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Issue: 213

January 18, 2007

Commentary

Think Piece: People of Color Vote Blue, But Stay in the Red

By United for a Fair Economy

A new report finds that while people of color support Democrats in the voting booth, they are still waiting for policies and programs that close the economic gap between them and whites. The report by United for a Fair Economy studied the economic proposals in the US House Democrats’ first 100-hours agenda, which are designed…

A new report finds that while people of color support Democrats in the voting booth, they are still waiting for policies and programs that close the…

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Commentary

National Affairs: The Urgent Need for Information on the Results of Medical Care

By Lawrence R. Velvel, JD Columnist

Much in the news now is the question of medical care, including the issue of a single payer system, i.e., government run health insurance for all, as it is usually considered. Whether or not a single payer system is, after balancing its pros and cons, the most desirable solution for a major problem is something…

Much in the news now is the question of medical care, including the issue of a single payer system, i.e., government run health insurance for all,…

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Guest Commentary

Roots of Latino/Black Anger: Longtime Prejudices, Not Economic Rivalry, Fuel Tensions

By Tanya K. Hernandez Guest Commentator

The acrimonious relationship between Latinos and African Americans in Los Angeles is growing hard to ignore. Although the New Year weekend’s Black-versus-Latino race riot at Chino state prison is unfortunately not an aberration, the Dec.15 murder in the Harbor Gateway neighborhood of Cheryl Green, a 14-year-old African American, allegedly by members of a Latino gang,…

The acrimonious relationship between Latinos and African Americans in Los Angeles is growing hard to ignore. Although the New Year weekend's Black-versus-Latino race riot at Chino…

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Guest Commentary

One City’s Firebrand: A Look Back At The San Francisco Black Caucus

By Larry Pinkney Editorial Board

The City of San Francisco, known for its social and political innovativeness, produced during the early 1970s, a radical grass roots Black American political organization that, at its height, boasted a membership of five hundred and focused on the areas of housing, employment, education, police brutality, voting rights, and labor issues that directly impacted San…

The City of San Francisco, known for its social and political innovativeness, produced during the early 1970s, a radical grass roots Black American political organization that,…

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Guest Commentary

1975 Redux

By Daniel N. White Guest Commentator

The Bush et al new plan for Iraq that has been announced was as open a secret as Christmas. 20,000 or so more troops (some yanked from Afghanistan–that’s good thinking) and a billion dollars for job creation in Iraq. I’m laughing–all of a sudden it is Spring 1975 again, with the same crew now as…

The Bush et al new plan for Iraq that has been announced was as open a secret as Christmas. 20,000 or so more troops (some yanked…

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