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Cover Story: Obama: "Tear Down That Wall" - African American Leadership By Dr. Ron Walters, PhD
Political Cartoon: Benjamin Netanyahu By Taylor Jones, Politicalcartoons.com
When Torture is Dismissed - The African World By Bill Fletcher, Jr.
The Revolution Will Be Twitterized - Color of Law By David A. Love, JD
Obama’s Hush-Hush Meeting with LGBTQ Leaders - Inclusion By the Rev. Irene Monroe
The Poverty of the Mind: Hold On, Stay Strong, Carry On - Keeping It Real By Larry Pinkney
Illusion, Reality & Courage in Iran - Left Margin By Carl Bloice
Some Thoughts on the Left from the Left - Represent Our Resistance - By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD
Political Cartoon: Defense Of Marriage Counselor By RJ Matson, Roll Call
Iranian Uprisings & theNew Media - Politics and the Subversive Imagination - Henry A. Giroux, PhD
If You Can’t Beat Them, Close Their Library - The Substance of Truth - By Tolu Olorunda
Second-class Workers: Three Generations is Enough - Solidarity America - By John Funiciello
LA Needs Full Time Mayor - Between The Lines By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD
The Battle Over Egypt - Worrill's World - By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill, PhD
Political Cartoon: Iranian Democracy By Patrick Chappatte, The International Herald Tribune
Withheld Evidence: Mumia Abu-Jamal Supporters want Civil Rights Investigation By Hans Bennett
A Familiar Face By The Reverend D. D. Prather
The U.S. Regime - Change Recipe for Iran - Have the Neocons and Israel Won? - By Paul Craig Roberts
Quote to Ponder: "The arc of the moral universe is long..." - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr
Art: Family Affair By Jim Alexander Photography

 


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Two Cover Stories
1- Murder on 14th Street - The African World By Bill Fletcher, Jr
2 - Are Racist "Lone Wolves" Really "Alone" - African American Leadership By Dr. Ron Walters, PhD
Political Cartoon: Holocaust Museum Memorial By RJ Matson, The St. Louis Post Dispatch
Dying to Kill a Black Man By Jamala Rogers
To the Fathers Who Lost Their Child - Color of Law By David A. Love, JD
Obama’s America - Expanding the Farce - Represent Our Resistance - By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD
Radical Civic Action: A Process for Social Change - Keeping It Real - By Larry Pinkney
Political Cartoon Now It's Official By Jeff Parker, Florida Today
TV From Analog To Digita - Between The Lines By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD
A Father’s Day Story - Unapologetically Young, Black and Female - By Jasmyne A. Cannick
Let Us Make Haste While We Can (Part 3) - The Substance of Truth By Tolu Olorunda
In a Just World: Universal, Public Education - Solidarity America - By John Funiciello
Preparing for NBUF’s 30th National Convention - Worrill's World - By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill, PhD
Political Cartoon: FDA-Big Tobacco By John Darkow, Columbia Daily Tribune, Missouri
Look at what Haiti (Haiti's Tyrants) did to me! By Ezili Dantò/Marguerite Laurent
Quote to Ponder: Juneteenth:- " ... all slaves are free..." - Union Army Major General Gordon Granger
Art: Possibilities By Larry Richardson

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Cover Story: Will Obama Save the Mideast from Itself? - Color of Law By David A. Love, JD
Political Cartoon: The Usual Suspeculation in the recent NYPD shooting! By Justus
Benton Harbor Believes in Fighting Back! - Represent Our Resistance - By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD
Cynthia McKinney, DIGNITY - Keeping It Real - By Larry Pinkney
President Obama’s Speech to the Muslim World - The African World - By Bill Fletcher, Jr.
New Jobless Stats: Still "Less Terrible"? Not for Some - Left Margin - By Carl Bloice
Obama Changing Islam’s Opinion of the US - African American Leadership - By Dr. Ron Walters, PhD
Political Cartoon: Barack Obama - Yes, we can By Taylor Jones, El Nuevo Dia, Puerto Rico
Racism + Sexism Must Be Admitted and Addressed - Women of Color By Suzanne Brooks
Let Us Make Haste While We Can - The Substance of Truth - By Tolu Olorunda
The Power of a Non-Violent Movement - Solidarity America - By John Funiciello
30th Annual National NBUF Convention - Worrill's World - By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill, PhD
Political Cartoon: A New Dawn for Healthcare By Monte Wolverton, Cagle Cartoons
Attention, MOVE: This is America! - At the 24th anniversary of the May 13 massacre, By Hans Bennett
Get That Colonization Off Your Crown, Michelle - From the Fringe - By K. Danielle Edwards
Black America’s Double-Dealing on Drugs - The Fifth Column - By Jonathan David Farley, DPhil
Children of the Recession: Remembering "Manchild in the Promised Land" - By Henry A. Giroux, PhD
Quote to Ponder: Had it not been for slavery, the death penalty..." - Angela Davis
Art: The Regulars By George Keswick - Documentary and Portrait Photography

