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Issue: 75

January 29, 2004

Commentary

The Awesome Destructive Power of the Corporate Power Media

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

Howard Dean has joined the list of victims of U.S. corporate media consolidation. Dean shares this distinction with Dennis Kucinich and the people of the formerly sovereign state of Iraq, among many others. Dean was stripped of half his popular support in the space of two weeks in January while John Kerry – tied in…

Howard Dean has joined the list of victims of U.S. corporate media consolidation. Dean shares this distinction with Dennis Kucinich and the people of the formerly…

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Commentary

The Wal-Martization of Education

By Edithe A. Fulton

began publication 20 months ago with a warning that the Hard Right was pushing private school vouchers to drive a “wedge” between African Americans and public employees – specifically, teachers unions – and to create a bought-and-paid-for, “alternative” Black political leadership. The two-prong strategy originated in think tanks funded by the Bradley, Olin and Walton…

began publication 20 months ago with a warning that the Hard Right was pushing private school vouchers to drive a “wedge” between African Americans and public…

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Commentary

e-Mailbox: The Rise of the Black Trojan Horse and more… Issue 75

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

As we prepare for Black History Month it is useful to note that, at very select times and under narrow circumstances, pervasive white racism actually worked to the perverse benefit of at least some African Americans. For example, a host of Black service businesses profited from the captive market provided them by Jim Crow –…

As we prepare for Black History Month it is useful to note that, at very select times and under narrow circumstances, pervasive white racism actually worked…

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Commentary

Black Families: A Glass Half Empty and Half Full

By Margaret Kimberley Guest Commentator

The quickest way to bring anger, tears, and vitriol to any conversation among Black people is to discuss the state of Black male and female relationships. If it is true that men are from Mars and women are from Venus it must follow that healthy relationships are difficult to maintain. Add racism, the economic marginalization…

The quickest way to bring anger, tears, and vitriol to any conversation among Black people is to discuss the state of Black male and female relationships.…

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Guest Commentary

African Americans Crucial to Democratic Victory

By Donna Brazile Guest Commentator

Carol Moseley Braun’s candidacy for President of the United States is now history. Ambassador Braun, the first African American woman to serve in the U.S. Senate, used her time on the campaign trail to champion issues such as pay equity, single payer health care and economic development. Although her voice and beautiful smile will be…

Carol Moseley Braun’s candidacy for President of the United States is now history. Ambassador Braun, the first African American woman to serve in the U.S. Senate,…

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Guest Commentary

EEOC ‘Diversity in Law Firms’ Report: A Heap of Stones

By Abdul Karim Bangura Guest Commentator

A mantra those of us in research methodology like to evoke goes as follows: Like beauty, the meaning of data is in the eyes of the beholder. Indeed, it was mathematician Henri Poincare who made the poignant observation that “Science is built up with facts as a house is with stones. But a collection of…

A mantra those of us in research methodology like to evoke goes as follows: Like beauty, the meaning of data is in the eyes of the…

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