July 2007 Cartoon

John D. Marshall, MD

U S Justice Clarence Thomas and Local Commissioner Andrea P Brooks: National and Local Traitors of the

Black Community

Black Americans are not surprised to see that U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, Black Americans most destructive "Uncle Tom", voted with the conservative majority on the court to strike down diversity in the nation's school systems recently. FullStory......... 

July 2007 Cartoon

Something Rotten In Sumter County

It often takes catastrophic events to turn up the underbelly of the beast. While there's been quite a bit of praise for the Americus-Sumter County community coming together in the aftermath of the March 1 tornado, I want to raise some serious questions about what is going on with the hospital.

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Elizabeth Dede

Ridgely Muhammad, Ph.D
Agricultural Economics

Water, the Essence of Life

In our previous articles on gardens we stressed the importance of ample sunlight, good soil and fertile seeds. However, none of these ingredients can serve plants and thereby raise food without the life essential element of water.

 

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They'll follow us here? We Guarantee it

One of the things both we and our political leaders must do is seriously examine the various myths that have under-girded the Bush administration's pursuit of the Iraq War.
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Ron Walters

Nigerian Nobel Prize laureate Wole Soyinka

Bigotry and bully tactics: Who is the real hater?

By FinalCall.com News
FCN Editorial
In a recent lecture before the national conference of the Theatre Communications Group, Nigerian Nobel Prize laureate Wole Soyinka praised the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan as an exemplary human being. We agree.

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The Death of Integration

The cover of Time magazine says it all, “Back to Segregation: After four decades of struggle, America has now given up on integration. Why?

 

 

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          George Curry

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