 


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Cover Story: Sotomayor and the Firefighter’s Case - African American Leadership By Dr. Ron Walters
Political Cartoon: Cornered By Jeff Parker, Florida Today
Quote to Ponder: "I would hope that a wise Latina woman..." - Judge Sonia Sotomayor
The death of a terrorist... who was made a hero - The African World By Bill Fletcher, Jr.
Jamie and Gladys Scott - Represent Our Resistance - By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD
Plea Bargains in the Criminal McJustice System - Color of Law - By David A. Love, JD
Obama Not Marching with Black Pride - Inclusion - By the Rev. Irene Monroe
Black America: Entering a Period of Mediocrity, and Irrelevance? - Keeping It Real - By Larry Pinkney
Political Cartoon: GM Goes Bankrupt By Patrick Chappatte, The International Herald Tribune
Revolutionary Haitian Priest, Gerard Jean-Juste, Presente! - Justice Watch - By Bill Quigley
A Conversation with Henry Giroux (Part 1) - The Substance of Truth - By Tolu Olorunda
Blacks Can Learn From Gays - Unapologetically Young, Black and Female - By Jasmyne A. Cannick
A Billion People Undernourished and Who Would Know? - Solidarity America - By John Funiciell
LAUSD Canceling Summer School - Between The Lines By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD
Education And Economic Independence - Worrill's World By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill, PhD
Political Cartoon: General Motors - Vroom By Paul Zanetti, Australia
HLLN Honors Father Gerard Jean Juste By Ezili Dantò/Marguerite Laurent
Abolish Socialized Medicine forGovernment Leaders! - By Dr. John Hayakawa Torok, JD, PhD
A Foreign Policy Guided by "Houses" and "Daughters" By Rev. William E. Alberts, PhD
Art: The Family Tree By Kadir Nelson

 


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Cover Story: Sonia Sotomayor - - Between The Lines By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD
Political Cartoon: Sonia Sotomayor By Taylor Jones, El Nuevo Dia, Puerto Rico
The Devil in Dick Cheney - African World - By Bill Fletcher, Jr.
Proposition Hate Redux & Celebrating Our Queer Servicemembers - Inclusion By Rev. Irene Monroe
A Review of The Autobiography of Black Panther Robert Hillary King - Keeping It Real By Larry Pinkney
What’s Not Being Said About the Obama-Netanyahu Talks - Left Margin By Carl Bloice
Torture and War Criminals - Represent Our Resistance - By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD
Colin Powell Fights Back - African American Leadership By Dr. Ron Walters, PhD
Art: The Buffalo Soldiers By Frederic Remington
Trying to be Exclusive, but Acting like Everyone Else - From the Fringe By K. Danielle Edwards
Education for African People: The Real Meaning - Worrill’s World - By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill, PhD
"Our Schools Suck": A Book Review - The Substance of Truth - By Tolu Olorunda
U.S. Rulers Disconnected from Everyday Lives of Americans - Solidarity America - By John Funiciello
Letter to The Honorable Douglas Shulman - National Affairs - By Lawrence R. Velvel, JD
Conditions are Deteriorating, Allies are Few - Women of Color - By Suzanne Brooks
Political Cartoon: Greed is Bad By Vince O'Farrell, The Illawarra Mercury, Australia
"Barking at the Light of the Moon..." - By Dr. Carlos E. Russell, PhD
Quote to Ponder: "For the black man with the attaché case..." - James Baldwin
Political Cartoon: Gitmo Closure Plan By Paresh Nath, The Khaleej Times, UAE

 


