funiciello Columnist

He reportedly bought a “waterfront property” on the island of Kauai, Hawaii, for $100 million, and then became perturbed by the ownership of small parcels within his property by an untold number of Hawaiians, whose parcels total little more than eight acres.

The behavior of America’s individuals among the powers that be is sometimes erratic, sometimes idiosyncratic, and sometimes or often, expressive of the power of great wealth…

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Guest Commentary

Six Things We Should Do Better As Everything Gets Worse

By David Swanson Guest Commentator

Recognize that the crisis is not new. It's just ever more urgent, with environmental or nuclear apocalypse threatening.

Here I am in occupied DC. The White House looks like a Green Zone. There was a time when you could walk up to it. Caravans…

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Commentary

We Must Not Abandon Black Family Life

By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill, PhD Columnist

Family life is the basis for our survival and development. It is the strategy of the white supremacy system to place so much pressure on us that we give up our fight for independence and freedom.

Since the early 1900s, Black and white scholars have written much on the Black family. When one examines the card catalog of any library in America…

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