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May 8, 2008 - Issue 276 - Special Mother's Day Issue
Cover Story: Nobody’s Daughter - Inclusion By The Reverend Irene Monroe, BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board
Art: Mother Reading to Daughter By London Ladd
Quote to Ponder: "Grown don't mean nothing to a mother. A child is a child. They get bigger, older, but grown. In my heart it don't mean a thing. " - Toni Morrison, Winner of The Nobel Prize in Literature, 1993
My Thoughts About Mother’s Day By James Jennings, BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board Member
A Black Mother’s Day Story in the Age of Post-Race in Amerikkka - Represent Our Resistance By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD, BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board
“Is That Your Child?”: Successful Strategies for Mothering Biracial Children By Marion Kilson, PhD and Florence Ladd, PhD, BlackCommentator.com Guest Commentators
Mom & 1968 - The African World By Bill Fletcher, Jr., BlackCommentator.com Executive Editor
On the Criminalization of Black Motherhood - Color of Law By David A. Love, JD, BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board
Political Cartoon: Precious Oil By Angel Boligan, Cagle Cartoons, El Universal, Mexico City
Mothers’ Day: Rooted in Peace By Nancy Littlefield, BlackCommentator.com Managing Editor
Marriage Equality Movement Mother Dies - In Struggle Spotlight By The Reverend Irene Monroe, BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board
Have You Seen Her? - Poetic Black Fusion By Poet Blackman Preach, BlackCommentator.com Spoken Word Columnist (includes MP3 audio)
I Get It from My Momma(s) - From the Fringe By K. Danielle Edwards, BlackCommentator.com Columnist
A Tribute to My Mother on Mother’s Day - Worrill’s World By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill, BlackCommentator.com Columnist
The Re-Education of Jay Leno: A Mother’s Day Reminder to Respect Black Women (and all Women) - Between the Lines By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD, BlackCommentator.com Columnist
Women, Race and Economic Security By Shirley J. Wilcher, BlackCommentator.com Guest Commentator
Born with a Skin Disease?! - A Mother’s Whitewash By David Myers, BlackCommentator.com Guest Commentator
Ms. Burneice Avery: An Eight Mile Struggle - Smoke and Mirrors By Lloyd Wynn, BlackCommentator.com Columnist
Political Cartoon: Bush`s Image Shadow By Petar Pismestrovic, Kleine Zeitung, Austria
Rev. "Icarus", the Obama Campaign & the Left - Think Piece By Bill Fletcher, Jr., BlackCommentator.com Executive Editor
The Republicrats: A Plague on Both Their Houses - Keeping it Real By Larry Pinkney, BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board
Hillary and McCain: The White Bloc That Must be Stopped By Eric Mann, BlackCommentator.com Guest Commentator
Political Cartoon: High Oil Prices By Deng Coy Miel, Singapore

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May 1, 2008 - Issue 275
Cover Story: Get Carter!: The Attack on Jimmy Carter's Middle East Peace Efforts by Bush & Olmert - The African World By Bill Fletcher, Jr., BlackCommentator.com Executive Editor
Where is Justice Hiding? By Jamala Rogers, BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board
Sean Bell Verdict Complicates Things for Obama: Special Edition - April 25, 2008 By Roberto Lovato, BlackCommentator.com Guest Commentator
Political Cartoon: For Food or Fuel By Manny Francisco, Manila, The Phillippines
The Real Issues: Hunger, Housing, Heating Oil...and the War - Left Margin By Carl Bloice, BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board
Obama’s Chickens Have Come Home to Roost - Inclusion By The Reverend Irene Monroe, BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board
Society’s Bullets By Jessica Watson-Crosby, BlackCommentator.com Guest Commentator
Statement on the Sean Bell Verdict From Cynthia McKinney, Presidential Candidate
The Second Death of Sean Bell By Nicholas Powers, BlackCommentator.com Guest Commentator
Student Writers’ Corner: 31+11+4+3+1 = 50 Shots of Rage! By Tolu Olorunda, BlackCommentator.com Guest Student Commentator
Political Cartoon: Rebate Check By Adam Zyglis, The Buffalo News
Zimbabwe’s Elections: Who Are “The Real Revolutionaries”? By Dr. Keith Jennings, PhD, Guest Commentator
Zimbabwe: More Than Complicity of Silence By Netfa Freeman, BlackCommentator.com Guest Commentator
Mainstream Media Serve Up Garbage As Legitimate News Coverage - Color of Law By David A. Love, JD, BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board
May Day, Cynthia McKinney, and the Rejection of Systemic Collaboration - Keeping it Real By Larry Pinkney, BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board
The Powell Memo: Saving American Free Enterprise One Voice at a Time - Represent Our Resistance By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD, BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board
Political Cartoon: Oil Price By Deng Coy Miel, Singapore
Moral Hazard: Economists and Policymakers (Liberal and Conservative) Leading Homeowners Down A Blind Financial Alley - Smoke and Mirrors By Lloyd Wynn , BlackCommentator.com Columnist
Camden: Poetic Black Fusion By Poet Blackman Preach, BlackCommentator.com Spoken Word Columnist (includes MP3 audio)
The Relative Truth Of This Presidential Election - Is "WWWPD" (What Would White People Do?) - Between the Lines By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD, BlackCommentator.com Columnist
Education and Economic Independence - Worrill’s World By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill, BlackCommentator.com Columnist
The New Affirmative Action: Implications in Education and the Workplace By Milton Hollar-Gregory, BlackCommentator.com Guest Commentator
Confessions of a Mega-Church Member By Kandise Lucas, PhD, BlackCommentator.com Guest Commentator
On Personal Responsibility and Social Justice By David Memnon, BlackCommentator.com Guest Commentator
Economic Stimulus to Cultural Empowerment: The National Museum of African American History and Culture By Charles Blatcher, III, BlackCommentator.com Guest Commentator
Art: Waters Edge By Margaret Warfield

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April 24, 2008 - Issue 274
Cover Story: Obama Camapaign in the Pennsylvania Primary - Political Analysis By Dr. Martin Kilson, PhD, BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board
April 20, 2008 Special Edition: Senator Hillary Clinton Must Explain The Praising of a Group of KKK Supporters - A BlackCommentator.com Investigative Report By David . Love, BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board and Peter Gamble, BlackCommentator.com Publisher
Cartoon: Oil Prices Cause Suffering By Angel Boligan, El Universal, Mexico City
Painting Terrorists: Further News from Somalia - The African World By Bill Fletcher, Jr., BlackCommentator.com Executive Editor
Stop Gambling with your Health - Build a Health Justice Movement - Single-Payer Healthcare - A BlackCommentator.com Series - Part 37 By Ethel Long-Scott, Executive Director Women’s Economic Agenda Project, BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board Member
Absent the Badge of Honor - Keeping it Real By Larry Pinkney, BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board
Rising Fascism: Debates into Civilizing Decadence - Represent Our Resistance By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD, BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board
USA Role in Haiti Hunger Riots - Justice Watch By Bill Quigley, BlackCommentator.com Columnist
Cartoon: Happy Earth Day By Tab, The Calgary Sun
Are Peace and Impeachment Possible? - Think Piece By David Swanson, BlackCommentator.com Guest Commentator
SEIU Officials Have a Blast By Ken Paff, BlackCommentator.com Guest Commentator
Mammas, Wear Your Hair Natural - From the Fringe By K. Danielle Edwards, BlackCommentator.com Columnist
Bitterness in America: The Truth Isn’t Always Pretty - Between the Lines By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD, BlackCommentator.com Columnist
Art: Blues Jam - Documentary Photography By Jim Alexander
Bumpy Tymes - Poetic Black Fusion By Poet Blackman Preach, BC Spoken Word Columnist (includes MP3 audio)
Why We Should Support an Ex-Doofus By U-Savior Washington, BlackCommentator.com Guest Commentator
Reparations and Loving African People - Worrill’s World By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill, BlackCommentator.com Columnist
Courts Should Insist the Political Branches Do Their Jobs Carefully and Thoroughly, Instead of Shoddily - National Affairs By Lawrence R. Velvel, JD, BlackCommentator.com Columnist
The Empathic Power of Images: Civil Rights, Vietnam and Today By Gary Olson, PhD, BlackCommentator.com Guest Commentator
A Liberating Hope By The Reverend D. D. Prather, BlackCommentator.com Guest Commentator
Those Who Care About Baseball Should Protest the "Blacklisting" of Barry Bonds! By Mike Gimbel, BlackCommentator.com Guest Commentator
Political Cartoon: Texas Taxes By Mark Hurwitt