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Cover Story: Malcolm and the MOVE Family - Represent Our Resistance - By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD
Political Cartoon: Not Humans By Olle Johansson, Sweden
God’s Judgment of White America (The Chickens Come Home to Roost Speech By) Malcolm X
Obama meets Netanyahu: What Needs to be said - African World By Bill Fletcher, Jr.
When the Law is the Crime Being Committed - Color of Law By David A. Love, JD
Republican Pelosi Torture Diversion - African American Leadership By Dr. Ron Walters, PhD
Barack Obama’s Mission to Destroy Critical Thought - Keeping it Real - By Larry Pinkney
Political Cartoon: Guns OK in Parks By Mike Keefe, The Denver Post
If You Can’t Join ‘Em, Have ‘Em Arrested! - Solidarity America - By John Funiciello
Anti-War Hero - The Fifth Column - By Jonathan David Farley, DPhil
LA NAACP Life Achievement Award - Between The Lines By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD
The Maroon Within Us! - Worrill’s World - By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill, PhD
The Trustee and SIPC Use of Net Equity - National Affairs By Lawrence R. Velvel, JD
Political Cartoon: College Grads By Nate Beeler, The Washington Examiner
Green is the New Black, and Hope is the New Crack - By Dr. John Hayakawa Torok, JD, PhD
Quote to Ponder: "The press is so powerful in its image-making role... " - Malcolm X
Art: Despite Gravity By Margaret Warfield

 


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Cover Story: Tthe Job Picture Can’t Evade the Growing Tragedy - Left Margin - By Carl Bloice
Political Cartoon: Teaching to Detest By Justus
Why No Criminal Actions Against Bush Administration Officials - African World By Bill Fletcher, Jr
Alabama Senator Linked to White Supremacists - Color of Law - By David A. Love, JD
2009 in a 1984 World - Represent Our Resistance - By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD
The Burial of the Negro and the 21st Century Negrodian - Keeping it Real - By Larry Pinkney
Political Cartoon: Civilians Under Target By Paresh Nath, The Khaleej Times, UAE
The Making of a Coon: Artur Davis Spits on Dr. King’s Grave - The Substance of Truth By Tolu Olorunda
It’S Beginning To Look A Lot Like Trickle-Down - Solidarity America By John Funiciello
My Annual Graduation Message - Worrill’s World - By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill, PhD
Inglewood’s Police Dept Watch Dog - Between The Lines - By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD
The Four Torture Memos- Part 2 - National Affairs - By Lawrence R. Velvel, JD
Political Cartoon: Graduation Lemmings By Daryl Cagle, MSNBC.com
War, Education, and Women’s Equality in Afghanistan and Pakistan - By Dr. John Hayakawa Torok, JD
Quote to Ponder: "A black person who publicly disparages or criticizes other blacks...' - Derrick Bell
Art: Stars and Bars By Jim Alexander Photography

 


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Cover Story: I Got It From Yo’ Mama - Unapologetically Young, Black, Female - By Jasmyne A. Cannick
Art: Mother Reading to Daughter By London Ladd
Targeted Public Policy - African American Leadership By Dr. Ron Walters, PhD
Ft. Dix Five Case - Represent Our Resistance - By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD
Ethnic Cleansing in East Jerusalem - African World By Bill Fletcher, Jr.
A Philly Tragedy Reminds Us of America’s Gun Lust - Color of Law - By David A. Love, JD
Contradiction: Black and Head of the U.S. Empire - Keeping it Real By Larry Pinkney
Political Cartoon: The Real Swine Flu By Mark Hurwitt
Education and the Future of Black ChildrenPart 3 - The Substance of Truth - By Tolu Olorunda
The Fight for Boss’ Right to be Arbitrary and Capricious - Solidarity America - By John Funiciello
The Continuing Impact of White Supremacy - Worrill’s World - By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill, PhD
Obama's Recovery & Reinvestment Act:- Between The Lines By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD
Political Cartoon: Judge David Souter By Bob Englehart, The Hartford Courant
Who Mourns for the Confederate Slave? - The Fifth Column By Jonathan David Farley, DPhil
Justice Jackson’s Speech of December 1936 - National Affairs - By Lawrence R. Velvel, JD
Quote to Ponder: "Grown don't mean nothing to a mother,,, " - Toni Morrison
Political Cartoon: Supreme Court Nominee By Pat Bagley, Salt Lake Tribune

