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Issue: 759

October 11, 2018

Cover Story

Workers of the World Uniting to Prevent Privatization (THEFT) of Public Services

By John Funiciello Columnist

Privatization has been going on in the U.S. for a very long time and the upside for the corporations that engage in such practices and the rich, who invest in the companies, is that those who work for private firms are often non-union and, therefore, are paid at a lower rate than the municipal workers who did the work when the service was public.

The experiences of privatization of public services have shown that there is little that benefits either the people or the nation and a global organization of…

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Commentary

Republicans Revived after Kavanaugh Confirmation Victory

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

the Democrats seem to be once again relying on their standing in the polls and the enthusiasm of their voters as they have begun their victory laps for the November 6th election rather than organizing on the ground.

He has been on a series of victory laps and has redefined the Democrats as a mob of violent dissidents who are “too dangerous to govern”…

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Color of Law

A Perspective from the Past – Opposing Views – What a Trump Presidency Would Look Like for Black America

By David A. Love, JD Executive Editor

“A Trump presidency would be a massive loss to racial, gender, class and overall social equality. While the U.S. still has ways to go regarding the issues mentioned above, a Trump presidency would severely hinder our ability to move forward in unison,”

Note: This commentary offers a perspective of Trump from a time before his election. It was originally published by AtlantaBlackStar.com in April of 2016. Although he…

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Commentary

The Matthew Shepard Murder Revisited

By The Reverend Irene Monroe Editorial Board

The anointing of Matthew Shepard as an iconic image for LGBTQ rights not only concealed from the American public the real person but also it hid the other varied faces of hate crimes in 1998.

This October 12 marks twenty years since the death of Matthew Shepard. In October 1998, Shepard, then 21, was a first-year college student at University of…

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Commentary

Jesse Louis Jackson is our Civil Rights Icon

By Dr. Julianne Malveaux, PhD Editorial Board

Few are reading black feminist writers today. Most students in high school and college must content with faculty who play it safe by steering discussing focus on the superficial rather than substantive discussions of the role race, gender, sexual orientation, class, disability, for example, play in our lives. How is it that in the year 2018 we have witnessed the take over of the majority by the few? Who are those few? What groups make up the majority?

Old Spider Woman is one name for this quintessential spirit, and Serpent Woman is another. Corn Woman is one aspect of her, and Earth Woman is…

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Commentary

Jesse Louis Jackson is our Civil Rights Icon

By Dr. Julianne Malveaux, PhD Editorial Board

Thanks to Rev. Jesse Jackson, African American people claimed political audacity. We don’t have to wait our turn, follow the rules, and defer to the status quo. We can, like Ayanna S. Pressley, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Lucy McBath, just buck up against the system and decide to do it our way. We don’t have to climb up the ladder of a broken party system, or wait for the blessing of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. Instead, we can step out when the time is right and the possibilities are there.

Rev. Jesse Louis Jackson turned 77 on October 8, 2018. Nobody has led a less storied life. He first took a public stand for civil rights…

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Commentary

We Must Continue the Demand for Reparations

By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill, PhD Columnist

International law supports the position that the enslavement of Africans was a crime against humanity. The Charter of the Nuremberg Tribunal defined crimes against humanity in this manner: “Murder, extermination, enslavement, deportation, and other inhumane acts committed against any civilian population… whether or not in violation of the domestic law of the country where perpetuated.”

We must regain the momentum which the Reparations Movement had in the first few years of this century. The United Nations World Conference Against Racism in…

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Guest Commentary

Affirmative Action as Counterweight to Privilege and Elitism

By Betty Hung Guest Commentator

As we head into an epic battle over affirmative action in university admissions, it is crucial that people who opposed Kavanaugh’s confirmation understand why they also have a stake in the affirmative action fight.

The naked and brutal exercise of power by Republicans in the battle to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court is a travesty, but unfortunately not…

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