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Why the Trayvon Martin Circus Could Derail Obama's Re-election

James Marshall Crotty | Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: Al Sharpton, Latino Vote, George Zimmerman, Black Panthers, Hispanic, Sanford, Barack Obama, Spike Lee, Hoodie, Gop, President Obama, Trayvon Martin, Presumption of Innocence, White Privilege, Bill Clinton, John McCain, Jesse Jackson, Swing States, Vigilante Justice, Reverend Al Sharpton, Populism, Obama, New Black Panthers, Obama Administration, Race Relations, Florida Politics, Election 2008, Obama Campaign, Election 2012, Politics News
James Marshall Crotty

I feel extremely bad and incredibly worried for Barack Obama. I like the president and most of his policies. However, the Trayvon Martin circus has grown so big and unruly, it threatens to derail the president's much-deserved second term.

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Inmate: 99 Percent Should Worry About Death Row's 'Bottom 1 Percent'

Reuters | Posted 04.21.2012

Read More: Supreme Court, Black Panthers, 99 Percent, Video, San Quentin State Prison, Corcoran State Prison, Prison, Reuters, Occupy Wall Street, Pelican Bay State Prison, Death Penalty, The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Solitary Confinement, Occupy Movement, For-Profit Prisons, Business News

By Laird Harrison SAN QUENTIN, Calif., Feb 20 (Reuters) - Hundreds of anti-Wall Street demonstrators and prison reform activists join...

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Mumia Abu-Jamal Surprised And Disappointed By Philly DA's Decision

AP | KATHY MATHESON | Posted 02.11.2012

Read More: Mumia-Abu-Jamal-Supreme-Court, Black Panthers, New Black Panther Party, Mumia-Abu-Jamal-Death-Penalty, Mumia Abu Jamal Case, Philadelphia, Philadelphia DA, Mumia Abu-Jamal, Black Voices News

PHILADELPHIA — Convicted cop-killer Mumia Abu-Jamal said Monday that he was surprised and somewhat disappointed that he did not get a new senten...

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Oakland General Strike: From Radical Past to Radical Present

Nikolas Kozloff | Posted 01.04.2012

Read More: Black Panthers, Huey Newton, Bobby Seale, Jack London, Oakland General Strike, Occupy Wall Street, Occupy Oakland, #Occupywallstreet, Chicano, San Francisco News
Nikolas Kozloff

It is perhaps fitting that it was Oakland, home to radical socialists such as Jack London as well as later black liberation figures like Huey Newton, which pushed the unique weapon of the general strike.

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This Revolution WILL Be Televised

Pamela Mays McDonald | Posted 10.13.2011

Read More: Black Panthers, Oscar Grant, Occupy Wall Street, offthebus2012, Oakland, Occupy Oakland, Occupy Sf, Unions, Offthebus, San Francisco News
Pamela Mays McDonald

"Yes, it is challenging, crafting a single message with so many voices. But it's like a choir with various harmonic tones. This movement is about creating a broad tent that everyone's issues can fit into."

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Olsson's The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975: The Revolution Will Be Documented

E. Nina Rothe | Posted 11.08.2011

Read More: Talib Kweli, Danny Glover, Black Panthers, Sweden, Göran Hugo Olsson, Erykah Badu, Stokely Carmichael, The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975, Angela Davis, Black Power Movement, Mutabaruka, Black Power Mixtape Movie, Black Power Mixtape Review, Black Power Mixtape Film, Culture News
E. Nina Rothe

Swedish filmmaker Göran Hugo Olsson's documentary The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 is one of those once-in-a-lifetime films which seamlessly reaches the full cinematic goal of changing its viewers' world for good.

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Chronicling Black Panthers, Award-Winning Director Knows Where Night Catches Us

Brad Balfour | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gotham Awards, Black Panthers, Sundance Film Festival, Tanya Hamilton, Martin Luther King, Kerry Washington, Independent Spirit Awards, Black History, NIGHT CATCHES US, Anthony Mackie, Barnard College, New Directors/New Films, Black History Month, Entertainment News
Brad Balfour

Tanya Hamilton made Night Catches Us as both a personal exploration and as an examination of the other side of the civil rights struggle -- the black power movement.