 


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BC on the Radio: Listen to David A. Love with Dick Gregory and Mark Thompson
Cover Story: Grading President Obama - African American Leadership By Dr. Ron Walters, PhD
Political Cartoon: Somalia By Deng Coy Miel, Singapore
Another abandoned house... which was a home - African World By Bill Fletcher, Jr.
Is Oil Worth More Than Blood In Nigeria? - Color of Law By David A. Love, JD
Queer Communities of Color in White States - Inclusion - By The Reverend Irene Monroe
The Hush-Hush Story: Why They Tortured - Left Margin - By Carl Bloice
Rev. Edward Pinkney and the Movement - Represent Our Resistance - By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD
Finance Capital and the Real Global "Pirates" - Keeping it Real By Larry Pinkney
Political Cartoon: Monopoly and Crisis By Angel Boligan, Cagle Cartoons, El Universal, Mexico City
Myopia Meltdown - From the Fringe By K. Danielle Edwards
New Head ofAFL-CIO May Lead to Split in Union Movement - Solidarity America - By John Funiciello
Are White Schools Hurting Black Students? (Part 2) - The Substance of Truth - By Tolu Olorunda
The Four Torture Memos - National Affairs - By Lawrence R. Velvel, JD
Malcolm X’s 84th Birthday - Worrill’s World - By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill, PhD
Obama's 100 Days- Between The Lines By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD
Political Cartoon: Epidemic Doubts By Angel Boligan, Cagle Cartoons, El Universal, Mexico City
The Case FOR the Congo By Ali M. Malau
"Where Do We Go From Here" - A 21st Century View of Dr. King’s 1967 Speech By Muata Greene
Piracy, Geopolitics, and Private Security - By Abukar Arman
Quote to Ponder: "... a separate Negro school... - W.E.B. Du Bois
Art: "Mesakin Nuba" by Larry Richardson

 


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Cover Story - The Somali Pirates! - Represent Our Resistance - By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD
Political Cartoon: CIA Torture Cases By Rainer Hachfeld, Neues Deutschland, Germany
Lobbyist Money + Right-Wing Extremists = Tea Party - Color of Law By David A. Love, JD
Crossing the Room to Greet Hugo - African World By Bill Fletcher, Jr.
Obama Should Have Attended UN Racism Conference - African American Leadership By Ron Walters
Barack Obama and the Insanity of Denial - Keeping it Real By Larry Pinkney
Political Cartoon: Earth Day By Aislin, The Montreal Gazette
Education and the Future of Black Children - The Substance of Truth - By Tolu Olorunda
Michelle, Malia, and Sasha - Unapologetically Young, Black and Female By Jasmyne A. Cannick
Bush-Cheney Lovers Love the New GOP - and Newt, Too - Solidarity America - By John Funiciello
The UN World Conference Against Racism - Worrill’s World - By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill, PhD
The "New" LAPD Center- Between The Lines By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD
Feeder Funds and the SIPC - National Affairs - By Lawrence R. Velvel, JD
Political Cartoon: Norm Coleman As The Black Knight By RJ Matson, Roll Call
Business Plan for the Rescue of General Motors By Dr. John Hayakawa Torok, JD, PhD
Africa Is Not a Proverb By Mukoma Wa Ngugi
Quote to Ponder: "Acquiesce in the face of discrimination,..." - Mary McLeod Bethune
Art: Green Beans By Kadir Nelson

 