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April 17, 2008 - Issue 273
Cover Story 1: "Z" is for Zimbabwe: Turmoil & Silence as a Country Potentially Unravels - The African World By Bill Fletcher, Jr., BlackCommentator.com Executive Editor
Cover Story 2: Justice for Zimbabwe - Message of Solidarity By Imani Countess, TransAfrica Forum, BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board
Political Cartoon: $upport the Military By Mark Hurwitt
Obama and Bitterness - Analysis By BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board Members Bill Strickland, James Jennings, Martin Kilson, David A. Love
An Uncertain Time for Capitalism - Left Margin By Carl Bloice, BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board
Why Clinton’s Jeremiah Wright Strategy Failed - Color of Law By David A. Love, JD, BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board
"Racializing Obama" - Along the Color Line By Dr. Manning Marable, PhD, BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board
Democratic & Republican Parties Propping Up Capitalism: Systemic Terrorism Against the Poor - Keeping It Real By Larry Pinkney, BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board
Political Cartoon: The Pope Sees Bush By Rainer Hachfeld, Neues Deutschland, Germany
Black Men, Don’t Be No "Punk": Get Your Colon Checked Before And After Age 50 - Between the Lines By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD, BlackCommentator.com Columnist
Let Jack Bauer Do It! - Represent Our Resistance By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD, BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board
The Birth of Redlining: The Real History of the Homeowners Loan Corporation - Smoke and Mirrors By Lloyd Wynn, BlackCommentator.com Columnist
Decades of Documented Health Care Disparities Have Not Brought About Policy Changes By Kathlyn Stone, Guest Commentator
Art: Madonna of Darfur By Larry Richardson
PowerLess - Poetic Black Fusion By Poet Blackman Preach, BC Spoken Word Columnist (includes MP3 audio)
Two Relatively New or Novel Ideas: Starting Today with the Question of Prosecuting Guilty American Leaders for Torture - National Affairs By Lawrence R. Velvel, JD, BlackCommentator.com Columnist
Crimes Against Humanity and Reparations - Worrill’s World By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill, BlackCommentator.com Columnist
Senators Could End the Iraq War This Spring By Nancy Lessin, Military Families Speak Out (MFSO), BlackCommentator.com Guest Commentators
Prison Gang Drop-Outs Being Threatened...If They Refuse to Snitch By Harold Austin, BlackCommentator.com Guest Commentator
Special Order 40 Not the Problem...Just Another Distraction - Unapologetically Young, Black and Female By Jasmyne A. Cannick, BlackCommentator.com Columnist
The Myth of Partner, the Lie of Poodle: British Imperialism and Neo-con America - Think Piece By Nu'man Abd al-Wahid, Guest Commentator
Whirlpool's Divisive Development By Eartha Jane Melzer, BlackCommentator.com Guest Commentator
Political Cartoon: Look at the Bright Light By Olle Johansson, Sweden

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April 10, 2008 - Issue 272
Cover Story: African American Peacemakers: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Brack Obama, and the Struggle Against Racism, Inequality and War By Dr. Manning Marable, PhD, BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board
Political Cartoon: Halliburton Tax Check By Mark Hurwitt
After 30 Years, the MOVE 9 Must be Paroled - Color of Law By David A. Love, JD, BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board
Cornel West Calls Obama Out for Dissing King Tribute - Inclusion By The Reverend Irene Monroe, BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board
The Judas Factor: Barack Obama and a Movement Betrayed (or ‘for Those Who Have Joined the Empire’) - Keeping It Real By Larry Pinkney, BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board
An Open Letter to the Major League Baseball Players’ Association on Curt Flood - The African World By Bill Fletcher, Jr., BlackCommentator.com Executive Editor
Art: Satchel Paige By London Ladd - Illustrator
Rogue Ideology: They Love You If You’re Dead! - Represent Our Resistance By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD, BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board
Business as Usual - Smoke and Mirrors By Lloyd Wynn, BlackCommentator.com Columnist
The King Assassination: Forty Years Later... and This Country Still Hasn’t Gotten Over It - Between the Lines By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD, BlackCommentator.com Columnist
Senator Clinton and Senator Obama: Use Your Leadership Now to End the War in Iraq! By Military Families Speak Out (MFSO)
Political Cartoon: Petraeus Iraq Report By Rainer Hachfeld, Neues Deutschland, Germany
Reflections on King, Candidates and Movements By Dr. Barbara Ransby, PhD, BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board
Hip Hop Framed - Poetic Black Fusion By Poet Blackman Preach BC Spoken Word Columnist (includes MP3 audio)
There Is Little Charity In Wealthy Charitable Hospitals - National Affairs By Lawrence R. Velvel, JD, BlackCommentator.com Columnist
Crisis of the Negro Intellectual Revisited - Worrill’s World By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill, BlackCommentator.com Columnist
Hillary is a Sorcerer, an Out-Sourcerer By Paul Rockwell, BlackCommentator.com Guest Commentator
Response to Pat Buchanan’s Rant By Vincent G.Thomas, BlackCommentator.com Guest Commentator
Energy Days at the University of Texas By Daniel N. White, BlackCommentator.com Guest Commentator
Political Cartoon: Let My Pistols Go By John Darkow, Columbia Daily Tribune, Missouri

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April 3, 2008 - Issue 271 - 6th Anniversary Issue
Cover Story: A Word From Our Executive Editor - Black Commentator's 6th Anniversary By Bill Fletcher, Jr. BlackCommentator.com Executive Editor
My 60th Birthday: A Statement from Assata Shakur, BlackCommentator.com Guest Commentator
Thinking About Birthdays: You're Two By David Swanson, BlackCommentator.com Guest Commentator
Political Cartoon: Iraq Under Construction By Emad Hajjaj, Jordan
Bush & Cheney keep talking about Iran... - The African World By Bill Fletcher, Jr., BlackCommentator.com Executive Editor
April 3, 1968 - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. - I've Been to the Mountaintop
Basra, Baghdad and Beyond - Left Margin By Carl Bloice, BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board
The Economics of War: From King to Obama - Along the Color Line By Dr. Manning Marable, PhD, BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board
Will Clinton Repudiate Her Ties to the Christian Right? - Color of Law By David A. Love, JD, BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board
Political Cartoon: Housing Crisis By Mike Lane, Cagle Cartoons
"Amerikkka" - Functionaries at Your Service! - Represent Our Resistance By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD, BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board
Barack Obama: Faithful Tool of U.S. Imperialism and Empire - Keeping It Real By Larry Pinkney, BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board
If the Democrats Can’t Win This Time Around, They Should Cease Calling Themselves a Party - Between the Lines By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD, BlackCommentator.com Columnist
The Senator, His Pastor and the Israel Lobby By Ali Abunimah, BlackCommentator.com Guest Commentator
Post Racial Conflict: America to Enter Heaven Without Confessing Her Sins By Lloyd Wynn, BlackCommentator.com Guest Commentator
Art: Glad About It - By Margaret Warfield
Invasion - Poetic Black Fusion By Poet Blackman Preach, BC Spoken Word Columnist (includes MP3 audio)
'Damming the Flood' Powerful [Book Review]: Welcome Examination of Haiti's Criminally Overlooked Recent History By Benjamin Terrall, BlackCommentator.com Guest Commentator
Return Aristide to Haiti - Try Bush as a Global Pirate - Dismantle Structures of Subversion
The Purpose of Education for Black People - Worrill’s World By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill, BlackCommentator.com Columnist
Candidates’ Fear and Reporters’ Scripts: The DA Race in Austin, a Microcosm of the Bigger Races By Daniel N. White, BlackCommentator.com Guest Commentator
Rutgers University Annual Women's Month Symposium - "Is Power Redefining the Politics of Women?" By Cynthia McKinney
Prodigal Petraeus By David Swanson, BlackCommentator.com Guest Commentator
Political Cartoon: April Showers By Adam Zyglis, The Buffalo News

