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September 7, 2006

Cover Story

Securing America’s Future – From Farm to Fuel

By James E. Clyburn U.S. Congressperson (D-SC)

Recently I had the pleasure of sharing the podium with Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernancke in Greenville, South Carolina at a Leadership South Carolina event attended by over 700 South Carolina Business leaders. It was a welcome home for the newly appointed Fed Chair, who hails from South Carolina’s Dillon County, and I was asked…

Recently I had the pleasure of sharing the podium with Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernancke in Greenville, South Carolina at a Leadership South Carolina event attended…

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Commentary

The LA Mayor’s School Reform Plan

By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD Columnist

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa recently got his reform plan, or what many are calling his “control plan”, passed through the state legislature. AB 1381, gives the Mayor some control of the nation’s second largest, and most dysfunctional school district. It is on the Governor’s desk and the Mayor has promised a more aggressive success…

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa recently got his reform plan, or what many are calling his “control plan”, passed through the state legislature. AB 1381, gives…

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Commentary

BC: Strong and Getting Stronger

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

BC may have been on hiatus, but the BC Paid Subscribers and BC Contributors certainly weren’t! We welcomed 51 new BC Paid Subscribers during the weeks of The Best of BC. Additionally, over 100 people signed up for the free email Notification of Publication. Another 12 readers requested and received Complimentary BC Paid Subscriptions. That’s…

BC may have been on hiatus, but the BC Paid Subscribers and BC Contributors certainly weren’t! We welcomed 51 new BC Paid Subscribers during the weeks…

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Commentary

Today’s Pig Is Tomorrow’s Bacon – So Happy Labor Day

By Greg Palast

Some years from now, in an economic refugee relocation “Enterprise Zone,” your kids will ask you, “What did you do in the Class War, Daddy?” The trick of class war is not to let the victims know they’re under attack. That’s how, little by little, the owners of the planet take away what little we…

Some years from now, in an economic refugee relocation “Enterprise Zone,” your kids will ask you, “What did you do in the Class War, Daddy?” The…

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Commentary

Labor’s election plan: Turn up the turnout!

By Roberta Wood

George Bush isn’t on the ballot this November, but his agenda is and the representatives in Congress who have rubber-stamped his priorities are,” AFL-CIO President John Sweeney told reporters at a national press conference Aug. 30. Indeed, rather than an off-year effort, the extensive election mobilization plan laid out by Sweeney and federation Political Director…

George Bush isn’t on the ballot this November, but his agenda is and the representatives in Congress who have rubber-stamped his priorities are,” AFL-CIO President John…

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Art: Center Stage

Art

Art: Center Stage

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

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Commentary

Think Piece: Rationalizing the Irrational

By Tim Wise Guest Commentator

To paraphrase a line from the movie “Forrest Gump”–which film I never liked much, actually–“E-mail is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get.” And here, I’m referring not so much to the bevy of ads for porn or weight loss remedies that seem to sneak through whatever spam filter I…

To paraphrase a line from the movie "Forrest Gump"--which film I never liked much, actually--"E-mail is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're…

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Commentary

Follow the Prison Money Trail

By Silja J.A. Talvi

Governor Bill Richardson (D-NM) has already received more contributions from a private prison company than any other politician campaigning for state office in the United States. While New Mexico’s landscape may make the state the Land of Enchantment, its rapidly growing rates of incarceration have been utterly disenchanting. What’s worse, New Mexico is at the…

Governor Bill Richardson (D-NM) has already received more contributions from a private prison company than any other politician campaigning for state office in the United States.…

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Commentary

Meritocracy – used, misused and abused chaos

By Daniel Pryzbyla

With high-stakes testing disputes still at flood level, you’d think “meritocracy” – as it has been perceived – would be the least debatable squabble in education circles. “Take out your dictionaries, class.” A small but significant spat has erupted in Britain recently about the meaning of the word “meritocracy,” according to British word buff Michael…

With high-stakes testing disputes still at flood level, you’d think “meritocracy” – as it has been perceived – would be the least debatable squabble in education…

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