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Cover Story: Obama and the Somalia Dilemma - African World By Bill Fletcher, Jr.
Political Cartoon: 2 Big 2 Fail 2 Big 2 Fail By Mark Hurwitt
The Balance Between Bosses and Workers - African American Leadership By Dr. Ron Walters, PhD
African Americans & the Economic Crisis: Bold Action a Must - Left Margin By Carl Bloice
President Obama’s Magic Show - Represent Our Resistance - By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD
Our House Is On Fire, Part 6: Who Stopped the Presses? - The Color of Law By David A. Love, JD
There Are No Short Cuts to Bring About Systemic Change - Keeping it Real By Larry Pinkney
Political Cartoon: Piracy of Africa By Emad Hajjaj, Jordan
Albany’s Newspaper Cancels Their Workers’ Contract - Solidarity America - By John Funiciello
Resurrection Now, Crucifixion Later - The Substance of Truth - By Tolu Olorunda
A Tribute to My Friend Spurag - Worrill’s World - By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill, PhD
Businesses From Moving Out - Unapologetically Young, Black and Female - By Jasmyne A. Cannick
Stimulus "Mania" - Between The Lines By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD
Political Cartoon: Castro's Wilted Flower By Cam Cardow, The Ottawa Citizen
Anti-Immigrant to Blacks: Go back to Africa By Eric Ward
The Free Mumia Five Point Plan - If Not Now, When? By U-Savior
A Salute To Brother Eugene Godfried - In Struggle Spotlight By Tony Menelik Van Der Meer
Trouble in High Water - By The Reverend D. D. Prather
Quote to Ponder: "I shall feel myself discharging the duty of a true patriot..." - Frederick Douglass
Art: African Drummers By London Ladd

 


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Political Cartoon: Pope Bungyjumping with Condoms By Riber Hansson, Sweden
April 3, 1968 - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. - I've Been to the Mountaintop
How About a Student Loan Bailout? - Color of Law By David A. Love, JD
The Employee Free Choice Act: Corporate America’s Sly Approach - African World By Bill Fletcher, Jr
Televised Revolution of the Powerful - Represent Our Resistance By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD
Professor John Hope Franklin - African American Leadership By Dr. Ronald Walters, PhD
Political Cartoon: Cookie Jar By Olle Johansson, Sweden
Obama’s Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Politics - Keeping it Real - By Larry Pinkney
Madoff and the Mafia: Speculation or a Sure Thing? - National Affairs - By Lawrence R. Velvel, JD
Who Are The "Protectionists" In The Global Economy? - Solidarity America By John Funiciello
Why Capitalists Hate Socialism - Between the Lines By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD
Tavis Smiley, Accountability, and Obamamaniacs - The Substance of Truth By Tolu Olorunda
The Greatest Crime Against Humanity - Worrill’s World By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill, PhD
Political Cartoon: G20 Boat By Frederick Deligne, Le Pelerin, France
Few UK Black Media Present at G20 Summit By Amy V. Simmons
Quote to Ponder: "...the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today... - Martin Luther King, Jr
Art: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr - "Let Freedom Ring" By 29

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Cover Story: Wrong on Afghanistan! - African World By Bill Fletcher, Jr.
Political Cartoon: Afghan Exit Strategy By Paresh Nath, The Khaleej Times, UAE
U.S. Economic Policy Faces a Defiant Planet - Left Margin By Carl Bloice
Our House is on Fire, Part 4: U.S. Drug Policy has Gone to Pot - Color of Law By David A. Love, JD
Barney Frank & Justice Scalia Homophobe Accusation - Inclusion By The Reverend Irene Monroe
Obama's Challenges Abroad - African American Leadership By Dr. Ronald Walters, PhD
U.S. Militarist Government Oppression - Represent Our Resistance By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD
Despite The Republicrats Sometimes Our Youth Trump It All! - Keeping it Real By Larry Pinkney
Political Cartoon: Obama in Europe By Rainer Hachfeld, Neues Deutschland, Germany
Post-Raciality and John Hope Franklin - Between the Lines By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD
Life after Death: Martin Luther King, Jr. - The Substance of Truth - By Tolu Olorunda
Remembering the Durban 400 - Worrill’s World - By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill, PhD
We Were Warned About the Global Economic Meltdown - Solidarity America - By John Funiciello
Madoff: The Simple, Clean, Curative Bond Proposal - National Affairs By Lawrence R. Velvel, JD
Political Cartoon: Recession By Deng Coy Miel, Singapore
Sudan: Justice or a Poisoned Chalice? By Steven Fake & Kevin Funk
Jihad Against The Abuse Of Jihad By Abukar Arman
Happy Birthday Cesar Chavez! By David Swanson
The Legacy of the Black Panther Party - An interview with Kiilu Nyasha By Hans Bennett
Obama Has It All Backward on Afghanistan By Phyllis Bennis and Farrah Hassen
Quote to Ponder: "Politics is the authoritative allocation of values in a society... - Cynthia McKinney
Art: Resting By Jim Alexander Photography