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March 27, 2008 - Issue 270
Cover Story: Without Empathy or Remorse By Jamala Rogers, BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board
Political Cartoon: 4000 US soldiers dead in Iraq By Paul Zanetti, Australia
The Iraq Winter Soldier hearings: A Cry in Silence? - The African World By Bill Fletcher, Jr., BlackCommentator.com Executive Editor
Barack Obama: The Empire Strikes Back - Keeping It Real By Larry Pinkney, BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board
Re: "If Obama Can Throw His Pastor Under the Bus, What Will He Do to Us?" - Inclusion By The Reverend Irene Monroe, BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board
Progressives for Obama By Bill Fletcher, Jr, Tom Hayden, Danny Glover and Barbara Ehrenreich
Political Cartoon: Hillary's Record By Adam Zyglis, The Buffalo News
Be or Be Damned: Don’t Give Up Your Lifeline to Fear - Represent Our Resistance By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD, BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board
Losing Ground? Recent Trends in Black Higher Education - Along the Color Line By Dr. Manning Marable, PhD, BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board
One Raid at a Time: How Immigrant Crackdowns Build the National Security State By Roberto Lovato, BlackCommentator.com Guest Commentator
Obama’s Speech on Race: Not Just Empty Words, or Another "Eloquent Speech" - Between the Lines By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD, BlackCommentator.com Columnist
Attorney for Rev. Edward Pinkney Demands Constitutional Rights Violations Be Stopped - BlackCommentator.com Acquires Letter To Sheriff
Art: African Liberation Day 72 - Documentary Photography By Jim Alexander
Education and Economic Independence - Worrill's World By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill, PhD, BlackCommentator.com Columnist
Obama’s Denial: The fear of a Black Messiah - Part 2 of Barack and the "End" of Racism By Juan Santos, BlackCommentator.com Guest Commentator
Building an Activist Movement to End the Occupation of Iraq and May Day: A Call To Action By David Swanson, BlackCommentator.com Guest Commentator
Jane Predicts the Fall of America: Not With a Bang but a Whimper - Sidetracked By Jane Stillwater, BlackCommentator.com Columnist
The Time (Yet Again) Is Now By Nancy Harvin, BlackCommentator.com GuestCommentator
A Discussion of Race Worth Having By Cynthia McKinney, Presidential Candidate
Political Cartoon: U.S. Soldiers At Home By Paresh Nath, National Herald, India

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March 20, 2008 - Issue 269
Cover Story: Obama Race Speech Analysis By 14 BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board Members
Barack Obama’s Speech on Race - March 18, 2008 - Philadelphia PA
Political Cartoon: Bush Baptizing Prisoners By Riber Hansson, Svenska Dagbladet, Sweden
The Problem with Feminist Icons By Dr. Maya Rockeymoore, PhD, BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board
Nearly 4000 Dead and All is Well??? - The African World By Bill Fletcher, Jr., BlackCommentator.com Executive Editor
Obama: The Attacks Have Only Just Begun - Left Margin By Carl Bloice, BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board
Incarceration vs. Education: - Reproducing Racism and Poverty in American - Along the Color Line By Dr. Manning Marable, PhD, BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board
Try To Make It Real: Compared to What? - Keeping It Real By Larry Pinkney, BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board
Political Cartoon: Banker Bum By Pat Bagley, Salt Lake Tribune
Ignorance for the Blissfully Educated - Represent Our Resistance By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD, BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board
Book Review - All Things Being Equal: Instigating Opportunity in an Inequitable Time - Edited by Brian D. Smedley & Alan Jenkins Color of Law By David A. Love, JD, BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board
Comparison of Obama & Cynthia McKinney: - Who is the Real Progressive Candidate? By The Editors of The Organizer Newspaper
Lebron James, Starring as King Kong - From the Fringe By K. Danielle Edwards, BlackCommentator.com Columnist
Art: End of the Day By Larry Richardson
Recession: The Federal Reserve Issuing Welfare Checks at Discount Window - Taxpayers Not Eligible Due to Moral Hazard By Lloyd Wynn , BlackCommentator.com Guest Commentator
Remembering a Great Ancestor: Lu Palmer - In Struggle Spotlight By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill, PhD, BlackCommentator.com Columnist
Has Race Finally Trumped Hope AND Change In The Democratic Presidential Primaries? - Between the Lines By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD, BlackCommentator.com Columnist
The Marines: They're Killers and Attack Dogs but They're OUR Killers and Attack Dogs - Sidetracked By Jane Stillwater, BlackCommentator.com Columnist
Chicago’s Trinity UCC is ‘Great Gift to Wider Church Family’By J. Bennett Guess, United Church of Christ
Open Letter to Hillary Clinton By Syreeta McFadden, BlackCommentator.com Guest Commentator
Africa Steps Up Efforts to Train Top Scientists By Megan Lindow, Cape Town, South Africa
Political Cartoon: A 110 Dollar Bill By Christo Komarnitski, Bulgaria

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March 13, 2008 - Issue 268
Cover Story: The Clinton Monster, Unleashed -Color of Law By David A. Love, JD, BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board
Cover Story: Election Analysis - Obama Campaign Heads Toward Democratic Nomination By Dr. Martin Kilson, PhD, BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board
Political Cartoon: Bush Vetoes Waterboarding Bill By Christo Komarnitski, Bulgaria
Colombia’s Attack on Ecuador:Why Should We Care? - The African World By Bill Fletcher, Jr., BlackCommentator.com Executive Editor
LGBTQ Community Too Sharp For Recycled Propaganda - Inclusion By The Reverend Irene Monroe, BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board
For The Love of My People - Keeping It Real By Larry Pinkney, BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board
Political Cartoon: Guantanamo Bay By Doug Minkler
Pax Americana: Enemies ARE the People - Represent Our Resistance By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD, BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board
Dr. Marable’s statement about Obama, March 6, 2008 - Single-Payer Healthcare: A BlackCommentator.com Series - Part 36 By Marilyn Clement, National Coordinator, Healthcare-NOW
The Momentum "Spin" Between Obama and Clinton: If the Shoe Were on the Other Foot - Between the Lines By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD, BlackCommentator.com Columnist
Clergy Killers - Poetic Black Fusion By Poet Blackman Preach, BlackCommentator.com Spoken Word Columnist (includes MP3 audio)
Political Cartoon: Gazaernica By Michael Kountouris, Greece
Let's Get Our Heads Out of the Sand - Part II By Lloyd Wynn, BlackCommentator.com Guest Commentator
The Big Mother By Nicholas Powers, BlackCommentator.com Guest Commentator
"Another Child is Diagnosed with Autism Every 20 Minutes." And Nobody Protests This? - Sidetracked By Jane Stillwater, BlackCommentator.com Columnist
Art: Waiting By Margaret Warfield

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March 6, 2008 - Issue 267
Cover Story: Barack Obama’s Problem - And Ours - Along the Color Line By Dr. Manning Marable, PhD, BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board
Political Cartoon: No To The Pain Of Death By Arcadio Esquivel, La Prensa, Panama
NAFTA, Immigrants and the Discussion That is Not Happening - The African World By Bill Fletcher, Jr., BlackCommentator.com Executive Editor
Humphrey Hawkins Day on Capitol Hill - Left Margin By Carl Bloice, BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board
Thirty Pieces of Silver: 2008 - An American Revolutionary Opportunity Betrayed - Keeping It Real By Larry Pinkney, BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board
The End of the American Empire: Rotting From Within and Without - Color of Law By David A. Love, JD, BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board
Political Cartoon: President Bush Disconnected By Nate Beeler, The Washington Examiner
Reading The Great Gatsby in the U.S.: A Response to Azar Nasifi’s Reading Lolita in Tehran - Represent Our Resistance By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD, BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board
Uneven - Poetic Black Fusion By Poet Blackman Preach, BC Spoken Word Columnist (includes MP3 audio)
Single Payer Election Stress Syndrome? - Single-Payer Healthcare - A BlackCommentator.com Series - Part 35 By Marilyn Clement, National Coordinator, Healthcare-NOW
The King, the Knave and the Knight By Philip A. Bassett, BlackCommentator.com Guest Commentator
Let's Get Our Heads Out of the Sand By Lloyd Wynn, JD, BlackCommentator.com Guest Commentator
Political Cartoon: Gaza Massacres By Emad Hajjaj, Jordan
Obama’s Farrakhan - Jeremiah Wright Dilemma: Race, Religion and the Politics of Repudiation - Between The Lines By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD, BlackCommentator.com Columnist
Half New Orleans Poor Permanently Displaced: Failure or Success? - Justice Watch By Bill Quigley, BlackCommentator.com Columnist
The Needed Mental Attributes of a President; The Presidential Campaign and Forthcoming Appointments to the Supreme Court; A Bail Out for Homeowners; And Bloomberg’s Game - National Affairs By Lawrence R. Velvel, JD, BlackCommentator.com Columnist
Teaching the Truth and Reparations - Worrill's World By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill, PhD, BlackCommentator.com Columnist
Art: MusicMaker II By Alva

