May 8, 2002
Issue Number 2

Newark
The First Domino?
The Hard Right Tests Its National Black Strategy

In a few days the voters of overwhelmingly Black and Hispanic Newark, New Jersey, will either blunt the Hard Right’s first serious drive for urban political power, in blackface, or be overwhelmed by it.

How to Spot a Black Trojan Horse
A Letter from Harvard
Dr. Martin Kilson, Guest Commentator

Any celebration of Cory Booker’s campaign in Newark by George Will and his ilk must be viewed automatically as bad news for the Black people of Newark.

Reparations, Part One
The True Value of Some Land and an Animal

The present generation is both victim and heir of this horror.  How is it to be compensated, made whole? 

The Living Wage Movement:
A New Beginning
Bread, Power and Civil Rights in 19 Languages

In a broad sense, the movement is an effort to shape a public policy that encourages, rather than impedes, the organizing efforts of labor and community organizations.

A Statement on the Events
of September 11
By Georgia Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney

The need for an investigation of the events surrounding September 11 is as obvious as is the need for an investigation of the Enron debacle.

Condoleezza & Geraldo A Fine Pair
The Role Model's Burden

Condoleezza and Geraldo.  As we used to say, they’re both “a credit to their race.”

Mural Art
Boy With Raised Arm

I am large. I contain multitudes.

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