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Closing the "Open Carry" Loophole

Hoyt Hilsman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, Open Carry, Ronald Reagan, Assault Weapons, Antonin Scalia, Gun Control, Los Angeles, California, Second Amendment, Black Panthers, National Rifle Association, Tucson Shooting, Gabrielle Giffords, Gun Rights, Handguns, Anthony Portantino, ab144, Los Angeles News
Hoyt Hilsman

In the wake of the Tucson shootings, efforts have begun to repeal "open carry" laws that have been exploited for political purposes by the more extreme elements of the gun rights community.

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MLK and His Guns

Adam Winkler | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Black Panthers, Second Amendment, Politics, Civil Rights Movement, Martin Luther King, Tucson Shooting, Right to Bear Arms, Gabrielle Giffords, Martin Luther King Day, Guns, Politics News
Adam Winkler

Most people think Martin Luther King would be the last person to own a gun. Yet in the mid-1950s, as the civil rights movement heated up, King kept firearms for self-protection.

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Sam Stein

New Black Panther Party Report Likely To Whet Conservative Appetites

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Department of Justice, Voter Intimidation, Justice Department Black Panthers, New Black Panther Party, Civil Commission, Black Panthers, Black Panther Party Report, Video, Politics News

As the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights prepares to release its final report on the much-hyped case of New Black Panther Party voter intimidation at a ...

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Obama Creates Backdoor Amnesty by Mass Dismissals of Deportation Cases

Ernest Istook | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Black Panthers, Supreme Court, Immigration Reform, Marijuana, Attorney General, Homeland Security, Amnesty, Medical Marijuana, Obama, Immigration, Justice Department, Deportation, Eric Holder, Politics News
Ernest Istook

Whether the issue is immigration, voting rights, drug laws, or anything else, there's an even greater threat involved in the administration's approach. Our very rule of law is threatened by the Obama edicts of not enforcing laws.

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Cable News Ratings and Race

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Black Panthers, FoxNews Ratings, Msnbc, Fareed Zakaria GPS, Nielsen, Cnn, Cable News Ratings, Shirley Sherrod, Brian Stelter, Headline News, MSNBC Ratings, Cable News, Fareed Zakaria, Huffington Post, Foxnews, CNN Ratings, Media News
Reese Schonfeld

By now most of you must know that there's little new, merely a continuation of second quarter trends. All four of the networks are losing viewers, CNN losing by far the most and MSNBC, by a nose, the least.

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Sowing the Seeds of Race, Reaping the Whirlwind of Racism

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Black Panthers, Bill Clinton, Andrew Breitbart, Democratic Primaries, President Obama, Abraham Lincoln, Shirley Sherrod, Racism, Henry Gates, Hillary Clinton, Foxnews, 2008 Presidential Election, Joe Biden, Politics News
Reese Schonfeld

The Obama Administration seems to have no overall strategy in dealing with racial issues at a time when accusations of racism flow from both sides of the political aisle.

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The "New" Face of Voter Intimidation

Charles D. Ellison | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Black Panthers, New Black Panther Party, Redistricting, President Obama, Voter Intimidation, African American, Voting Rights, Obama Administration, Department of Justice, Philadelphia, Black, Politics News
Charles D. Ellison

Revolutionary brothers kickin' it in radical vibe, radically resplendent in military-style fatigues, cocked berets and the stain of street mud on Army...

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Tribeca Film Festival Interview: John and James Cromwell of A .45 at 50th.

Cynthia Ellis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Black Panthers, Cynthia Ellis, Tribeca Film Festival, Short Films, Leslie Hassler, James Cromwell, The Cove, A.45 at 50th, Documentary, John Cromwell, Civil Rights, New York News
Cynthia Ellis

A .45 at 50th is a short documentary about James Cromwell's involvement with the Black Panther Party in the late 1960's. The surprise of the film is that it is darkly funny.

