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Bill Quigley
The Sit-In Movement Was Not Spontaneous
13 Dec 2006
by Rhone Fraser To hear some tell it, the Freedom Movement, complete with sit-ins and the rest, was a spontaneous affair. Not so, says scholar Rhone Fraser. To overlook the skillful planning and visionary foresight that went into the Movement is not only an insult against our forbears…
Bill Quigley
“Uncle Tom” Needs an Update: Label Has Lost its Sting
20 Dec 2006
The old label of "Uncle Tom" just doesn't have the sting it once did, writes Victor Alan Pate. Is it time to look for a more devastating sobriquet to hurl at traitors?
Bill Quigley
Israeli Nukes: Hiding in Plain Sight
20 Dec 2006
by Bruce Dixon US, French and Israeli officials in the past few weeks are all saying publicly: that Israel is a nuclear power with hundreds of weapons aimed at its neighbors.
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon
Africa – Where the Next US Oil Wars Will Be
28 Feb 2007
On Feb. 7 George Bush announced the formation of AFRICOM, a new Pentagon command which will, under the pretext of the so-called "Global War On Terror", plan and execute its oil and resource wars on the African continent. What does this mean to African Americans? And to Africans? …
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
What Is Bob Johnson Up To?
24 Feb 2005
by BAR Managing Editor Glen Ford. This item was originally published on February 24, 2005 in Black Commentator. "Of the eight Johnson 'questions' listed, all but three implicitly urge collaboration with the GOP or a boycott of Democrats" In a transparent bid to boost…
Bill Quigley
Latino New Orleans
20 Dec 2006
Is the Browning of New Orleans Underway? Before Katrina struck, Hispanics accounted for only 2 percent of births in New Orleans. Today, Hispanics make up 98 percent of babies born in the city. “Not only were New Orleans residents made to suffer needlessly but they now must look on as a new group…
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon
Barack Obama: Hypocrisy on Health Care
31 Jan 2007
by BAR Managing Editor Bruce Dixon Since his days in the Illinois state legislature Barack Obama's position on health care has consistently devolved. Once a bold champion of medical care as a human right, Senator and presidential candidate Obama has become a timid advocate of…
Bill Quigley
Electing America's First Black President by Proxy Vote
08 Nov 2006
First Bill Clinton was dubbed "our first black president. We are told the next contender is Barack Obama. But when will black people get a say in this? Electing America's First Black President by Proxy Vote "Will Black America have a say in electing the first Black President?" by…
Bill Quigley
Holding Barack Obama Accountable
14 Feb 2008
by BAR Managing Editor Bruce Dixon The presidential campaign of Barack Obama has become a media parade on its way to a coronation. Journalists and leading Democrats have done shockingly little to pin Obama down, to hold him specifically responsible for anything beyond his slogans of "yes we…
Leutisha Stills
CBC Fall 2006 Report Card: The Good, Bad & Ugly of the Congressional Black Caucus
25 Oct 2006
by Leutisha Stills "This year’s capitulation to corporate power was an even greater retreat from the CBC’s legacy than the debacle of April, 2005." CBC Fall 2006 Report Card: The Good, the Bad & the Ugly of the Congressional Black Caucus by Leutisha…