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Cover Story: Du Bois’S Revenge By William (Bill) Strickland
Political Cartoon: Guarding the Public Henhouse By Mark Hurwitt
What is the Image of Black Women Today? - Represent Our Resistance By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD
The "Cuban 5" Must Be Freed - African World By Bill Fletcher, Jr.
Our House Is On Fire, Part 3: New York, City of the Poor - Color of Law By David A. Love, JD
Change the System for It Cannot be Fixed - Keeping it Real - By Larry Pinkney
Economic Ignorance 101 - African American Leadership By Dr. Ronald Walters, PhD
Political Cartoon: Obama Reaches Out To Iran By Patrick Chappatte, The International Herald Tribune
Thinking About J. Max Bond, Jr. 1936-2009 - BC In Struggle Spotlight By Dr. Martin Kilson, PhD
Are Schools the Assassins of Education? - The Substance of Truth - By Tolu Olorunda
Black, Male, Released From Prison and Unemployed By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD
Americans are Hurting, What About the Rest of the World? - Solidarity America - By John Funiciello
Political Cartoon: Israeli Government By Paresh Nath, The Khaleej Times, UAE
Chinweizu, War, And Reparations - Worrill’s World By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill, PhD
Is This Country Joseph Welch Or Joe McCarthy? - National Affairs - By Lawrence R. Velvel, JD
A.I.G. Bonuses: Hate the Game not the Player By Jasmyne A. Cannick
Quote to Ponder: "If the first woman God ever made ..." - Sojourner Truth
Art: The Five Graces (Why War) By Larry Richardson

 


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Cover Story:: Please Don’t Feed the Prison Monster - Color of Law By David A. Love, JD
Political Cartoon: AIG By Nate Beeler, The Washington Examiner
Arne Duncan & Black and Brown Children - Represent Our Resistance - By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD
The Rich Countries’ Faltering "United Front" - Left Margin - By Carl Bloice
Corporate Greed, and Obama’s Economic Bait & Switch Tactics - Keeping it Real - By Larry Pinkney
The Politics of Anxiety - African American Leadership By Dr. Ronald Walters, PhD
Remembering Bianca on March 18th - The African World By Bill Fletcher, Jr.
Trusting President Obama’s Stimulus Plan - Between the Lines - by Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD
Political Cartoon: Condom Pope By Rainer Hachfeld, Neues Deutschland, Germany

The Storms Are Gathering - The Substance of Truth By Tolu Olorunda

Garvey’s Lessons In Learning - Worrill’s World By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill, PhD
If Obama fails... America fails... By Dr. Carlos E. Russell, PhD
Without Newspapers We’re Less Well-Informed As Citizens - Solidarity America By John Funiciello
Obama’s Durban II Boycott & the Perils of a "Post-Racial" Planet By Roberto Lovato
Madoff Did Not Exactly Take It On The Chin - National Affairs By Lawrence R. Velvel, JD
Political Cartoon: Ecology By Pavel Constantin, Romania
Women’s History Month - A President's Council for Women and Girls of Color - By Suzanne Brooks
Crimson and Clover - What’s Wrong with the Irish? - The Fifth Column By Jonathan David Farley, D.Phil.
California’s Economy Causes Public Workers to Form an Action Agenda By Dr. George Wright, PhD
The Continuing Shutdown of Bush Nonsense By Chris Stevenson
Springtime for Obama and Afghanistan - Sidetracked - By Jane Stillwater
Quote to Ponder: "We can’t be on the stock exchange we are the stock exchanged." - Nikki Giovanni
Art: Common Threads Wall Mural - Artist: Meg Saligman - Photograph by Peter Gamble

 


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Cover Story: International Women’s Day and Black America - The African World By Bill Fletcher, Jr.
Art: Shirley Chisholm By Kadir Nelson
Chris and Rihanna: From Cute Couple to Somber Statistics By Jamala Rogers
The U.S. Incarcerates Its "Race" Problem! - Represent Our Resistance - By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD
Robber Barons Replace the Welfare Queens (and Rightly So) - Color of Law By David A. Love, JD
Unemployment,NoUniversal Health Care, & Continued War - Keeping it Real - By Larry Pinkney
Political Cartoon: Shovel Ready Project By Mark Hurwitt

The Legacy of Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm By Congresswomen Barbara Lee

