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MARC MORIAL

Upcoming Presidential Election is Changing the Rules  At the National Urban League's…


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Portland Community College

There are days when I really love my job. The life of a community college campus president has many demands. There are meetings to attend, relationships to maintain, decisions to be made. A million different concerns intrude every day — enrollment, funding, personnel matters — you name it.
But quite often, through it all, something happens that makes me remember why I got into this line of work, that reminds me why institutions like Cascade Campus are called "community" colleges.....


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THE REV. JESSE JACKSON

The War on Drugs is Destroying Us America  If you think the war on terrorism is going badly --…


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HARRY C. ALFORD

A New Orleans Renaissance is Beginning  To the frustration of major news corporations there is…


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BILL FLETCHER

Remember Haiti? Our Government Would Like Us to   One of the most striking features of the…


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JAMES CLINGMAN

Let's Create Our Own Economic Future  Divide and conquer tactics and strategies have…


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MARC MORIAL

Urban League Calls For the Reinvestment of America  According to a Pew Center poll from March,…


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Publisher's Note: Four months after Hurricane Katrina devastated the city of New Orleans, Dr. Jonathan Jui, Multnomah County's director of emergency medical services, delivered a keynote address at The Skanner Foundation's annual Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast.
No one seemed to understand the extent of the catastrophe until it occurred, Jui told the crowd.
"What the community hears and what it knows are two different things," said Jui, who worked with the National Disaster Medical System team at the New Orleans airport after the disaster.
The Skanner Publisher Bernie Foster wants to ensure that this type of smokescreen doesn't happen in Seattle. Over the past two years, The Skanner has run a series of articles about disaster preparedness and the local government's preparation (or lack of preparation) should a catastrophe strike.
In the wake of the earthquakes that rocked Japan this week, this issue has never been more relevant. The following is a lesson for governments and citizens on what not to do during and after a natural disaster.


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On Tuesday, July 24, millions of Americans got an increase in pay. It has been 10 years since…


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As I pointed out in last week's column, Clarence Thomas has no compunction about stretching…


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The Skanner Foundation's 38th Annual MLK Breakfast