Opinion

Turning point at the Black Radical Congress

February 24, 2006

What has always made the Black Radical Congress (BRC) mystique is its perceived ability to mobilize various perspectives of marginalized Black voices around topics plaguing the broader movement. This unique characteristic can even unite disjointed political...

Fighting racism is at the heart of our struggles

February 24, 2006

For the past six years, millions of Americans have been battling the Bush administration and its policies of pre-emptive war, economic austerity, usurpation of democratic rights and racism. Yet a sober look at the political landscape...

End the death penalty now!

February 24, 2006

Any doubts that even “humane” executions by lethal injection are still cruel and unusual punishment should be dispelled once and for all by the conflict in California over executing Michael Morales. Morales, a convicted murderer and...

MovieREVIEW: Three noteworthy films

February 17, 2006

When laughing hurts The premise that’s not just in the title but in every frame of Albert Brooks’ “Finding Humor in the Muslim World” is perfectly mediocre and outrageous. It’s a great match. Brooks is an...

MovieREVIEW: Munich a Powerful moral thriller

February 17, 2006 By Susan Webb

Steven Spielberg’s “Munich” takes a shocking, emotionally fraught historical event — the 1972 kidnapping and killing of 11 members of the Israeli Olympic team by the shadowy Palestinian “Black September” group in Munich, Germany — as...