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Issue: 89

May 6, 2004

Cover Story

America – Unfit to Change the World

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

“They wanted to humiliate us. It was disgusting. They covered our heads with plastic bags and hit our backs with sharp objects, which added to our wounds. They then took off all our clothes, made us stand next to the wall and carried out immoral acts that I cannot even talk about. Women soldiers took…

"They wanted to humiliate us. It was disgusting. They covered our heads with plastic bags and hit our backs with sharp objects, which added to our…

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Commentary

Freedom Rider: White Supremacy in Iraq

By Margaret Kimberley Guest Commentator

The President, his top aides, and members of Congress seemed to be delusional. They said that Iraqis would want the United States military to occupy their country, drop 500-pound bombs on their homes, and allow their country to be used as a cash cow for Halliburton and other corporations. It was hard to understand how…

The President, his top aides, and members of Congress seemed to be delusional. They said that Iraqis would want the United States military to occupy their…

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Commentary

Re-Print: Racism at Core of Iraq Invasion

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

This article previously appeared in UNObserver.com and Islamonline.net. The popular perception in the US is that Iraq is a country of uncivilized criminals and terrorists raised to hate America because common people hate freedom and liberty, “ragheads” and “sand niggers” who brought down the Twin Towers in New York City and attacked the Pentagon. US-based…

This article previously appeared in UNObserver.com and Islamonline.net. The popular perception in the US is that Iraq is a country of uncivilized criminals and terrorists raised…

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Commentary

Vouchers Undermine Hard-Won Civil Rights Gains

By Barbara Miner

This article originally appeared in the Spring Issue of Rethinking Schools. Almost 45 years ago, Charles McDew helped found the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), an organization that left its mark on history for its efforts to desegregate public facilities and register black voters in the South. McDew, SNCC’s chair from 1961 to 1964, remembers…

This article originally appeared in the Spring Issue of Rethinking Schools. Almost 45 years ago, Charles McDew helped found the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), an…

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Commentary

The Black Male Education Debacle

By Jenel Few

This article was first published in the April 9 issue of the Savannah Morning News. Eighth-graders Ishmere McKinney and Malcolm Tariq are among hundreds of young black males who crowd the hallways on their way to class at Savannah’s DeRenne Middle School. Ishmere, a husky 14-year-old who was held back last year, files into a…

This article was first published in the April 9 issue of the Savannah Morning News. Eighth-graders Ishmere McKinney and Malcolm Tariq are among hundreds of young…

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