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Sky Fell

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

Well tan my hide and call me Rastus, they’re serving ice water in hellI underestimated a few things in this election: the sheer numbers of Latinos and their voter clout…the quiet resilience of Afro-Americans…and the sheer numbers of good, decent, enlightened White folks across this nation. I had no idea! However, I didn’t underestimate the…

Well tan my hide and call me Rastus, they’re serving ice water in hellI underestimated a few things in this election: the sheer numbers of Latinos…

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Election Day

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

They gave him four years of obstruction.The Elections season of 2012 is nearly over. We could not fathom the degree of hypocrisy this campaign season produced, as nearly anything and everything has been said by the Romney/Ryan team to win the election. You have to be careful about someone who will say anything to get…

They gave him four years of obstruction.The Elections season of 2012 is nearly over. We could not fathom the degree of hypocrisy this campaign season produced,…

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Path

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

President Obama insists Israel has a “right” to nuclear weapons. This brother definitely does not speak for me. This election – like most elections in the U.S. – is not a pathway to accomplish very much. At best it is an opportunity for a defensive action such as to prevent bad Supreme Court nominations or…

President Obama insists Israel has a “right” to nuclear weapons. This brother definitely does not speak for me. This election – like most elections in the…

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Blood Gushes

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

“There is no flag large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people.” – Howard Zinn “America is false to the past, false to the present, and solemnly binds herself to be false to the future.” – Frederick Douglass As this, the latter part of the year 2012, slips toward the year 2013, our…

"There is no flag large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people." - Howard Zinn "America is false to the past, false to the…

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Self Determination

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

Nationalism has been the primary method by which every national/ethnic group has achieved and maintains power. In order for the African Community in America to continue our fight for self-determination and dignity, it is important that we remind ourselves of the nature of the American dynamic. Essentially, and at the foundation of the American-European dynamic,…

Nationalism has been the primary method by which every national/ethnic group has achieved and maintains power. In order for the African Community in America to continue…

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Prop 34

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

Proposition 34, the important ballot initiative in California, would eliminate the death penalty in that state. With 725 people on death row, including 19 women, California has the most death row prisoners in the nation, and one quarter of America’s death row population. So, if the Golden State repeals its death penalty, the change would…

Proposition 34, the important ballot initiative in California, would eliminate the death penalty in that state. With 725 people on death row, including 19 women, California…

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Next Scotus

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

At the moment we are trying to hold off some of the worst elements of an increasingly barbaric capitalism.Alright, team, it is time to get down to brass tacks. The polls indicate that the situation is one of rough parity between the presidential candidates. The only thing surprising about this is that in a situation…

At the moment we are trying to hold off some of the worst elements of an increasingly barbaric capitalism.Alright, team, it is time to get down…

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