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Bill Quigley
“Amazing Self-Correction”: Reflections on Barack Obama and the Perverse Racial Politics of the Post
17 Sep 2008
by Paul Street The closer Barack Obama gets to the White House, the quicker some white folks are to declare that the United States is a "self-correcting" nation that is miraculously curing itself of racism. They are encouraged by Obama, himself, who "has shown a disturbing propensity to see the…
Bill Quigley
White Privilege, White Entitlement and the 2008 Election
17 Sep 2008
Normal 0 by Tim Wise A nation that claims it has already learned - and "changed" - so much in the racial arena, should at least be conversant in the definition of "white privilege." In fact, many surveys show most whites don't think such privilege exists. Noted anti-racist activist Tim Wise…
Bill Quigley
No Jobs Make Mean Streets
17 Sep 2008
by James Thindwa "After nearly 30 years of conservative discourse that promotes incarceration as the solution, local governments must resuscitate the idea that jobs and economic revival are the antidotes to crime." As crime numbers go up after a long decline, political conversation is rife with…
Bill Quigley
Cuba and Haiti: Children of Prometheus
17 Sep 2008
by John Maxwell If a hurricane misses the United States, it doesn't exist in the minds of many Americans. This has been an especially cruel hurricane season for Cuba and Haiti, the countries that "destroyed slavery" and "European empire in the Western hemisphere," and "successfully asserted the…
Bill Quigley
Politics and Religion in America: Imagine There's No Heaven
10 Sep 2008
by David Swanson "We now elect presidents who launch wars after discussing the matter directly with ‘God' but not Congress." God is all over the campaign trail, in this election cycle, aided by His inquisitors, the press. "The corporate media now asks presidential candidates to name and explain…
Bill Quigley
Jamaica's Golden Future of Bauxite
01 Apr 2009
by John Maxwell Corporate exploitation of Jamaica’s bauxite, an essential component of aluminum, has ravaged a tropical paradise. In addition to mangling the landscape and silting the once-pristine rivers, bauxite mining has degraded the social order. “Bauxite owned 19% – one in every five acres –…
Bill Quigley
Tony Papa's Vindication: NY Reforms Rockefeller Drug Laws
01 Apr 2009
by Marcelo Ballvé New York’s so-called Rockefeller Drug Laws condemned hundreds of thousands of individuals and whole communities to a living hell for a generation-and-a-half, under a mandatory imprisonment regime. Now, as the draconian laws are in the process of being repealed, a crusading…
Bill Quigley
The White House, ‘The Gray Lady’ and The Black Press
01 Apr 2009
by Askia Muhammad The New York Times routinely reinvents history, even as it claims to be the first draft. On the subject of Black press interaction with the White House, the Times acts like a novice discovering history for the first time. The “Gray Lady” made a great deal about President Obama’s…
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
Lula Puts Blue-Eyed White Bankers in Their Place
01 Apr 2009
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by Glen Ford Click the flash player below to listen to, or the mic at left to download a broadcast quality MP3 of this BA Radio commentary. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown "squirmed" as Brazilian President Luiz Inacio da Silva - "Lula" - blamed the…
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
Somebody Tell Obama: Gap Widens Between Blacks and Whites
01 Apr 2009
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by Glen Ford The data on the actual State of Black America roll in like clockwork, a graphic display of the fact that there has never been such a thing as a “post-racial society” in the United States. Barack Obama rose to the presidency claiming…