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February 28, 2008 - Issue 266
Cover Story: Obama, Enthusiasm & Movement-building - The African World By Bill Fletcher, Jr., BC Executive Editor
Political Cartoon: Hypnobama By Eric Allie, Caglecartoons.com
Thinking Outside the Box: Economics and Party Building - Keeping It Real By Larry Pinkney, BC Editorial Board
Readers Corner: The Obama Discussion/Debate - From Adoration to Revulsion By BC Readers
J. Edgar Hoover, Enemy of the People - Color of Law By David A. Love, JD, BC Editorial Board
Political Cartoon: Dubyas New Library By Monte Wolverton, Cagle Cartoons
Black History Month: Honoring a First in African American History - William Cooper Nell and The Colored Patriots of the American Revolution By Dr. Marion Kilson, PhD, Guest Commentator
Black, Queer and in Nazi Germany?! - Inclusion By The Reverend Irene Monroe, BC Editorial Board
Imperialism Black: United States Today, United World Tomorrow - Represent Our Resistance By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD, BC Editorial Board
Michelle Obama and Patriotism In America: When Has National Pride Come Before Racial (In)Dignity? - Between the Lines By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD, BC Columnist
Art: Alvin Ailey By Jim Alexander Photography
Musings on U.S. Judicial Repression By Jalil A. Muntaqim, Guest Commentator
Barack and the "End" of Racism By Juan Santos, Guest Commentator
Clarence Thomas, His Autobiography, and Related Matters Pertaining to America and the Supreme Court - National Affairs By Lawrence R. Velvel, JD, BC Columnist
Military Tribunals and You By Cindy Sheehan, Guest Commentator
I Wonder If My Vote Will Count? By The Reverend D. D. Prather, Guest Commentator
The Rise and Fall of the Civil Rights Movement By Roland Sheppard, Guest Commentator
Political Cartoon: Bush in Africa By Adam Zyglis, The Buffalo News

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February 21, 2008 - Issue 265
Cover Story: Reporting Bush’s Safari. Not Exactly as Scripted - Left Margin By Carl Bloice, BC Editorial Board
Political Cartoon: Oil Price Hike By Manny Francisco, Manila, The Phillippines
BC Fundraising Update - A Long Way To Go By Peter Gamble, BC Publisher
Election Analysis: Obama - Between Super Tuesday and The Ohio and Texas Primaries By Dr. Martin Kilson, PhD, BC Editorial Board
Barack Obama, Fractals and Momentum in Politics - Think Piece By Dr. Horace Campbell, PhD, Guest Commentator
Is Obama on the "Down Low" with the LGBTQ Community? - Inclusion By The Reverend Irene Monroe, BC Editorial Board
Goose-Stepping Behind Barack Obama: The Absence of Critical Thinking - Keeping It Real By Larry Pinkney, BC Editorial Board
Political Cartoon: Recycled Wall By Nerilicon, CagleCartoons.com, Mexico City
The Abandoned House Around the Corner - The African World By Bill Fletcher, Jr., BC Executive Editor
All We Want is Justice! By Jamala Rogers, BC Editorial Board
GOP Jesus is No Friend of Mine - Color of Law By David A. Love, JD, BC Editorial Board
Call to Creative (Critical) Thinkers and Warriors - Represent Our Resistance By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD, BC Editorial Board
Art: I Wish I Could Believe By Larry Richardson
Look How Long - Poetic Black Fusion By Poet Blackman Preach, BC Spoken Word Columnist (includes MP3 audio)
Black History Month: What the Black Man Wants - A Speech By Malcolm X
The Biggest Lie Ever Told: Today’s Republicans Need to Stop Claiming to be the Party of Lincoln - Between the Lines By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD, BC Columnist
A Reminder of Why They Owe Us! - Worrill's World By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill, PhD, BC Columnist
A Black Man as President of the United States! What’s Going On? Why Barack Obama might become President! By Dr. George Wright, PhD, Guest Commentator
Political Cartoon: Do Something Now, Bill! By Olle Johansson, Sweden

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February 14, 2008 - Issue 264
Cover Story: And Now, Obama? - The African World By Bill Fletcher, Jr., BC Executive Editor
Political Cartoon: Duel By Olle Johansson, Sweden
The Challenge of Diversity - BlackCommentator.com's Guiding Principles By Bill Fletcher, Jr., Executive Editor And Peter Gamble, Publisher
Bush Defends America’s Indefensible Human Rights Record - Color of Law By David A. Love, JD, BC Editorial Board
The Black Left is the Left! - Represent Our Resistance By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD, BC Editorial Board
Huey P. Newton and the Intrepid Legacy of the Black Panther Party - Keeping It Real By Larry Pinkney, BC Editorial Board
Obama’s Biggest Opposition is Not Clinton: It’s Overcoming Voter Suppression - Between the Lines, By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD, BC Columnist
Political Cartoon: Superdelegates By Sandy Huffaker, Cagle Cartoons
Black History Month: What the Black Man Wants - A Speech By Frederick Douglass
Iraq Moratorium Day #6: February 15, 2008 - STOP the War - Bring the Troops Home
Iraq Occupation Worse Than Ever By David Swanson, Guest Commentary
Political Cartoon: Dubya's Work of Conviction By Dario Castillejos, El Imparical de México
Am I African Enough? - Poetic Black Fusion By Poet Blackman Preach, BC Spoken Word Columnist And Poet Erica Hawthorne (includes MP3 audio)
Gem of St. Louis By Jamala Rogers, BC Editorial Board
Work a Day for Freedom! - A Short History of the Free South Africa Labor Committee By David Bacon, Guest Commentator
Undermining Bolivia By Benjamin Dangl, Guest Commentator
And the Oscar Goes to... By Cindy Sheehan, Guest Commentator
Art: A Time to Remember By Margaret Warfield

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February 7, 2008 - Issue 263
Cover Story: Barack Obama and the Euphoria of Madness - Keeping It Real By Larry Pinkney, BC Editorial Board
Cover Story: Obama's Campaign After South Carolina and Super Tuesday By Dr. Martin Kilson, PhD, BC Editorial Board
Political Cartoon: Hillary or Barack By Olle Johansson, Sweden
Palestine Matters - The African World By Bill Fletcher, Jr., BC Executive Editor
More Bad News from the Job Market - Left Margin By Carl Bloice, BC Editorial Board
From Negro History Week to Pan-African Historical Context - Black History Month By Netfa Freeman, Guest Commentator
Political Cartoon: Bush Energized Voters By Mike Lane, Cagle Cartoons
Community Activist, Obama and the Few Bad Apples on the Night Shift - Represent Our Resistance By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD, BC Editorial Board
Book Review: Come On People: On the Path from Victims to Victors, By Bill Cosby & Alvin F. Poussaint, M.D. - Color of Law, By David A. Love, JD, BC Editorial Board
The Black Community’s "Change Killers" - Between the Lines By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD, BC Columnist
Beyond the Mama’s Chi-chi Theory: Latino Vote Lust Previews Growing National Sophistication By Roberto Lovato, Guest Commentator
Political Cartoon: Weeping in Blood By Manny Francisco, Manila, The Phillippines
Hope - Poetic Black Fusion By Poet Blackman Preach, BC Spoken Word Columnist (includes MP3 audio)
Dr. Woodson and African Centered Education - Worrill's World By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill, PhD, BC Columnist
Civil Rights Movement Gets Real - St. Louis Mayor Booed Off MLK Platform By Don Fitz and Zaki Baruti, Guest Commentators
Can Your Town Ban the Military from Recruiting Anyone Under 18? By David Swanson, Guest Commentator
Art: In The Presence of Angels, By Alva Mc Neal

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January 31, 2008 - Issue 262
Cover Story: The Democratic Race for the White House and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. - The African World By Bill Fletcher, Jr., BC Executive Editor
Political Cartoon: Hillarybama By Frederick Deligne, Nice-Matin, France
Barack Obama: Bamboozling America - Keeping It Real By Larry Pinkney, BC Editorial Board
Obama’s Playing Us, Stupid - Inclusion By The Reverend Irene Monroe, BC Editorial Board
Ward Connerly’s Super Tuesday for Segregation - Color of Law By David A. Love, BC Editorial Board
Political Cartoon: Big Daddy Oilbucks By Mike Lane, Cagle Cartoons
A Freedom Movement Begins with a Black Agenda for Change! - Represent Our Resistance By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD, BC Editorial Board
Is Barack Obama a Contemporary Don Quixote? - Think Piece By Dr. Carlos E. Russell, PhD, Guest Commentator
Building Me A Home - Poetic Black Fusion By Poet Blackman Preach, BC Spoken Word Columnist (includes MP3 audio)
Art: Second Line By Jim Alexander Photography
Letter to the Nationwide "Black Community:" This is the Opportunity for Which Our Forefathers Died - Now is the Time to Maximize the Black Vote - Between the Lines By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD, BC Columnist
Rebuilding Black Family Life - Worrill's World By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill, PhD, BC Columnist
The Relative State of the Union By The Reverend D. D. Prather, Guest Commentator
Political Cartoon: Uphill Slope By Olle Johansson, Sweden

