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Perspectives
The Fourteenth Amendment (Section 1): "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and the state wherein they reside.
"No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any persons within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."
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Editorial
A salute to Mothers, the bulwark of the family
Among the various press releases that came across the MCJ news desk was a cover story by a popular Black weekly magazine on actress Kim Porter, who not too long ago bore former boyfriend ... Read more
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Does Wright really want Barack Obama to win the presidency? His public display says no
by Gregory Kane, BlackAmericaWeb.com
Barack Obama will be president of the United States over my dead body." The Reverend Jeremiah Wright may as well just have said those words after the performance he put on at the National Press Club this past Monday. Wright’s been on a speaking stump since last Friday, putting in appearances on public television and with the Detroit ... Read more
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Signifyin’
If you’re Black and live in Wisconsin, you’d be locked up in the joint for smoking one
by Mikel Kwaku Osei Holt
Had Barack Obama lived in Wisconsin versus Illinois, chances are he’d ... Read more |
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The arrogance of power and the ignorance of weakness
by James Clingman--NNPA Columnist
As I wrote in my "Letter to White Folks," this country is being destroyed by greedy, conniving, arrogant people. Our political leaders have taken this country to the edge of economic ... Read more |
Illustration for TIME by Peter Hoey
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Set off for success
by Farrah Gray--NNPA Columnist
You know you have to eat to stay alive; I don’t have to inspire you to do that. But you may not know exactly what to eat--what foods to put in your mouth that can optimize your health and longevity. The same holds true when offering advice on success. You need a strategy. You need some handholding. It’s like getting into a car. Even though the mind provides a powerful ... Read more |
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