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The Republicans and the Black clergy
March 17, 2006In the early months of 2004 I read the Black Commentator’s analysis of the corporate-Republican campaign to create the perception of an alternative, conservative Black leadership. At first I thought this laughable. But such a campaign...
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Shine a spotlight on Iraq war profiteers
March 17, 2006War profiteering has always ranked as the most obscene form of capitalist appropriation, soaked in the gore of the dead and wounded. Financier J.P. Morgan purchased defective rifles from a U.S. arsenal for $3.50 apiece and...
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Equality, or not: Threat of two-tier workforce is fault line of U.S. immigration policies
March 17, 2006Equality has become an unmentionable word in Congress. It doesn’t come even once in the 300-page omnibus immigration bill introduced last week by Senator Arlen Specter, nor in any of the others Congress is considering. They...
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March 17, 2006Oakland teachers rally As the teachers union prepared to resume contract talks in its 20-month dispute with the Oakland Unified School District, parents, community supporters and San Francisco educators rallied with over 500 Oakland teachers and...
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N.Y. transit leader calls for new vote
March 17, 2006NEW YORK — The battle between bus and subway workers represented by Transport Workers Union Local 100 and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority continues. Last week, over the objections of the MTA, the Public Employee Relations Board...
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