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Details: Written by Dr. Ron Walters, African American Leadership Center; Published: 09 July 2008

Just back from the RainbowPush convention in Chicago sponsored by Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr., I was…

Details: Written by Bernie Foster, Publisher of The Skanner; Published: 09 July 2008

Zari Santner, director of Portland Parks and Recreation, says she wants communities of color to…

Details: Written by U.S. Rep. Donna Edwards (D-Md.); Published: 09 July 2008

When Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke appeared before the Economic Club of Chicago in 2006, he…

Details: Written by Farrah Gray, Author of; Published: 09 July 2008

You have the power. It doesn't matter whether you are poor or struggling. It…

about-Juneteenth-celebration

Details: Written by H. Lewis Smith, of Uvcc; Published: 02 July 2008

Juneteenth has come and gone, but now is the most opportune time to pause and reflect on the…

Details: Written by William Reed of Black Press International; Published: 02 July 2008

The convenience of having a credit card has its advantages. It's much safer to use a…

Details: Written by Kara Gotsch of the Sentencing Project; Published: 02 July 2008

Willie Mays Aikens was not a drug kingpin, but he received a kingpin-sized sentence for selling…

Details: Written by Marian Wright Edelman, Child Watch; Published: 02 July 2008

Over a 48-hour period this Memorial Day weekend, 21 people were shot in New York City, six fatally.…

about-prison

Details: Written by Marian Wright Edelman, Child Watch; Published: 25 June 2008

Many mothers who experience childbirth are coached through labor in a hospital maternity ward with…

about-Iran

Details: Written by Bill Fletcher Jr. -- Institute for Policy Studies; Published: 25 June 2008

It feels like every few months there is a need for an outcry against a possible U.S. or Israeli…

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