America’s Union Workers Need a Pay Cut: Congressional GOP - Solidarity America - By John Funiciello
Can Hip-Hop Save an Illiterate Generation? - The Substance of Truth - By Tolu Olorunda
LAPD Mading the "Hard Sell" of "Trust" - Between the Lines By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD
The Sharpsville Massacre and Reparations - Worrill’s World - By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill, PhD
Political Cartoon: International Womens Day By Jiho, France
Liberians Fear Deportation From the U.S. - A Plea to President Obama By Nunu Kidane
Michelle Obama: Who’s Afraid of Thunder and Lightning? By Dr. Horace Campbell, PhD
Quote to Ponder: "I want history to remember me ..." - Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm
Political Cartoon: Domestic Worker By Angel Boligan, El Universal, Mexico City

 


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Cover Story: Obama and Rescuing Capitalism - Left Margin - By Carl Bloice
Women’s History Month: Lantern of Liberty - Harriet Tubman
Queries About Bishop T. D. Jakes's Sexuality Resurface - Inclusion By The Reverend Irene Monroe
At the Precipice of Change: The Budget - African American Leadership By Dr. Ronald Walters, PhD
Witch Hunt at the Ballpark - The African World By Bill Fletcher, Jr.
Southern Governors Block the Stimulus Like the Schoolhouse Door - Color of Law By David A. Love, JD
Afghanistan and the Financial Crisis - Represent Our Resistance By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD
Rhetoric and Myth Versus the Reality of Organized Struggle - Keeping it Real - By Larry Pinkney

Political Cartoon: Rush Limbaugh By Taylor Jones, Politicalcartoons.com

Who’s Leading the Republican Party - Between the Lines By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD
The Return of the Mulatto: The Green-Eyed Monster - The Fifth Column By Jonathan David Farley, D.Phil.
Resident Evil 5: Still a Travesty on All Counts - The Substance of Truth By Tolu Olorunda
Health Care: The Right Says the Government is Inefficient - Solidarity America - By John Funiciello
Garvey and Economic Independence - Worrill’s World - By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill, PhD
Political Cartoon: The Never-Ending Bailout By Patrick Chappatte, The International Herald Tribune
Aspects of the General Economic Disaster - National Affairs - By Lawrence R. Velvel, JD
On the Menace of the Vanishing Somali Youth - By Abukar Arman
Let’s Talk About Race - Coverage of Obama and Ethnicity Says More About Media By Janine Jackson
Quote to Ponder: "Every great dream begins with a dreamer..." - Harriet Tubman
Political Cartoon: Economic Garbage Tidal Wave By Arcadio Esquivel, La Prensa, Panama

 


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Cover Story - Race, History and Eric Holder’s Remarks - The African World - By Bill Fletcher, Jr
Political Cartoon: The New York Post and Black History Month By Mark Hurwitt
Time to Fix the Safety Net - By Dr. Julianne Malveaux, PhD
‘America:’ "A Nation of Cowards?" - Keeping it Real - By Larry Pinkney
It’s a Non-Denial Denial! - By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD
Republicans Refuse Stimulus for Citizens Deep in Poverty By Dr. Ronald Walters, PhD
Black History Month: Dr. Woodson and African Centered Education By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill, PhD
Political Cartoon: Uncle Sam on Economic Crutches By Manny Francisco, Manila, The Phillippines

Slimey Bast*rd - Deport Christopher Hitchens - The Fifth Column By Jonathan David Farley, D.Phil

Reflections Upon Viewing the NY Post Cartoon By Dr. Carlos E. Russell, PhD
Eric Holder Speaks the Truth / Things Fall Apart - The Substance of Truth - By Tolu Olorunda
Zimbabwe Ten Years On: Results and Prospects - By Sam Moyo & Paris Yeros
NY Post "Chimp" Cartoon - Between the Lines - By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD
Political Cartoon: Obama Saves By Christo Komarnitski, Bulgaria
Quote to Ponder: "We should emphasize not Negro History, ..." - Carter Woodson
Downsizing the Best - Right Out the Door - Solidarity America - By John Funiciello
Color-Blind, Power-Oblivious: - Eric Holder and the Whitewashing of Racism - By Tim Wise
Art: Order My Steps By Margaret Warfield

 


