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Bill Quigley
Black America, Abortion and the Morality of Choice
06 Jan 2010
by Sikivu Hutchinson Women of color face multiple challenges when seeking effective reproductive choice. In addition to an Obama administration and Democratic congressional leadership that “kowtow to antiabortion forces out of political expediency,” African American women are brow-beaten by Black…
Bill Quigley
Ida B. Wells -- Still Wielding the Sword For Our People
07 Jan 2010
Born in Mississippi in 1862, Ida B. Wells was perhaps the most formidable African American leader of her day. That she is rarely mentioned in the chronology of black leadership that usually runs from Frederick Douglass, to Booker T. Washington to DuBois and Garvey and on into the 20th century is a…
Phillip Jackson
Black America Loses Gamble in Electing First Black President
17 Feb 2010
by Phillip Jackson “Black America mistakenly traded the future of its young black men for a black president.” African Americans’ hopes and dreams and great expectations that Barack Obama would address the forces that are forcing Black males out of work and into jail, came to naught. “Over and over…
Bill Quigley
Misogyny and Black Youth: Silence Equals Death
08 Apr 2009
The educator/journalist observed that some of the boys in her classroom were “bursting with perspective” on “the widespread use of the words ‘bitch’ and ‘ho’ to describe young women of color on campus.” Not so with the girls, who were largely silent on the subject. When pressed, some of the girls “…
Agustín Velloso
Tshombe, Spain and the DRC's Independence
16 Feb 2011
by Agustín Velloso There is only one top imperialist: the United States. But within the imperial orbit there are greater and lesser national players, who act as “handlers” to individuals that are useful to the imperial project. Joseph Mobutu was one such individual. So was Moise…
Adam Hanieh
Egypt’s Uprising: Not Just a Question of “Transition”
16 Feb 2011
by Adam Hanieh No sooner had Hosni Mubarak been pushed aside than the corporate media began busily minimizing the goals of the Egyptian people’s revolt. It was all about one man’s crimes, they said, requiring only some “democratic” adjustments to make the “transition” to a system that…
Earl Picard
Egypt’s Coup d'Etat
16 Feb 2011
by Earl Picard, Ph.D. Whatever occurred in Egypt last week, it is incomplete. “Some say the established order in the 'Arab World' has been upended,” writes the author. “I say that it is too early to tell.” The one fact that is certain is that the military remains in charge, as it has…
davidswanson
Obama Is Hurting Poor People in Ways ACORN Blocked Bush from Achieving
16 Feb 2011
by David Swanson Continuity of corporate rule from Republican to Democratic administrations is a hard, cold fact – as cold as the houses of the poor will be if President Obama gets his way. Obama is seeking to cut in half the same federal home heating program that George Bush failed to…
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: George Washington, Slaveholder
16 Feb 2011
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley The “Father” of the nation was also one of the godfathers of the human bondage mafia, “among the quarter of American presidents who were slave holders.” George Washington and his wife were as cynical and devious as any other…
Kevin Alexander Gray
Budget Shows Obama is Lap Dog for GOP
16 Feb 2011
by Kevin Alexander Gray The 2012 budget proposal looks like it arrived straight from GOP headquarters, but it’s signed “Barack Obama.” The First Black President “seems totally willing ‘to drop the blade’” on many of the Democrats’ core constituent programs “instead of giving…