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Malcolm X, Morpheus and Mos Def: Postindustrial Prison Politics

Charles Shaw | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Black History, Politics, Drug War, Hip Hop, Race, Prison, Black Panthers, Chicago News
Charles Shaw

The following essay is adapted from Exile Nation: Drugs, Prisons, Politics & Spirituality (2009, Reality Sandwich), Charles Shaw's riveting memoir of ...

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What Really Separates the Tea Party from the Black Panther Party

Crystal M. Hayes | Posted 05.25.2011

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Crystal M. Hayes

A serious analysis of the Tea Party's core values, constituents, goals, and rhetoric reveals that the group is not a modern white version of the Black Panther Party, but is instead the very antithesis of the BPP.

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Another Side of the Sixties: Black Panthers at UCLA (Photos)

Devon McReynolds | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Slideshow, Black Panthers, Ucla, Black Panther Party, Minority Students, High Potential Program, Minority Student Activists, Los Angeles News
Devon McReynolds

The blood of Alprentice "Bunchy" Carter and John Huggins Jr. will forever stain the black and white checkered floors of UCLA's Campbell Hall.

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Best Books In Photography From The Guardian

The Guardian | Sean O'Hagan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Photography, Irving Penn, Black Panthers, Iphone, Cell Phone, Expensive Book, Photography Book, England, Art Book, Guardian, Robert Frank, Books News

In 2009, photography grappled more than ever with the notion that the mobile phone, rather than the cheap digital camera, may yet make photographers o...

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Civil Rights Commission May Target DOJ Over New Black Panthers

Washington Independent | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Black Panthers, Civil Rights Commission, Doh Black Panthers, Election Day Black Panthers, Politics News

Stephen Morse's election day reporting was not going as planned. The Philadelphia native had flown back from Los Angeles to take a short-term gig reco...

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Mission Creep and the Southern Poverty Law Center's Misguided Focus

Carol M. Swain | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Black Panthers, Hate Crimes, Poverty, Vanderbilt University, Cnn, Lou Dobbs, Department of Justice, Southern Poverty Law Center, Justice Department, Civil Rights, Barack Obama, Eric Holder, Politics News
Carol M. Swain

Mission creep occurs when an organization strays beyond its original purpose and engages in actions antithetical to its goals. Rather than monitoring hate groups, the Southern Poverty Law Center has become one.

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Christmas Day in a Louisiana Dungeon

Ira Glasser | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Black Panthers, Herman Wallace, Louisiana, Holiday Season, Bobby Jindal, Prison, Holiday Season Commentary, Christmas, Racism, Albert Woodfox, Angola Prison, Civil Rights, Politics News
Ira Glasser

It's Christmas Day, and Albert Woodfox and Herman Wallace are about to begin their 37th year in the dungeon of Angola Prison. A crucifixion. Where is the public outrage that will resurrect them?

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Voter Turnout: The Craziest Election Day Stories (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nov 4 Voting Stories, Voting Stories, Election Day, Voting Problems, Voters, Voting Machines, Voting, Voter Turnout, Tim Robbins Voting, Tim Robbins, Black Panthers Voters, Black Panthers Video, Black Panthers Fox News, Black Panthers, Black Panthers Voting, Video, Politics News

With record numbers expected to head to the polls all across America today, crazy moments are bound to ensue. Check out some of the best stories so fa...

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Black Panthers vs Fox News Reporter At Polling Place In Philadelphia (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Black Panthers, Election 2008 Coverage, Fox News, Video, Rick Leventhal, Black Panthers Philadelphia, Media News

Fox News' Rick Leventhal reported live from the polling place where Black Panthers were allegedly intimidating voters Tuesday afternoon. A University...

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Culture Zohn: Lessons from Lenny

Patricia Zohn | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Black Panthers, West Side Story, Tom Wolfe, Rock the Vote, Bono, Dixie Chicks, Leonard Bernstein, Bob Dylan, Carnegie Hall, Joan Baez, Gustavo Dudamel, Stills, Nash, Crosby, Entertainment News
Patricia Zohn

2008-09-25-BernsteinconductingbyWalterStrateStudioCourtesyoftheNewYorkPhilharmonicArchivespull.jpg Let's hope in the current economic meltdown, we find a way to keep our artists and composers close to home.

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