Bill Quigley

Bill Quigley
Black Ivy Leaguer: Rev. Wright Speaks Truth
07 May 2008
by Shannon Prince Some supporters of Barack Obama have seized the occasion of the confrontation with Rev. Jeremiah Wright to air a litany of old grievances. In an op-ed article for Newsday,…
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The Senator, His Pastor and the Israel Lobby
07 May 2008
by Ali Abunimah If Liberation Theologians like Rev. Jeremiah Wright feel discarded by Barack Obama, consider the Palestinians. By all accounts, as an Illinois State Senator Obama was at least…
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Obama’s ‘Race Neutral’ Strategy Unravels of its Own Contradictions
30 Apr 2008
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford The world views of Rev. Jeremiah Wright and Sen. Barack Obama were incompatible from the start, just as the mythical American Manifest Destiny world view is…
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How Criminal Injustice System Impacts Blacks
30 Apr 2008
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by Glen Ford The state with the harshest record for putting African Americans behind bars has become the first to pass a law that would assess the impact of new…
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Cynthia McKinney: Bell Verdict Shows Dred Scott Reality
30 Apr 2008
The Sean Bell verdict reminds former Georgia congresswoman Cynthia McKinney of the 1857 Dred Scott Decision, which declared that Blacks have no rights that a white man is bound to respect. In this…
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A Hungry Mob is an Angry Mob
30 Apr 2008
by John Maxwell While much of the developing world, and even consumers in the rich nations, fear growing food shortages and price hikes, Jamaicans seem "remarkably serene about the rapidly…
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Corporate Reporters Tell Lies for a Living
23 Apr 2008
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford The 41 signers of an open letter denouncing ABC's farcical conduct during the most recent presidential debate may have thought they were doing the…
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BET’s Offensive Content: Raunchier by the Minute
23 Apr 2008
How have I offended thee? Let me count the ways. In the case of Black Entertainment Television, offensive remarks and images are delivered with a frequency of sometimes once every half minute or so…
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Alicia Keys Hits a Not So Strange Note
23 Apr 2008
by Mel Reeves Add to the general controversy over who is to blame for so-called Gangsta Rap, the question of who is qualified to speak authoritatively on the subject. Songstress Alicia Keys was…
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Obama Snubs Black Media
23 Apr 2008
by Betty Pleasant The Black press is just as enthusiastic as African Americans in general at the prospect of a Black man becoming the next occupant of the White House. But Black newspaper owners…