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Cover Story: From Stimulus to Recovery - African American Leadership By Dr. Ron Walters, PhD
Art: Malcolm X - May 19, 1925 - February 21, 1965 By 29
Zimbabwe: Transition to Where? - The African World By Bill Fletcher, Jr.
Homegrown Blowback! - Represent Our Resistance - By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD
The Stimulus & the "Threat to Stability" - Left Margin - By Carl Bloice
The Obama Stimulus Plan: More of the Same, Only Worse - Keeping it Real - By Larry Pinkney
This Is a Game/ I’m Your Specimen - The Substance of Truth - By Tolu Olorunda
Octuplet Mom - Between the Lines - By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD
Political Cartoon: Zimbabwe Unity Government By Zapiro, South Africa

Black History Month: Who Won the Civil War? By Dr. Jonathan D. Farley, PhD

The Thief in Your Wallet - Solidarity America By John Funiciello
Obama: British Empire worse than al-Qaeda? By Nu'man Abd al-Wahid
The Purpose of Education for Black People - Worrill’s World - By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill, PhD
The Madoff Mess: New Legislation Possible - National Affairs - By Lawrence R. Velvel, JD
Political Cartoon: Consumer Prisoner By Ares, Caglecartoons.com
Quote to Ponder: "Had it not been for slavery, the death penalty..." - Angela Davis
Malcolm X and the Music By Norman (Otis) Richmond
Political Cartoon: Drugs By Angel Boligan, Cagle Cartoons, El Universal, Mexico City

 


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Cover Story: Qaddafi’s Call for a "United States of Africa"- The African World - By Bill Fletcher, Jr.
Political Cartoon: Obama Job Layoffs By Mark Hurwitt
Black History Month: Remembering Huey P. Newton - Keeping it Real By Larry Pinkney
Stimulus Package Testing Obama’s Victory - African American Leadership By Dr. Ron Walters, PhD
Enough of This Bipartisanship Nonsense - Color of Law - By David A. Love, JD
Who Can Afford to Forget? - Represent Our Resistance - By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD
100th Anniversary of the NAACP - Between the Lines - By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD
Political Cartoon: US & Iranian Satellites By Paresh Nath , The Khaleej Times, UAE

Quote to Ponder: "It is the power of the people and ..." - Huey P. Newton

Obama, Race and the Future of U.S. Politics By Bob Wing
Black Coons & FOX News: A Worthy Partnership - The Substance of Truth - By Tolu Olorunda
Is the Government Off Our Backs Yet? - Solidarity America - By John Funiciello
Political Cartoon: Obama Expectations By Deng Coy Miel, Singapore
Gaza 2009: Culture of Resistance vs. Defeat By Dr. Haidar Eid
"The Emperor's Clothes" By Invincible - Spoken Word Poet (includes audio)
The Obamas and Washington D.C. Statehood By Jean Damu
Art: Butterfly McQueen By Jim Alexander Photography

 


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Cover Story: Ted Haggard’s Issues with his Homosexuality - Inclusion - By The Reverend Irene Monroe
Political Cartoon: Election Campaiging Israeli Style By Mark Hurwitt
No B.S.: We Need REAL National Healthcare! - The African World - By Bill Fletcher, Jr
"Subversive Activity" in Kabul and Tehran - Represent Our Resistance By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD
From Davos to Belem: A Take of Two Spirits - Left Margin By Carl Bloice
A Book Review of Wage Theft In America, By Kim Bobo - Color of Law By David A. Love, JD
Black History Month: What the Black Man Wants - A Speech By Frederick Douglass
Political Cartoon: FaculTV By Justus

To My Comrades of All Colors the World Over, With Love - Keeping it Real By Larry Pinkney

The Future of Black Public Education - The Substance of Truth By Tolu Olorunda
Republican’s First Black Party Chair- Between the Lines - By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD
Keeping a Job in America is Hard Work - Solidarity America - By John Funiciello
Art: Darfur #2 By Larry Richardson
The New Black Politics By Dr. Johathan D, Farley, PhD
An Interview with Diamantino Nhampossa By Nic Paget-Clark
More On The Madoff Mess - National Affairs - By Lawrence R. Velvel, JD
The End of Neo-Liberalism: How Racism Sparked the Financial Crisis - By Joe Sims
Quote to Ponder: "Wherever men oppress their fellows..." - Frederick Douglass
Political Cartoon: The Ride By Olle Johansson, Sweden