Trump stokes division with racism and rage – and the American oligarchy purrs
The president is the best thing that ever happened to the corporate elite, a distraction on the lines of the old Jim Crow By Robert Reich...
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Jay Murdock
- Oct 1, 2019
- 10 min
It’s Time for Black Athletes to Leave White Colleges
They attract money and attention to the predominantly white universities that showcase them, while HBCUs struggle. What would happen if...
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Jay Murdock
- Jun 3, 2019
- 4 min
Netflix’s harrowing Central Park Five demands a new fight against racism
Ave DuVernay’s compelling Netflix mini-series When They See Us is a reminder that we need to change how the system works By Rashad...
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Jay Murdock
- Sep 15, 2018
- 12 min
Race and the American Soul
Don’t Let the Loud Bigots Distract You. America’s Real Problem With Race Cuts Far Deeper By Eddie S. Glaude, Jr. | Time Magazine |...
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Jay Murdock
- May 18, 2018
- 8 min
The Last Poets: the hip-hop forefathers who gave black America its voice
It is half a century since the Last Poets stood in Harlem, uttered their first words in public, and created the blueprint for hip-hop. At...
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Jay Murdock
- Sep 13, 2012
- 4 min
What Obama and Romney Say About the Missing Campaign Issue of Civil Rights
President Obama and GOP presidential rival Mitt Romney have spent countless hours slamming each other over the economy, the deficit,...
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Jay Murdock
- Mar 2, 2012
- 4 min
Supreme Court Rams Race Back on the Presidential Plate
Earl Ofari Hutchinson – Author and Political Analyst Posted: 03/ 1/2012 1:31 pm The U.S. Supreme Court almost certainly will vote before...
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Jay Murdock
- Jan 20, 2012
- 3 min
Derrick Bell: Changing the Odds for Others
Marian Wright Edelman – President, Children’s Defense Fund Posted: 1/19/12 07:10 PM ET “In all my courses, I really have to teach the...
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Jay Murdock
- Aug 26, 2011
- 5 min
The American Dream, In Black and White
Steve Nelson/Head of the Calhoun School in Manhattan Posted: 8/25/11 06:30 PM ET Obscured by incessant chatter about the credit rating...
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Jay Murdock
- Apr 21, 2011
- 2 min
Justice For Bobby Yates
In the County of Lamar – Paris, Texas, The case of Bobby Yates and at least twenty others handled by Lamar County Attorney Gary Young,...
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Jay Murdock
- Jan 14, 2011
- 1 min
The “Isness” of Man
I refuse to accept the idea that the “isness” of man’s present nature makes him morally incapable of reaching up for the “oughtness” that...
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Jay Murdock
- Jan 7, 2011
- 2 min
Why The Right Is Still Flogging The New Black Panthers
Conservatives in the media cling determinedly to the ridiculous notion that President Obama and the Justice Department dropped voter...
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Jay Murdock
- Dec 21, 2010
- 4 min
The Good, The Bad, The Ugly of 2010
Amy B. Dean – Co-Author, “A New New Deal: How Regional Activism Will Reshape the American Labor Movement” – Posted: December 21, 2010...
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Jay Murdock
- Dec 16, 2010
- 3 min
Blocking of Obama Judicial Picks Causing Crisis
Date: Thursday, December 16, 2010, 5:29 am – By: Jackie Jones, BlackAmericaWeb.com Deliberate obstructionism by the GOP has created a...
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Jay Murdock
- Oct 24, 2010
- 3 min
Tea Baggers, Don’t Be Hating
What UP Bay-By! Miles Here! I can’t wait until this damn election is over. These damn campaign ads on TV are driving me crazy! All...
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Jay Murdock
- Oct 9, 2010
- 1 min
Birthday wishes go out to Dick Gregory
#comedy #DickGregory #justice #race
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Jay Murdock
- Feb 3, 2009
- 1 min
From Selma
In places like Selma, Alabama, Kids say, In places like Chicago and New York…… In places like Chicago and New York Kids say, In places...
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