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January 24, 2008 - Issue 261
Cover Story: Edwards’ Strategic Mistake - The African World By Bill Fletcher, Jr., BC Executive Editor
Political Cartoon: The Corporate Media By Mark Hurwitt
People of Color Sacrificed on the Altar of Predatory Capitalism - Color of Law By David A. Love, BC Editorial Board
A Liberation Narrative - Not More Imperialism with a Black Face! - Represent Our Resistance By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD, BC Editorial Board
The Elite Huddle in Davos - Meanwhile, in Stockton, California - Left Margin By Carl Bloice, BC Editorial Board
Political Cartoon: Democrats Chess By Nerilicon, Antonio Neri Licón, Milenio, Mexico
Critical Thinking: It’s Not Just Important, It’s Essential - Keeping It Real By Larry Pinkney, BC Editorial Board
Everyone's an Expert on the Latino Vote, Except Latinos By Roberto Lovato, Guest Commentator
Breaking With Tradition: Why Two Young African American Professors Support Barack Obama - Think Piece By Salim Faraji and Jahi Issa, Guest Commentators
Hunger for Home; Darfur Refugees Live with Endless War By Nicholas Powers, Guest Commentator
Art: Lady Day By Larry Richardson
The Democratic Presidential Nomination: True Change is Playing Against a Stacked Deck (and it still might win) - Between the Lines, By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD, BC Columnist
In Honor of Baba Jake - Worrill's World By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill, PhD, BC Columnist
The Names Read Like a Census of the Fallen - From the Fringe By K. Danielle Edwards, BC Columnist
Political Cartoon: US Economy By Adam Zyglis, The Buffalo News

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January 17, 2008 - Issue 260
Cover Story: Why I Got Angry After New Hampshire - The White Curtain and the Possibility of Hope - The African World By Bill Fletcher, Jr., BC Executive Editor
Political Cartoon: Fairy Tale By Bob Englehart, The Hartford Courant
Evaluating What New Hampshire Means for Barack Obama By Martin Kilson, BC Editorial Board
Media Gone Mad By Jamala Rogers BC Editorial Board
Is Change Still "Being Whatever is Necessary?" - Represent Our Resistance By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD, BC Editorial Board
The Pimping of Black America: Why Much of the Corporate Media Supports Barack Obama - Keeping It Real By Larry Pinkney, BC Editorial Board
Political Cartoon: Our Saudi Friends By Mike Keefe, The Denver Post
King’s Vision on Healing Injustice - Inclusion By The Reverend Irene Monroe, BC Editorial Board
Clintons, Your Black Pass is Hereby Revoked - Color of Law By David A. Love, JD, BC Editorial Board
Wisdom - Poetic Black Fusion By Poet Blackman Preach, BC Spoken Word Columnist (includes MP3 audio)
Political Parties and African Americans - Worrill's World By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill, PhD, BC Columnist
Art: Seize The Moment - An Original Hand Crafted Fan By Margaret Warfield
Being True to King’s Last Fight: Today’s Security Officers are Yesterday’s Sanitation Workers - Between the Lines By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD, BC Columnist
Presidential Candidates Take the "Social" Out of "Change" - Martin Luther King Jr.'s Legacy and the Primaries - Think Piece By Roberto Lovato, Guest Commentator
The Former Mr. Willie Jones Meets Nkrumah: The Nation of Islam and Pan-Africanism - Student Writers’ Corner By Maryam Sharron Muhammad Shabazz, Guest Student Commentator
Political Cartoon: The Dictator By Emad Hajjaj, Jordan

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January 10, 2008 - Issue 259
Cover Story: Flames in Kenya - The African World By Bill Fletcher, Jr., BC Executive Editor
Political Cartoon: Drive a Pollster Crazy By Mike Keefe, The Denver Post
Confronting New and Even Bleaker Job Prospects - Left Margin By Carl Bloice, BC Editorial Board
Double-Speak, Barack Obama and Continuing U.S. Hypocrisy - Keeping It Real By Larry Pinkney, BC Editorial Board
Obama and the American Dream - Represent Our Resistance By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD, BC Editorial Board
Political Cartoon: Media Excitement By Mike Lane, Cagle Cartoons
Update: Reverend Edward Pinkney Remains Behind Bars - No Date Yet for Hearing About Calling God To Curse Judge
I Have A Dream: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.- Jan 15, 1929 - April 4, 1968
America’s Racism is a Human Rights Violation - Color of Law By David A. Love, BC Editorial Board
Bloody Revolution - Poetic Black Fusion By Poet Blackman Preach, BC Spoken Word Columnist (includes MP3 audio)
Art: Prison Life 1 By Adrian Guzman Espinoza
I Didn't Wake Up Dead! - Inclusion By The Reverend Irene Monroe, BC Editorial Board
Slow LAUSD Reform: Defending the Indefensible - Between the Lines By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD, BC Columnist
We Should Listen to the Wisdom of our Ancestors - Worrill's World By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill, BC Columnist
Locked Outside the Gates: Tasers, Pepper Spray and Arrests In the Struggle for Affordable Housing in New Orleans - Justice Watch By Bill Quigley, BC Columnist
Political Cartoon: From the New World to the New World Order By Doug Minkler

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December 20, 2007 - Issue 258
Cover Story: Reverend Pinkney Arrested For Exercising Free Speech,On Hunger Strike In Berrien County Jail By David A. Love, D and Larry Pinkney, BC Editorial Board
Political Cartoon: Sub-Prime Mortgage Crisis Manger By Mark Hurwitt
Reflections On Black Group Will & Identity in the 21ST Century (An Evaluation of the Pew Survey of African Americans) By Dr. Martin Kilson, PhD, BC Editorial Board
Can Anything Be Done in the Name of Safety? A Few Thoughts About Torture - The African World By Bill Fletcher, Jr., BC Executive Editor
McKinney, Green Party and the Reconstruction Movement - Represent Our Resistance By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD, BC Editorial Board
Political Cartoon: Affordable Health Care By Sandy Huffaker, Cagle Cartoons
Get Ready for Kwanzaa 2007 - Worrill's World By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill, BC Columnist
KILLING THE MESSENGERS - Poetic Black Fusion By Poet Blackman Preach, BC Spoken Word Columnist (includes MP3 audio)
The Mitchell Report: Baseball’s Steroid Era is Official And Part of a "Win At All Costs" Culture - Between the Lines By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD, BC Columnist
In-Terror-gation, Cover-up and Distraction - Part 2 By Chris Stevenson, Guest Commentator
Art: Chuck Berry By Jim Alexander Photography
Did the White House Force the Indictment of Barry Bonds? - The Barry Bonds, Strom Thurmond, Piggly Wiggly Connection - Think Piece By Jean Damu, Guest Commentator
First-hand View of Army Integration By Dr. John Berteaux, PhD, Guest Commentator
Political Cartoon: Santa Sees Air Pollution By Olle Johansson, Sweden

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December 13, 2007 - Issue 257
Cover Story: Why Have We Become A Nation of Sheep? - Musings of A Movement Veteran By Dr. Carlos E. Russell, PhD, Guest Commentator
Political Cartoon: CIA Tapes By Pat Bagley, Salt Lake Tribune
This Era of Black Women and HIV/AIDS - Inclusion By the Reverend Irene Monroe, BC Editorial Board
On the Horn: A Humanitarian Crisis Rivaling Darfur & a Threat of War - Left Margin By Carl Bloice, BC Editorial Board
Katrina and the 2008 Elections - The African World By Bill Fletcher, Jr., BC Editorial Board
Political Cartoon: Party of the People By Mike Lane, Cagle Cartoons
AG Jerry Brown, the San Francisco 8, and The Big Chill - Represent Our Resistance By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD, BC Editorial Board
Reverend Pinkney’s Fight Against Racism, Gangsterism and Land Stealing - Color of Law By David A. Love, BC Editorial Board
Capitalism, COINTELPRO, and the Torture of Justice - Keeping It Real By Larry Pinkney, BC Editorial Board
Stray Bullets - Poetic Black Fusion By Poet Blackman Preach, BC Spoken Word Columnist (includes MP3 audio)
Art: Still Searching for My Sovereign Self By Larry Richardson
The "Oprah Effect": Since When Did Celebrity Not Matter? - Between the Lines By Dr Anthony Asadullah Samad, BC Columnist
In-Terror-gation, Cover-up and Distraction By Chris Stevenson, Guest Commentator
'Tis The Season: Buy A Book - Unapologetically Young, Black and Female By Jasmyne A. Cannick, BC Columnist
Strategic Usage of Arts Activism: AFRICOM Policy Review - Student Writers’ Corner By Chioma Oruh, Guest Student Commentator
Political Cartoon: Santa Claus Busted for Damaging Free Trade By Mark Hurwitt

