"Should Black History Month itself fade into history?Many have long argued that African-American history should be incorporated into year-round education. Now, claims that Black History Month is outdated are...
Today is a day set aside to remember the work of Martin Luther King Jr. It also marks the eve of Barack Obama’s inauguration as president of the United States. Rather than look at the work of the late...
"Will he disappoint us? Will we disappoint him? Will we disappoint ourselves?" Read the second installment of the Obama trilogy from The Liberal magazine at: http://www.theliberal.co.uk/Barack_Obama_and_the_Politics_of_Expectation.html
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The International Institute of Nonviolence
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By Rev. King & Rev: Jermano
With President Obama about to enter the twilight zone in being the first Black American to be elected...
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When I woke up this morning it never crossed my mind that I would be spending one hour with a homeless man today. That is why there are no photos. I was not prepared. In fact, lately, I have been sick of writing....
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I was reading the paper yesterday and realized something when I saw the daily Gwinnett County Post Newspaper, "Perspective/Satire" Section. It was perfect….. Perfect because lately a...
As readers of NowPublic member Karen Hatter's post know, today marks the 45th anniversary of Martin Luther King's legendary "I Have A Dream" speech.Tonight also marks another historic occasion, as Barack Obama...
Spreading It's Sovereign Wings, al-Maliki Chutzpah Flies in Face of Bush, McCain Policy that Winning Means Staying OhioNewsBureau Op-Editude By John Michael Spinelli COLUMBUS, OHIO: The long hard slough to...
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(My apologies for the format of this story: I just couldn't get it to do right and have lost my patience with it) I tried to be good, I promise I did. I was in a Doctors' waiting room when the racist...
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I was recently at a get together for Obama supporters, and one of the women there, a white administrative assistant at a local University, said she felt really insulated where she worked, and wondered if...
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Bernice King has filed a lawsuit against her brother, Dexter, alleging that he failed to keep his siblings properly informed of the proceeds from their parents' estates and is mismanaging...
1. Slavery Get Over It!Because whites have failed to educate or intentionally not educated themselves on how their forefathers’ racial hate, greed & perversions directly affect our social and psychological well being today doesn’t mean they should not be held...
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A hero is someone who steps out of the everyday conditions of his life to do something great and usually something sacrificial to benefit others. There are many people whom we may admire -- teachers who made...
The International Institute of Nonviolence By: Rev. Jermano The Fathers of America; one a Contemplative to the Order of Trappists Monks, and the other a Religious Civil Rights Activist both struggling...
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