Bill Quigley

Bill Quigley
The U.S. is the Worst Kind of Neighbor
10 Sep 2008
The U.S. dangled Cuba a measly $100,000 in Hurricane Gustav disaster relief - and that, with strings attached - compared to Cuba's offer of shiploads of medical aid in the wake of Katrina. Whatever…
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The Genetically Programmed Urge to Vote
10 Sep 2008
Some of the people the rich pay to think for them believe that "genetics may motivate a citizen to cast a ballot or not, and that one can inherit the urge to run for office." Follow the inane logic…
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Politics and Religion in America: Imagine There's No Heaven
10 Sep 2008
by David Swanson "We now elect presidents who launch wars after discussing the matter directly with ‘God' but not Congress." God is all over the campaign trail, in this election cycle, aided by His…
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It Is Better To Give Than To Receive
10 Sep 2008
by Kemet Mawakana, a.k.a the Seven Foot Poet While every truism ain't true, some are altogether on the real. Some are, in fact, more real than the truths that elders and common…
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Obtuse Acute Angles
03 Sep 2008
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Why Black Agenda Report (and Your Support For It) Matters
03 Sep 2008
by BAR Managing Editor Bruce Dixon The owners of private media, and their puppets at the FCC have decided you don't need news. As a result, the number of working reporters and journalists…
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Those Who Demand Nothing, Get Nothing
03 Sep 2008
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford Having made no demands on Barack Obama's presidential candidacy, Black America should expect to reap - nothing. "For the first time since the rebellions of…
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Community College Students Need Not Apply: Our Reward for Bailing Out the Banks
03 Sep 2008
by Kesi Foster Higher education is an American Dream, but may become a "Dream deferred" for community college students. The banks are the villains. "The following lenders have started turning away…
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Obama and So-Called Post-Racial Politics
03 Sep 2008
by Linda Burnham News of the death of Black politics may be premature. "We will not reach a post-racialist U.S. by announcement or decree," writes the author. "The only way to get there from here is…
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The Four-Day Campaign Commercial
03 Sep 2008
by Shannon Joyce Prince If you want to find the Mother Lode of contradictions, go to a Democratic National Convention. "Obama claims he cares about workers yet he has selected Wal-Mart supporter…