Fetuses as Slaves? I Don’t Think So

By: Friday August 20, 2010 5:32 am

When anti-choice organizations charge that the most dangerous place for a Black baby is in a Black woman’s womb, they are attacking Black women’s capacity to parent and make health care decisions. 

Written by Pamela Merritt for RHRealityCheck.org – News, commentary and community for reproductive health and justice.

The Michael Jackson Killing; His Aborted Racist Tour; the Subsequent News Blackout; & US Chemical Ignorance

By: Sunday June 27, 2010 8:19 am

The Michael Jackson Killing; His Aborted Racist Tour; the Subsequent News Blackout; & US Chemical Ignorance — by NormanB (“Deviations from the Norm”)

No Recovery, No Jobs, Part Three

By: Thursday April 29, 2010 6:18 am

Continuing my series about what caused our economic collapse, when it actually began, and why the “Recovery” will remain a jobless recovery until we reverse the effects of Free Trade and the outsourcing of jobs by America companies, allow me to present Exhibit A: Apple, Inc.

Did Obama revoke more Americans’ rights than any President since the Great White Fathers? Yes, he did.

By: Sunday March 21, 2010 10:53 pm

The executive order Obama released today effectively rescinds rights the Supreme Court previously extended to over half the people in America. What a cruel and bitter joke identity politics has played upon us all. Today America’s first person of color in the Oval Office robbed a greater part of our neighbors of their rights than any President since the Great White Fathers in their White House made war upon the First Peoples. Hey – at least Obama’s consistent. He’s the finance and insurance sectors’ faithful servant. The Hamilton Project chose their candidate wisely.

Will Barack Obama revoke more Americans’ rights than any President since the Great White Fathers?

By: Saturday March 20, 2010 10:32 am

For all practical purposes, Obama’s proposed executive order effectively rescinds rights the Supreme Court has extended to over half the people in America. What a cruel and bitter joke identity politics has played upon us all. America’s first person of color in the Oval Office is ready to rob a greater part of our neighbors of their rights than at any time since the Great White Fathers in their White House made war upon the First Peoples.

A Super Bowl Ad Peyton Manning Should Do

By: Friday February 5, 2010 6:27 am

There has been a lot of controversy about the pro-life television commercial that Florida quarterback Tim Tebow will appear in during Sunday’s Super Bowl. Here is one Peyton Manning should do.

Child Labor and Child Slavery

By: Sunday December 28, 2008 1:24 pm

I complain that my job description is “kitchen slave” but I have things about 1000x better than the girl in this article.

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