Issue: 823
June 18, 2020
Color of Law
Eyewitness Protest Report – Video Interview
Executive Editor
Given all the accusations about how dangerous the protesters are or have been including calling them terrorists, did you or any members of your family ever feel threatened?
BC interviewed David A. Love about his experiences around the protest near his home in Philadelphia. He made the following video recordings of his answers. Question…
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Commentary
A Silver Lining to a Slap in the Face
Editorial Board
Juneteenth is a celebratory day, but there is nothing to celebrate when our bigoted President co-opts our holiday for a cheap political stunt.
The President of the United States hit a new low when he used the military to clear DC’s Lafayette Park of citizens. They were exercising their…
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Commentary
Black Lives Matter – At the Crossroads
Editorial Board
To change course, to simply decide not to continue on a path that can only produce more bloody corpses of black bodies, is to demand a new course for law enforcement.
Now the political education of the masses is seen to be a historic necessity. Frantz Fanon, The Wretched of the Earth What you inherit, what you…
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Commentary
The “Outside Agitator” Lie Has Been Told Too Often and Is Beginning to Get Stale – Solidarity America
Columnist
There needs to be a complete change of police culture and that doesn’t happen without changing the nation’s culture.
In our glorious fight for civil rights, we must guard against being fooled by false slogans, such as ‘right to work.’ It is a law to…
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Sharp n’ Blunt
This “Melting Pot” Called America is Filled with Voodoo Chili, and Boiling Over!
Columnist
Moving the “Klan Lite” rally back a day is a day late and gazillions dollars short in authentic sincerity and genuine respect.
Let’s walk n’ talk: I’ve been a starving freelance wordsmith for, damn, decades now, and throughout this journey I’ve advocated Black folks dust-off the Last Poets…
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Commentary
Will Biden Choose A Cop For VP?
Columnist
this race will not be determined by who leads in the polls but on whether he or Trump can get their supporters out to vote.
Most political pundits, Democratic insiders, and leaks from Biden’s campaign have concluded that Biden has narrowed the list for his vice presidential running mate to six:…
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