Issue: 801
Jan 16, 2020
Color of Law
Obama is Wrong: Dems Are Not #TooFarLeft
Executive Editor
The former president is mistaken if he believes that in appealing to the electorate, Democrats must tamp down their message and advocate for tweaks in the system rather than systemic reform. This, in a country that touts itself as the "land of opportunity," yet has one of the lowest rates of socioeconomic mobility.
(CNN) Last-minute presidential candidates such as billionaire Michael Bloomberg and former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, a managing director at Bain Capital, have entered the race in…
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Guest Commentary
Dr. King Was Not a “Dreamer”
Guest Commentator
the oft-quoted "I have a dream" speech was not about far-off visions. In his speech in Washington, D.C., August 28, 1963, Dr. King confronted the poverty, injustice, and "nightmare conditions" of American cities. In its totality, the "I have a dream" speech was about the right of oppressed and poor Americans to cash their promissory note in our time. It was a call to action.
Every year, millions of Americans pay tribute to the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King. We often forget, however, that King was the object of derision…
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Commentary
Why Black Folks are the Most Forgiving
Editorial Board
while Christianity is not a toxic religion, the form of Christianity taught to my ancestors was not to make us better Christians but rather better slaves.
Black Christians give away forgiveness like it’s confetti, and white Trump evangelicals give it away sparingly, if at all. As an African American, the act of…
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Commentary
What Kind of World Do We Want To See? Depends On Who’s Doing the Envisioning
Editorial Board
on the floor of any Amazon warehouse these days, employees watch as Bezos rises, ascends into the ether, for all practical purposes, Bezos doesn’t live on the ground on which they walk.
The phrase, gnothi seauton (know thyself), which later became the motto of the classical Greeks of the Golden Age of Athens, would have been virtually meaningless…
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Commentary
Postal Service Is Another Public Service On The Chopping Block – Solidarity America
Columnist
It's one thing to contemplate the seeming contest between electronic communications and communicating by personal letter (the USPS), but there still remains the question of powerful interests that wish to make irrelevant the Postal Service, so there might not be even the possibility of trying to reconcile the two.
For more than 200 years, the U.S. Postal Service has served as the glue that has held the country together, providing communication among the people and…
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Sharp n’ Blunt
Most Black NFL Players Would Put Their Own Mommas on the Corner if the Price Was Right
Columnist
Million dollar slaves in a gazillion dollar industry, and as long as they keep getting paid so much moolah - we’ll only see a Colin Kaepernick every so often.
Most Black NFL players, I humbly submit, would put their own mommas on the corner - if the price was right. I’m sorry gentlemen, but if…
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Commentary
Woodson and Education – Worrill’s World
Columnist
It should be obvious by now that most African children in America who attend the public schools of America are not receiving an education. At best it can be called training. That is, learning the basic skills of reading, writing, and arithmetic. In many instances, this kind of training is occurring on a very minimal basis with African children in America.
On Friday, January 31, 2020 the Carruthers Center for Inner City Studies (CCICS) and the Black United Fund of Illinois (BUFI) are proudly sponsoring a Black…
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