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Issue: 742

May 17, 2018

Color of Law

Gaza in 2018 is What Selma Was in 1965

By David A. Love, JD Executive Editor

No longer can the Israeli government pretend Palestinians are not human, or invisible, or will simply go away. Israel cannot justify the misery it visits upon Palestinians through the military occupation, the killing and imprisonment, the restrictions on movement, the demolition of homes and the construction of illegal settlements on Palestinian land any longer.

The recent killings of peaceful Palestinian protesters, children and journalists by Israeli military snipers marks a turning point in the movement against Israel's decades-long occupation of…

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Commentary

Palestine: Where’s The Outrage?

By John Funiciello Columnist

As Americans, the new embassy in Jerusalem sends a clear message from the Trump administration: the Israeli government can do whatever it wants. Snipers, blockades, legal assaults on basic rights, ongoing expansion - there’s evidently nothing this administration won’t sign off on. It’s never been more clear that change in U.S. Israel/Palestine policy is only going to come from the grassroots.”

This week, one of the biggest tragedies and crimes of a nation against an oppressed people have been perpetrated by the Israel Defense Force in recent…

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Commentary

God’s Judgment of White America (The Chickens Come Home to Roost) Malcolm X speech of December 4, 1963

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

These Uncle Tom leaders do not speak for the Negro majority; they don't speak for the black masses. They speak for the "black bourgeoisie," the brainwashed, white-minded, middle-class minority who are ashamed of black, and don't want to be identified with the black masses, and are therefore seeking to lose their "black identity" by mixing, mingling, intermarrying, and integrating with the white

Malcolm X Born: Malcolm Little, May 19, 1925, Omaha, Nebraska Died: El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, February 21, 1965, Audubon Ballroom, Harlem, New York City New York City,…

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Commentary

Graduation is Just the First Hurdle

By Dr. Julianne Malveaux, PhD Editorial Board

The Class of 2018 will learn, as have millions of other African Americans, that racism is alive and well. They’ve cleared a hurdle with graduation, but even as some cross the stage they are being reminded that there are many more hurdles to clear to survive in our unfortunately racist nation.

The Black Panther, Chadwick Bozeman, graduated from Howard University with a Bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts (BFA) in 2000. His writing partner is also a HU…

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View from the Battlefield

Time’s Up On R. Kelly

By Jamala Rogers Editorial Board

One thing we must stop these negroes from doing every time they get busted for sex crimes is to cry public lynching. Kelly mimics men such as Bill Cosby and Clarence Thomas in exploiting the word to get sympathy. Lynching has a unique place in this country’s ugly, racist history. It is not an image to conjure up to save one’s sorry soul.

R. Kelly has a major legal advantage over Bill Cosby, who is now a convicted felon, that has everything to do with the race and age…

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Commentary

When Japanese-Americans’ Allegiance Was Questioned

By The Reverend Irene Monroe Editorial Board

Because topics of race in this country are too often talked about in black and white terms, the history of discrimination against other minority groups gets overlooked. Case in point, the Japanese-American internment is not talked about and not often taught, if at all, in American history books.

“Allegiance” will soon be coming to your neck of the woods, because it’s a tour de force. And, it’s another shameful time in American history. “Allegiance”…

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Commentary

Trump Could Win 2018 Midterms Over Democrats and Teachers

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

There is a growing trend where blacks are choosing to stay home on Election Day rather than cast a vote for either the Democrats or Republicans. Hillary Clinton lost Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania by narrow margins, and the 2016 Presidential Election, but she would have won them comfortably if she had been able to increase black turnout by 7 percentage points in each state.

Trump’s approval ratings have remained stable in the low- to mid-forty percent range, with some recent improvements due to his tax cuts despite all of his…

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PR Nada Cambia

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PR Nada Cambia

By Eric Garcia Cartoonist/Artist

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