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Walter Fields

Walter Fields is the CEO and Executive Editor of the North Star Network, a Black public affairs online news portal. He is a contributor to "News and Notes with Ed Gordon" on National Public Radio and a former contributor to the MSNBC cable news channel and MSNBC.com.

4 pieces

Commentary

Don’t Tread on Me! – An Open Letter to Senate Republican Leadership

By Walter Fields

This letter originally appeared in Mr. Fields’ personal website, Black Is. TO: Senate Republican Leadership FROM: Walter Fields, Citizen RE: Betraying our Values Once again, you have proven your unfitness to lead this nation by trivializing the Constitution with your blatantly political maneuver to push a flag burning amendment through the Senate. And while you…

This letter originally appeared in Mr. Fields’ personal website, Black Is. TO: Senate Republican Leadership FROM: Walter Fields, Citizen RE: Betraying our Values Once again, you…

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Commentary

Facing Our Own Tsunami

By Walter Fields

The author is publisher of The NorthStar Network, where this article originally appeared. Get Ready For the Wave of Destruction Well it’s here. After a tumultuous 2004 the New Year was ushered in with a natural disaster of Biblical proportion – an ocean borne earthquake that spawned a tidal wave, or tsunami, in the Indian…

The author is publisher of The NorthStar Network, where this article originally appeared. Get Ready For the Wave of Destruction Well it's here. After a tumultuous…

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Commentary

Rumsfeld Continues Tradition of White Indifference

By Walter Fields

The following article originally appeared in The NorthStar Network. White men in power rarely apologize for their indiscretions. In fact, in most situations, they manipulate instances in which most of us would feel shame and find ways to profit from their immoral behavior. Just look at the Watergate alumni. Richard Nixon, though resigning from the…

The following article originally appeared in The NorthStar Network. White men in power rarely apologize for their indiscretions. In fact, in most situations, they manipulate instances…

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Hate American Style: Iraq Trees Bearing Strange Fruit

By Walter Fields

The following article first appeared in The NorthStar Network. Are We Now Prepared To Deal Truthfully with the American Experience? The anger in the voices of U.S. military personnel and news commentators was evident in the immediate aftermath of the killing of four American civilian contractors, and the desecration of their bodies by an angry…

The following article first appeared in The NorthStar Network. Are We Now Prepared To Deal Truthfully with the American Experience? The anger in the voices of…

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