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Commentary – The Harold Ford Show

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Harold Ford, Jr. put on a spectacle last week for the sake of his own, outsized Senatorial ambitions and to further ingratiate himself to the right wing of the Democratic Party, the same people who have engineered the erosion of progressive politics in the U.S. since the mid-Eighties with their “new” and politically bankrupt, warmed-over…

Harold Ford, Jr. put on a spectacle last week for the sake of his own, outsized Senatorial ambitions and to further ingratiate himself to the right…

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Commentary – The Harold Ford Show

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

Unfunny Valentine Despite our best efforts, THE CRISIS, founded by W.E.B. Du Bois in 1910, remains under the editorship of Victoria Valentine, a person who cannot tell the difference between friends and foes of the magazine’s parent organization, the NAACP. Valentine gave both praise and space to Cory Booker, the school vouchers advocate and board…

Unfunny Valentine Despite our best efforts, THE CRISIS, founded by W.E.B. Du Bois in 1910, remains under the editorship of Victoria Valentine, a person who cannot…

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Briefs

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

“I will seize the opportunity to achieve big goals.” – George W. Bush, from Bush at War The Bush regime’s strategic decision to seize effective control of the planet translates domestically as wholesale pillaging of American civil society. Breathtaking is too weak a word to describe the scope of what the Republicans have accomplished under…

"I will seize the opportunity to achieve big goals." - George W. Bush, from Bush at War The Bush regime's strategic decision to seize effective control…

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Cartoon Atlanta Journal Constitution

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Trojan Horse Watch

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

The Bush Administration is directly funding a media campaign by the Black Alliance for Educational Options (BAEO), the school vouchers propaganda outfit created by the far-right Bradley Foundation. The blatant political nature of the gift could not be plainer. “We want to change the conversation about parental choice by positively influencing individuals who are resisting…

The Bush Administration is directly funding a media campaign by the Black Alliance for Educational Options (BAEO), the school vouchers propaganda outfit created by the far-right…

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Debate over NAACP THE CRISIS

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

The Black Commentator has called on the NAACP to dismiss the editor of its publication, THE CRISIS. In our November 4 issue, we published our brief against Victoria Valentine, along with an Open Letter to the magazine and its parent organization from Harvard political scientist Dr. Martin Kilson. Journalist Dr. Todd Burroughs, who writes frequently…

The Black Commentator has called on the NAACP to dismiss the editor of its publication, THE CRISIS. In our November 4 issue, we published our brief…

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e-MailBox

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

Sisters and Brothers: Wish I could send more than praise for the work you have done. The Belafonte interview is a jewel and most commentary on our corrupt racist politics is on the money. Stay the course in these stormy seas. We may get the shit knocked out of us for now, but once the…

Sisters and Brothers: Wish I could send more than praise for the work you have done. The Belafonte interview is a jewel and most commentary on…

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Briefs

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“Black candidates depend on ’cause’ organizations – people like me – to get out the Black vote. Republicans develop ‘get out the vote’ organizations.” – Julian Bond, NAACP chairman “Free at last, free at last. Thank God Almighty, free at last.” – Georgia Republican Governor-elect Sonny Perdue Somewhere in the yawning political chasm between the…

"Black candidates depend on 'cause' organizations - people like me - to get out the Black vote. Republicans develop 'get out the vote' organizations." - Julian…

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Environmental Justice for People of Color

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

This article was prepared by the Environmental Justice Resource Center, Clark Atlanta University After several false starts and two years of planning, environmental justice leaders convened the Second National People of Color Environmental Leadership Summit (Summit II) in Washington, DC. Summit II organizers planned the four-day meeting for 500 participants. Over 1,200 delegates from grassroots…

This article was prepared by the Environmental Justice Resource Center, Clark Atlanta University After several false starts and two years of planning, environmental justice leaders convened…

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