Issue: 25
January 16, 2003
Commentary
BEYOND VIETNAM: A TIME TO BREAK SILENCE
Guest Commentator
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968 I come to this magnificent house of worship tonight because my conscience leaves me no other choice. I join with you in this meeting because I am in deepest agreement with the aims and work of the organization which has brought us together:…
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr January 15, 1929 - April 4, 1968 I come to this magnificent house of worship tonight because my conscience leaves me…
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e-Mailbox
Guest Commentator
Our January 9 commentary “No Draft, No Peace: Rangel and Conyers are right,” endorsed universal national service, as proposed by Reps. Charles Rangel (D-NY) and John Conyers (D-MI). “By immunizing 95 percent of American families from the immediate consequences of war,” we wrote, “the militarists have purchased consent to use the armed forces as they…
Our January 9 commentary "No Draft, No Peace: Rangel and Conyers are right," endorsed universal national service, as proposed by Reps. Charles Rangel (D-NY) and John…
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The Issues
Guest Commentator
“I will continue to do exactly what I’ve been doing,” said Kane County, Illinois prosecutor Meg Gorecki. “I will not let one moment in time, which I don’t believe was well reasoned and well thought out, to change a process and a system that has worked.” “One moment in time” spared the lives of 163…
"I will continue to do exactly what I've been doing," said Kane County, Illinois prosecutor Meg Gorecki. "I will not let one moment in time, which…
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Guest Commentary
A Chicano Looks at the Trent Lott Affair
Guest Commentator
Now that Senator Trent Lott (R. Miss.) has resigned as Senate Majority Leader, the news cycle has moved on to other issues. But the Lott Affair ought not to be shoved under the rug so quickly. For Latinos in particular, the episode raises a number of intriguing issues. Despite the hoary black/white paradigm that still…
Now that Senator Trent Lott (R. Miss.) has resigned as Senate Majority Leader, the news cycle has moved on to other issues. But the Lott Affair…
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Commentary
Armstrong Williams’ Big Move
Guest Commentator
The week began in high anticipation and, for most politically conscious African Americans, great anxiety. George Bush was once again wallowing in Mississippi mud, his U.S. Court of Appeals nomination of Charles Pickering up for a second time before the Senate Judiciary Committee. History seemed about to march backwards on affirmative action, as Bush prepared…
The week began in high anticipation and, for most politically conscious African Americans, great anxiety. George Bush was once again wallowing in Mississippi mud, his U.S.…
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