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Ellis Cose | Ugly Rhetoric Perverts Our Politics
Much has been made of the abuse showered on members of Congress at a recent tea-party demonstration on Capitol Hill. Georgia Congressman John Lewis was greeted with racial slurs. …
How Ted Turner Scored Yellowstone’s Bison Herd
Yellowstone buffalo, despite being on the verge of extinction, have virtually no protections in the West. And media mogul Ted Turner's going to cash in on it. It is …
Neo-Segregation in North Carolina Schools
A school board in North Carolina has ended its innovative policy increasing diversity in its schools; students may end up paying the highest price. North Carolina’s history of racial …
Texas Says Hip-Hop Has No Stand in History
They don't know who we be/ They don't know who we be/ - “DMX, Who We Be,” The Great Depression (2001). "[O]nly a small percentage of people ... have …
The Mythical Concept of Trade War
As Americans ponder how to get the US out of its current trade mess, we are constantly warned to do nothing - like impose a tariff to neutralize Chinese …
Froma Harrop | “Doing Better” Than One’s Parents
If the new federal program to help homeowners pay their mortgage bugs you, read a Wall Street Journal article titled, “Bank of Mom and Dad Shuts Amid White-Collar Struggle.” …
The Governor and the Death Penalty
Governor Rendell has a historic opportunity to honor a campaign pledge and put a stop to Pennsylvania's archaic, ineffective and profoundly cruel and unfair death penalty. Daylin Leach, a …
Al-Qaeda Kills Dozens in Multiple Attacks in Baghdad
Al Qaeda is blamed for a series of attacks Tuesday in Baghdad. Insurgents, who have killed more than 100 in the past week, seek to exploit the delay in …
Medicine Means Sometimes Having to Say You Are Sorry
As medical malpractice sticks in the craw of the American health reform debate draining some of the denial out of the process picks up steam.
The Invisible Ward 8
Washington - After President Obama and his family attended Easter services in the poorest, blackest, most crime-ridden quadrant of Washington, his 22-car motorcade sped back across the Anacostia River …