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Bill Quigley
Say No to Africom
06 Nov 2007
by Danny Glover and Nicole C. Lee Cloaked in "humanitarian" guise, the U.S. military's new Africa Command, or Africom, poses an imminent threat to self-determination on the continent. By grouping every country but Egypt under one military umbrella - as if they were already protectorates of the…
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The Global Debate on the Death Penalty
07 Nov 2007
by Sandra Babcock Even the Republican-dominated U.S. Supreme Court pays some attention to world opinion, according to a report of the Human Rights section of the American Bar Association. With the "gap between the United States and the rest of the world" on the death penalty "growing year by…
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Black Agenda Interview With Jared Ball, Candidate for the Green Party's Presidential Nomination
07 Nov 2007
This Black Agenda Audio Interview was conducted on October 26, 2007 This is a 36 minute audio interview with Jared Ball, one of several candidates for the Green Party's presidential nomination. Black Agenda Report will happily interview the other Green Party nominees too. Jared…
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Waterboarding and U.S. History
14 Nov 2007
by William Loren Katz The all-but-certain next U.S. Attorney General, Michael Mukasey, apparently hasn't read much history - otherwise, he couldn't claim ignorance of waterboarding. For over half a millennium, fiends in power have tortured their victims through slow drowning, a practice the U.…
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Unbreakable Unmistakable: Donda West
14 Nov 2007
by BAR columnist Lizz Brown Donda and Kanye West were a team, a mother-son relationship that warmed the hearts of even the cold-blooded entertainment industry. However, the demands exerted on a young, male star are different than the pressures felt by a middle-aged, former English professor…
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Say My Name: Another Capitol Crime Against African Americans
21 Nov 2007
by BAR columnist Lizz Brown The society that bought and sold Black people in bulk; gave them names rooted in a foreign culture (and no last names at all); refused to recognize their individuality as human beings; and relentlessly defamed them as a group, now dedicates space in the U.S. Capitol…
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Miami Gentrification
21 Nov 2007
by Max Rameau Miami is the scene of a fierce struggle of Black and poor communities to remain rooted in the face of speculators who wield eviction notices like bayonets. Even as the housing bubble bursts all around America, leeches in suites tighten access to affordable housing in order to keep…
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Obama’s Big Gay and Black Problem
21 Nov 2007
by Kevin Alexander Gray & Marshall Derks Barack Obama often seems confused in his search for a constituency. The ambiguity of his agenda causes his campaign to constantly collide with progressive principles. In the crucial South Carolina contest - the "Black primary" - Obama insults gays…
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Change Racist Crack Cocaine Laws
21 Nov 2007
by Anthony Papa The U.S. Sentencing Commission has acknowledged the obvious: that penalties for possession of "crack" cocaine, as opposed to the powdered kind, amount to racist law designed to disproportionately incarcerate African Americans. Despite the Sentencing Commission's recommendation…
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Black Psychiatrist’s ‘Intervention’ Calms Cosby
17 Oct 2007
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford Bill Cosby is sounding (almost) calm and reasonable, these days, under the influence of Dr. Alvin Poussaint, respected Harvard psychiatrist and co-author with Cosby in a new book. Despite his improved demeanor, Cosby's blame-the-victim worldview remains…