Bill Quigley

Bill Quigley
Thoughts on Virginia Tech and Racism
25 Jul 2007
by BAR contributing editor Jeanette M. Pollard The Virginia Tech massacre of three months ago remains the subject of task force investigations. But none appear to be examining the role that race…
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Losing What We Never Had: White Privilege and the Deferred Dreams of Black America, Part Three
25 Jul 2007
by BAR contributing editor Dr. Edward Rhymes In the final installment of his series, the author debunks the mythology of "reverse racism" - a phrase that "needs to be done away with." Privileges…
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The Mean Streets of…Greenfield? Or, Liberal Massachusetts: The Funeral Was Tuesday
25 Jul 2007
by BAR Contributing Editor Richard O'Connor Massachusetts has a reputation as one of the most "liberal" states in the nation, whatever that means. In the western "Hill Towns" of the state,…
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Gentle Hands: Moving Beyond Black and White
18 Jul 2007
by BAR contributing editor Richard O'Connor An Irishman fell in love with a Black woman, and then found that he had also become socially Black in the United States. Apparently, crossing the…
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High John and the Triple Seven Blacks Convene
18 Jul 2007
by BAR contributing editor Harold Bridgeman The author is a satirist, with a compelling message. The story begins 100 years ago, when the "Triple Seven Blacks" met to solve the African American…
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What Muslim Member of Congress?
16 Jul 2007
by Askia Muhammad Rep. Keith Ellison went along with the rest of the U.S. Congress to condemn the leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, for advocating genocide of Israelis, as did all…
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AIDS is a Global Independence Struggle for Black Women: Gender Matters
11 Jul 2007
by BAR contributing editor Yvonne Scruggs-Leftwich The disease that is ravishing Africa and African Americans, AIDS, is vectored by sexual inequality. Millions die because of the unspoken truth:…
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If the People Want Impeachment, Why Can’t it Happen?
11 Jul 2007
A Black Agenda Report radio commentary by executive editor Glen Ford Something close to a majority of the people of the United States want Dick Cheney and George Bush to be impeached. Many more…
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Out of America: Or How I Became a Marxist
11 Jul 2007
by BAR contributing editor Betty Wamalwa Muragori What does an African woman know about Black America? A lot, and all of it surprised the hell out of her. Ms. Muragori arrived in the U.S. with…
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Reflections from a Target of the CIA: The Killing Machine
11 Jul 2007
by Fidel Castro Cuban President Fidel Castro, a hero of the world, having stood up to the war machine of a superpower, is nevertheless an old man reflecting on his life. What does it feel like to…