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December 6, 2007 - Issue 256
Cover Story: Mumia Abu-Jamal - Evidence of Innocence and an Unfair Trial - Color of Law By David A. Love, BC Editorial Board
Political Cartoon: Iran Not a Nuclear Threat By Patrick Chappatte, The International Herald Tribune
The Politics of Symbolism - The African World By Bill Fletcher, Jr., BC Editorial Board
San Francisco 8: The Spirit of Richard Brown - Represent Our Resistance By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD, BC Editorial Board
America and Corporate Capitalism Gone Stone Mad - Keeping It Real By Larry Pinkney, BC Editorial Board
Political Cartoon: Useless Gift Buying Season By Mart Hurwitt
Healthcare - Who's Problem Isn't It?: How Do You Get To Universal Healthcare? Get On the Bus! - Single-Payer Healthcare - Part 34 By Haddie Knuff, Healthcare-Now.org
A Eulogy for Inaction in the Aftermath of World AIDS Day - From the Fringe By K. Danielle Edwards, BC Columnist
COFFINS - Poetic Black Fusion By Poet Blackman Preach, BC Spoken Word Columnist (includes MP3 audio)
A Brother Goes to China - Student Writers’ Corner By Marcus Gadson, Guest Student Commentator
Art: Boy With Raised Arm Wall Mural By Sidney Goodman
Kucinich: I Am a Candidate of the Mainstream - These Other Candidates Are More Like Republicans By Jayson Whitehead, Guest Commentator
HUD Sends New Orleans Bulldozers and $400,000 Apartments for the Holidays - Justice Watch By Bill Quigley, BC Columnist
The Pew Study: Black Pathology or the Legitimization of Mainstream Colorblindness? - Between The Lines By Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD, BC Columnist
Political Cartoon: Santa Bush and Iran By Daryl Cagle, MSNBC.com

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November 29, 2007 - Issue 255
Cover Story: The Runaway Politics of Insanity: After Iraq, Iran Too? By Bill Strickland, BC Editorial Board
Political Cartoon: Mideast Summit By Christo Komarnitski, Bulgaria
Black America’s Legacy of Struggle - Keeping it Real By Larry Pinkney, BC Editorial Board
The Other Story the Times Overlooked - Left Margin By Carl Bloice, BC Editorial Board
Attacks on the Historical Knowledge of Struggle - Represent Our Resistance By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD, BC Editorial Board
Political Cartoon: Cheney and Aggressive Interrogation Healthcare By John Darkow, Columbia Daily Tribune, Missouri
STATE OF THE GHETTO ADDRESS - Poetic Black Fusion By Poet Blackman Preach, BC Spoken Word Columnist - (includes MP3 audio)
A Cradle to Prison Pipeline for Children of Color - Color of Law By David A. Love, BC Editorial Board
The Western Sahara: Hidden Conflict - The African World By Bill Fletcher, Jr., BC Editorial Board
Art: Lantern of Liberty - Harriet Tubman Wall Mural
Remembering Dr. John Henrik Clarke as a Source of Wisdom - Worrill's World By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill, PhD, BC Columnist
Dying To Be Ageless And Beautiful: Lessons We Must Learn In The Death Of Dr. Donda West - Between The Lines By Anthony Asadullah Samad, BC Columnist
Why Diversity Matters - Student Writers’ Corner By Rasheedah Phillips, Guest Student Commentator
Political Cartoon: Bush Loyalist John Howard Loses By Paresh Nath, National Herald, India

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November 22, 2007 - Issue 254
Cover Story: The End of American Thanksgivings - A Cause for Universal Celebration
Political Cartoon: The Spoils of War on The Holiday Table By Mark Hurwitt
Thanksgiving: The National Day of Mourning - Text of 1970 speech by Wampsutta, An Aquinnah Wampanoag Elder

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November 15, 2007 - Issue 253
Cover Story: Back From the War... and Into Homelessness - The African World By Bill Fletcher, Jr., BC Editorial Board
Paying for the Wars' Wounded By Col. Daniel Smith, U.S. Army (Ret.), Guest Commentator
The Buffalo Soldiers By Frederic Remington
Black America in Struggle: The Pursuit of Unity and Solidarity - Keeping It Real By Larry Pinkney, BC Editorial Board
Human Rights Activist Returns to Radio - "Make It Plain" With Mark Thompson Debuts on SIRIUS Satellite Radio - Program to eature BlackCommentator.com Writers Every Thursday
The Dangers of Feinstein’s S 456: Gang Abatement and Prevention Act 2007 - Represent Our Resistance By Dr. Jean L. Daniels, PhD, BC Editorial Board
Political Cartoon: The New U.S. Attorney General By Mark Hurwitt
Less Safe, Less Free: Why America Is Losing the War on Terror By David Cole & Jules Lobel- Color of Law - A Review By David A. Love, JD, BC Editorial Board
Bumpy Tymes - Poetic Black Fusion By Poet Blackman Preach, BC Spoken Word Columnist (now includes audio)
Remembering Two-Spirits This Thanksgiving - Inclusion By the Reverend Irene Monroe, BC Editorial Board
Art: Common Threads Wall Mural By Meg Saligman, Photograph by Peter Gamble
We've Got To Save Our Black Males At Black Colleges By Tom Joyner, Guest Commentator
Pakistan's Dictatorships and the United States By Dr. Stephen Zunes, PhD, Guest Commentator
When Do Acts of Irreverence Become Signs of Despair? - Between The Lines By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD, BC Columnist
Political Cartoon: Oil Is Gold Now By Emad Hajjaj, Jordan

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November 8, 2007 - Issue 252
4 New BlackCommentator Editorial Board Members
Cover Story: American Puppet Power in Pakistan - Color of Law By David A. Love, JD, BC Editorial Board
Political Cartoon: Democracy in Pakistan By Olle Johansson, Sweden
Thoughts on the Jena 6 Mobilization and New Movements - The African World By Bill Fletcher, Jr., BC Editorial Board
Dead Lawns & For-Sale Signs - Where’s Alfonzo Jackson? - Left Margin By Carl Bloice, BC Editorial Board
Justice American Style: As The Toilet Flushes - Keeping It Real By Larry Pinkney, BC Editorial Board
Political Cartoon: Slum World By 29
Invasion - Poetic Black Fusion By Poet Blackman Preach, BC Spoken Word Columnist
Julia Agnes Washington Bond: Librarian, Educator, Administrator Dies at 99 - The BlackCommentator In Struggle Spotlight
Malcolm X: 40 Years Then and Now - Represent Our Resistance By Dr. Jean L. Daniels, BC Editorial Board
Gays Unfairly Blamed for Episcopal Church’s Problems - Inclusion By the Reverend Irene Monroe, BC Editorial Board
Why Kucinich Should Concede Nothing By David Swanson, Guest Commentator
Art: Stars and Bars By Jim Alexander Photography
Is It Wrong to Belong? - From The Fringe By K. Danielle Edwards, BC Columnist
Self-Determination and Nationalism - Worrill's World By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill, PhD, BC Columnist
Codetalkers: .How to Win Friends & Influence People in Iraq... Sidetracked By Jane Stillwater, BC Columnist
A Lesson In The Absence Of Conscience And The Politics Of Placation - Between The Lines By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD, BC Columnist
Political Cartoon: Chrysler Job Cuts By Tab, The Calgary Sun

