August 2009
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Black America: The Final Destination
Paul Scott – “Sometimes, I think it’s just genocide. Watching all of your people die.” “Closed Eyes”- Marcus Cox, NC artist I just peeped the new movie called “The Final Destination” about this woe- is -me type dude warning his homies about their impending demises and their frantic attempts to beat the grim reaper. I’m [...]
Afghanistan is Obama’s Vietnam
Earl Ofari Hutchinson – In August 2007 Senator Barack Obama fresh on the presidential campaign trail made an impassioned promise at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars to wage what he dubbed the war that has to be won. The war is the war in Afghanistan. He promised to quickly get out of Iraq, [...]
New Orleans marks four years after Katrina
New Orleans Saturday marked the fourth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina still struggling to rebuild as President Barack Obama vowed never to forget the lessons of the devastating storm. “None of us can forget how we felt when those winds battered the shore, the floodwaters began to rise, and Americans were stranded on rooftops and in [...]
Obama pledges to push ahead with Katrina recovery
President Barack Obama marked the fourth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina on Saturday by pledging to make sure that turf wars and red tape don’t slow the pace of the continuing recovery. He also said he would visit New Orleans by years’ end. In his weekly radio and Internet address, the president noted that the Bush [...]
Kennedy remembered for ‘the dream he kept alive’
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy was celebrated Saturday for “the good he did, the dream he kept alive,” his funeral inside a soaring Catholic church a memorial to one man’s life and a remarkable political era now ended. Row upon row of mourners sat facing the casket bearing Kennedy’s mortal remains, President Barack Obama as well [...]
