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Commentary
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What got your goat, and what gave me a twinge, too, as I read Mr. Hale’s article is that it did not seem to condemn the criminal conduct as strongly as it did the ignorant boasting about it. It wasn’t the words Mr. Hale spoke. It was what was left unspoken. The title after all…
What got your goat, and what gave me a twinge, too, as I read Mr. Hale's article is that it did not seem to condemn the…
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Cover Story
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Citizens of the eleventh class, really not citizens at all, have no rights citizens of the first class or their government are bound to respect. Their residence is forbidden in nearly nine-tenths of the country, all of which they used to own. The areas left to them are cut up into smaller and smaller portions…
Citizens of the eleventh class, really not citizens at all, have no rights citizens of the first class or their government are bound to respect. Their…
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The Voting Rights Act has worked so well for minorities in Georgia, a couple of Republicans from that state disingenuously proclaimed, that they introduced amendments to extend its provisions nationwide to every jurisdiction with substantial numbers of blacks, Asians, Native Americans and Hispanics. They knew that with no documented history of disenfranchisement openly and admittedly…
The Voting Rights Act has worked so well for minorities in Georgia, a couple of Republicans from that state disingenuously proclaimed, that they introduced amendments to…
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Cover Story
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“Don’t put that out there” is the admonition delivered to folks impolite enough to talk about bad things which might happen but have not yet come to pass, as if mere discussion or consideration of some awful possibility makes it more likely. We at BC understand politeness. But failing to recognize, to examine and to…
“Don't put that out there” is the admonition delivered to folks impolite enough to talk about bad things which might happen but have not yet come…
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HR 9, the legislation to reauthorize the Voting Rights Act of 1965, is in trouble. Extremist Republicans, who want to ban the production of election materials in any language but English, and who aim to end federal oversight of voting law changes in the South, have forced Republican leaders to delay bringing the bill to…
HR 9, the legislation to reauthorize the Voting Rights Act of 1965, is in trouble. Extremist Republicans, who want to ban the production of election materials…
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A new hue has been added to the list of America’s color coded “terrorist alerts.” It’s black. As last week’s BC cover story pointed out, the indictment of seven black Miami residents for allegedly conspiring to blow up the Sears Tower and according to US Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez wage a “full ground war” against…
A new hue has been added to the list of America’s color coded “terrorist alerts.” It’s black. As last week’s BC cover story pointed out, the…
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Cover Story
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The independence of black American leadership is under assault by a tsunami of cash. Unprecedented levels of corporate underwriting are subverting black civic organizations. Tens of millions in faith-based federal grants have been deployed to suborn black clergy. Rivers of charitable and campaign contributions have been invested in subduing or silencing the voices of African…
The independence of black American leadership is under assault by a tsunami of cash. Unprecedented levels of corporate underwriting are subverting black civic organizations. Tens of…
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For some time now, every BC issue has showcased prints and visual works of art by a collection of artists including Margaret Warfield, Larry Richardson, Mwandishi Henry and others. We urge our readers to click on over to the “art forms” page, to check out some of the stunning work these artists have made available,…
For some time now, every BC issue has showcased prints and visual works of art by a collection of artists including Margaret Warfield, Larry Richardson, Mwandishi…
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Commentary
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We at BC are not the first to note that the GOP has for more than a generation been the White Man’s Party. In our time, the overt and covert appeals to white racism which have long been a standard and bipartisan feature of the nation’s political life, and the engine of all sorts of…
We at BC are not the first to note that the GOP has for more than a generation been the White Man’s Party. In our time,…
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