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November 1, 2007 - Issue 251
Cover Story: Bush & Cuba: Here he goes again! - The African World By Bill Fletcher, Jr., BC Editorial Board
Political Cartoon: The Big Foot of Corporate America By 29
Liberals, Racism, And The English Language In 21st Century America - Keeping It Real By Larry Pinkney, BC Columnist
Nooses: A Wake-Up Call to Save Our Children - Represent Our Resistance By Dr. Jean L. Daniels, BC Columnist
The Intelligent Racists Are the Most Dangerous Kind - Color of Law By David A. Love, BC Columnist
Political Cartoon: Rich Government, Poor People By Dario Castillejos, Dario La Crisis
We Have Dead Bodies, So Where’s Our Outrage? - Single-Payer Healthcare - Part 33 By Donna Smith, American SiCKO, Founder of American Patients for Universal Health Care
The Concept Of "Transferring Knowledge": African Americans Need This Now More Than Ever - Between The Lines By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD, BC Columnist
Death March - Poetic Black Fusion By Poet Blackman Preach, BC Spoken Word Columnist
Art: A Time to Think By Margaret Warfield
A Reminder of Why They Owe Us! - Worrill's World By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill, PhD, BC Columnist
Criminal Justice Meltdown in New Orleans? - Justice Watch By Bill Quigley, BC Columnist
Rendition: The Disinformation Campaign - A Film Review By Marc Norton, Guest Commentator
Political Cartoon: Feel the Fear By Olle Johansson, Sweden

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October 25, 2007 - Issue 250
250 Issues of BC: And Going Strong With Your Help By Peter Gamble, BC Publisher
Cover Story: Condi on the Ropes? - Left Margin By Carl Bloice, BC Editorial Board
Political Cartoon: Sports Statium As Housing By Mark Hurwitt
The Race Question and Building Labor Power In the Context of the Immigrant Upsurge By Dr. Steven Pitts, PhD, BC Editorial Board
I Met a Mercenary! - The African World By Bill Fletcher, Jr., BC Editorial Board
Which Way Black America? - Keeping It Real By Larry Pinkney, BC Columnist
Obama the Vote-Whore With ‘ex-gay’ at His Side - Inclusion By the Reverend Irene Monroe, BC Columnist
Beyond America to Our Ancestors - Represent Our Resistance By Dr. Jean L. Daniels, BC Columnist
Political Cartoon: Dr Strange By John Darkow, Columbia Daily Tribune, Missouri
While Congress Breaks for Holidays, 2,300 More Sick Americans Will Die - Single-Payer Healthcare - Part 32 By Donna Smith, American SiCKO. Founder of American Patients for Universal Health Care
Black (W)hole - A Poem - From The Fringe By K. Danielle Edwards, BC Columnist
Philly’s 10,000 Men Must Join a Broader Movement for Social Justice - Color of Law By David A. Love, BC Columnist
On Lesbians and the Sagging Pants - Unapologetically Young, Black and Female...By Jasmyne A. Cannick, BC Columnist
CAMDEN New Jersey - Poetic Black Fusion By Poet Blackman Preach, BC Spoken Word Columnist
Garvey’s Birthday And Lessons In Learning - Worrill's World By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill, PhD, BC Columnist
Art: Peace, Mercy & Joy By Alva
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s "Negro Problem":It’s Not In The Community - It’s In His Office - Between The Lines By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD, BC Columnist
All-White Jury Fumbles Ball on Boot Camp Verdict By Chris Stevenson, Guest Commentator
Tyler Perry and Black Cyber-Activism in the 21st Century By Dr. Robin R. Means Coleman, PhD, Guest Commentator
Affirmative Action, a Global Issue - Think Piece By Dr. John Berteaux, PhD, Guest Commentator
Strange Fruit - Not a Meaningless Signal By The Rev. Douglas Demetrius Prather, Guest Commentator
Political Cartoon: Clear Connection By RJ Matson, Roll Call

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October 18, 2007 - Issue 249
Cover Story: Photos Bolster Claims of Mumia's Innocence and Unfair Trial - Color of Law By David A. Love, BC Columnist
Political Cartoon: Dubya in Outer Space By 29
Priests Protesting Torture at Fort Huachuca Jailed for Justice - Justice Watch By Bill Quigley, BC Columnist
Where's the Outrage, White America? By Jamala Rogers, BC Editorial Board
Where’s Lovinsky? - Activist Was Kidnapped While in Haiti - The African World By Bill Fletcher, Jr., BC Editorial Board
Jiggaboo's and Wannabe's Revisited: For Light-Skinned Only - Unapologetically Young, Black and Female... By Jasmyne A. Cannick, BC Columnist
PowerLess - Poetic Black Fusion By Poet Blackman Preach, BC Spoken Word Columnist
Art: Angela and Me (a part of history) By Larry Richardson
American Democracy: The Masquerade Is Over - Keeping It Real By Larry Pinkney, BC Columnist
We Remember Che Too! On the 40th Anniversary of His Execution - Represent Our Resistance By Dr. Jean L. Daniels, BC Columnist
The Parable of National Health Care: Single-Payer Healthcare - Part 31 By Jamie and Pamela Voras, Guest Commentators
Muhammad Nasserdeen: A Life Dedicated To Black Economic Empowerment - The BlackCommentator In Struggle Spotlight By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD, BC Columnist
Political Cartoon: Michael Mukasey By Bob Englehart, The Hartford Courant
The Revenge of The "Good" Blacks: John Ridley, Eugene Robinson, Juan Williams By Thought Merchant, Guest Commentator
The Iraqi Book of the Dead - Sidetracked By Jane Stillwater, BC Columnist
Reflections on Cairo: Blackness, Black Pride and the "Arab" Part of the Muslim World - Student Writers’ Corner By Maryam Sharron Muhammad Shabazz, Guest Student Commentator
Nobel Al Gore? A Prime Time Hypocrite By Joshua Frank, Dissident Voice, Guest Commentator
Political Cartoon: Saving the Planet By Olle Johansson, Sweden

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October 11, 2007 - Issue 248
Cover Story: American Hegemony - The Goal To Control All Highly Valued Resources - Represent Our Resistance By Dr. Jean L. Daniels, BC Columnist
Political Cartoon: Privatization of the Iraq War By Patrick Chappatte, NZZ am Sonntag
The Cancellation of Bishop Tutu's Speech: Is Critical Discussion of Israel's Palestinian Policy Off Limits? - The African World By Bill Fletcher, Jr., BC Editorial Board
When All is Said and Done: It’s the Occupation - Left Margin By Carl Bloice, BC Editorial Board
Hip-Hop Framed - Poetic Black Fusion By Poet Blackman Preach, BC Spoken Word Columnist
Is the Road to Prison Reform Paved with Good Intentions? - Color of Law By David A. Love, BC Columnist
America: What Was That About Justice And Democracy? - Keeping It Real By Larry Pinkney, BC Columnist
McCain promotes his "Christian Nation" - Inclusion By the Reverend Irene Monroe, BC Columnist
Political Cartoon: We Don't Torture By Mike Keefe, The Denver Post
Single-Payer Healthcare - Part 30: When Will the Patients Be Invited to Dine? By Donna Smith, American SiCKO, Founder of American Patients for Universal Health Care
Sexy Dimes/Sexist Tools: Whittling Down Black Feminist Consciousness - Student Writers’ Corner By Hananie Albert, Guest Student Commentator
Activism and Darfur: Divestment: Solution or Diversion? By Kevin Funk and Steve Fake, Foreign Policy In Focus, Guest Commentators
Art: Determination By Jim Alexander Photography
Readers Corner: NAACP Leadership and Vision, Reaction and & Encouragement for BC Student Writer, Cautious Obama, The N-Word and more....By BC Readers
Constitution, Flag, and Leaving Iraq - Think Piece By David Swanson, Guest Commentator
Political Cartoon: Diplomacy on Iran By Paresh Nath, National Herald, India
Reparations and Repairing Ourselves - Worrill's World By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill, PhD, BC Columnist
US Aid Dependency: The Road To Ruin By Hicham Safieddine, Electronic Lebanon, Guest Commentator
Mayor Villaraigosa, It’s Time To Ask The Question: Are You Friend Or Foe To The Black Community? - Between The Lines By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD, BC Columnist

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October 4, 2007 - Issue 247
Cover Story: Senator Obama, Black America and the War(s) - The African World By Bill Fletcher, Jr., BC Editorial Board
Political Cartoon: Outsourcing Iran By Mark Hurwitt
Hillary Clinton’s Corporate Healthcare Plan: Single-Payer Healthcare - Part 29 By Marilyn Clement, National Coordinator, Healthcare-NOW
Clarence Thomas Gets Caught Trying to Reinvent Anita Hill: A Summary of the Thomas Autobiography And the Hill New York Times OP-ED Column
Three Cheers for the NAACP By Dr. Ron Walters, PhD, Guest Commentator
Know Your Enemy: Co-optation, Discreditation, Elimination and The "N" Word - Keeping It Real By Larry Pinkney, BC Columnist
Cartoon: Backwater Blowback By Pat Bagley, Salt Lake Tribune
Student Writers' Corner: People Need to Ignore the Stereotypes of Black Males By Ashley Bates, Guest Student Commentator
Academic McCarthyism Threatens Democracy - Color of Law: By David A. Love, BC Columnist
Banned Books, Banned People, and A Return to Our Cultural Value System - Represent Our Resistance By Dr. Jean L. Daniels, BC Columnist
Republican’s "Big Tent" Inclusion Theory Goes "Boom": Thanks for the Warning - Between The Lines By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD, BC Columnist
Political Cartoon: The Dollar In Trouble By Manny Francisco, Manila, The Phillippines
Straight... No Chaser The GOP Contenders and Their Scheduling Conflicts - Think Piece By Desi Cortez, Guest Commentator
The Cruel Reality: A Personal Story - Beneath The Spin By Molly Secours, BC Columnist
Death Where Is Thy Sting: Funerals in an African Village - Sidetracked By Jane Stillwater, BC Columnist
African People Should Not Forget Grenada - Worrill's World By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill, PhD, BC Columnist
Art: Fabric Market By Margaret Warfield

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September 27, 2007 - Issue 246
Professor Martin Kilson Joins the BlackCommentator Editorial Board
Cover Story: The Role of the Black Elite in Outreaching to the Black Lower Class And How It Relates to the National Leadership Level of the NAACP By Dr. Martin Kilson, PhD, BC Editorial Board
Cartoon: Auto Industry Health Care By Mark Hurwitt
Imprisoned for Opposing Terrorism? By Bill Fletcher, Jr., BC Editorial Board
We’re an "Emerging Market" in Big Trouble - Left Margin By Carl Bloice, BC Editorial Board
Jena 6’s Black Leadership Splits Gay Community - Inclusion By the Reverend Irene Monroe, BC Columnist
O.J. "Dumb Sh*t" - Do We Really Need This Right Now? - Between The Lines By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD, BC Columnist
Got Questions? Ask a Smart Black Guy - Color of Law By David A. Love, BC Columnist
Art: The Wish By Larry Richardson
The 21st Century American Nightmare And The Necessity Of DE-Colonizing Our Minds - Keeping It Real By Larry Pinkney, BC Columnist
Egyptians Were Black, Not White - Worrill’s World By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill, PhD, BC Columnist
We Hold These Truths... Healthcare - An Inalienable Right - Single-Payer Healthcare - Part 28 By Scott Thursby, Healthcare-NOW.org
Jena Six - Another Lesson in the Role of Race and the School to Prison Pipeline By Ted Shaw and Damon Hewitt, NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Guest Commentators
The Problem Here and the Problem There - Healthcare Here and in Rwanda By Dr. Josh Ruxin, PhD, Guest Commentator
Think Piece: Dying for Clean Air - Why Black Mayors Should Support Tougher Ozone Standards By Robert D. Bullard, Guest Commentator
Cartoon: No Child Left Alive By Monte Wolverton, Cagle Cartoons

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September 20, 2007 - Issue 245
Cover Story: Getting Back to Community Organizing and Building Local Power By Dr. James Jennings, PhD, BC Editorial Board and Ricardo Torres, Guest Commentator
Cartoon: Self Made By Doug Minkler
Two Fools: Ignore Them And Get On With The Struggle - Keeping It Real By Larry Pinkney, BC Columnist
Free The Jena Six: And A New Generation Of Activists Are Engaged In The New Jim Crow Struggle - Between The Lines By Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD, BC Columnist
The Unbridled Free Market Suffocates Democracy - Color of Law By David A. Love, BC Columnist
Art: Nelson Mandela By Jim Alexander Photography
The "Black Community" in the American Dark Ages - Represent Our Resistance, By Dr. Jean L. Daniels, BC Columnist
More Garbage About Iraq From The Pols And The Media Plus, Stupid Is As Stupid Does - National Affairs, By Lawrence R. Velvel, JD, BC Columnist
Remembering Ken Bridges - The BlackCommentator In Struggle Spotlight By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill, PhD, BC Columnist
Cartoon: Wal-Mart Produce By RJ Matson, The St. Louis Post Dispatch
Backwoods Court Ruling Overturned By Chris Stevenson, Guest Commentator
A New Day Begun: Jena’s Tentacles of Racism By The Rev. D. D. Prather and Ms. Denisha M. Delane, Guest Commentators
Palestinian Diaspora: With or Against Collaboration? By Laith Marouf, Guest Commentator
More Than One Million Iraqis Murdered Since 2003 Invasion By Opinion Research Business,Members of the British Polling Council
Despite Improving U.S. Current Account Deficits, Risks of Financial Crisis May Be Growing By Dr. Robert E. Scott, PhD, Guest Commentator
Cartoon: Running Out of Time By Olle Johansson, Sweden

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September 13, 2007 - Issue 244
Cover Story: Let’s Go Bomb Iran - Left Margin By Carl Bloice, BC Editorial Board
Cartoon: Tax Cuts for the Rich By Mark Hurwitt
Nothing Good Comes Out of Texas - Color of Law By David A. Love, BC Columnist
Black Face in the Halls of Higher Education - Represent Our Resistance By Dr. Jean L Daniels, PhD, BC Columnist
Academia, White Racism, and the Miseducation of Our Youth In America - Keeping it Real By Larry Pinkney, BC Columnist
Art: Blessings, Rain Down On Me By Margaret Warfield
A Study on the Effects of Methamphetamine: a Review and Critique - Jones for Justice By Dr. John Calvin Jones, PhD, JD, BC Columnist
Oprah's Bid for Obama Oppresses Gays - Inclusion By the Reverend Irene Monroe, BC Columnist
The Return of Jim Crow in The South: It’s Time We All Pay Attention To Jena, Louisiana - Between the Lines By Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD, BC Columnist
Cartoon: Corporation By Doug Minkler
Marion Stamps: In-Your_face Activism At Its Best - Worrill’s World By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill, PhD, BC Columnist
Zogby Poll: 51% of Americans Want Congress to Probe Bush/Cheney Regarding 9/11 Attacks; Over 30% Seek Immediate Impeachment - 67% Also Fault 9/11 Commission for not Investigating Anomalous Collapse of World Trade Center 7 By Pollster John Zogby, Guest Commentator
Why Black Radio Continues to Abandon Its Own Community By U-Savior Washington, Guest Commentator
Cartoon: George The Puppetmaster By Christo Komarnitski, Bulgaria
The Obama-Edwards Ticket By David Swanson, Guest Commentator
Lucas Mangope: One of South Africa's Living Legends - Sidetracked By Jane Stillwater, BC Columnist

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September 6, 2007 - Issue 243
Cover Story: JOB QUALITY AND BLACK WORKERS - AN EXAMINATION OF THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, LOS ANGELES, CHICAGO, AND NEW YORK By Dr. Steven Pitts, PhD, Center for Labor Research and Education, UC Berkeley, BC Editorial Board
Cartoon: Labor Day Picnic By Mark Hurwitt
Iraq Moratorium: The THIRD FRIDAY of every month beginning Friday September 21st By Bill Fletcher, Jr., BC Editorial Board
Black Men are Dying in Philly - Color of Law By David A. Love, BC Columnist
We Beg Your Pardon America: Excuse Us While We Puke - Keeping It Real By Larry Pinkney, BC Columnist
A Call to Action for Healthcare Equality!: Single-Payer Healthcare - Part 27 By Onleilove Alston, Healthcare-Now.org
Cartoon: Labor Day Worker By Mark Hurwitt
Labor Day Hypocrisy By Stephen Lendman, Guest Commentator
Keep Your Tokens - No Black Passes Accepted Here - From The Fringe By K. Danielle Edwards, BC Columnist
A Reading of Teeth, A Reading of Resistance - Represent Our Resistance By Dr. L. Jean Daniels, PhD, BC Columnist
Art: Fallouja Wall By Larry Richardson
" Young B" And The New Women’s Empowerment Movement: A Peek Inside Women Running the World - Between The Lines By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD, BC Columnist
The Newark Schoolyard Killings And False Assumptions of Black on Black Crime By Ryan P. Haygood, Guest Commentator
Slavery, Iraq, and Justice Delayed - Think Piece By David Swanson
Cartoon: Kiss The Frog By Olle Johansson,Sweden
A Simple Thank You to Movement Makers - Worrill's World By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill, PhD, BC Columnist
National Affairs: We Desperately Need A New Electoral System, New Methods Of Campaigning, And New Types Of People Running For Office - National Affairs By Lawrence R. Velvel, JD, BC Columnist