Issue: 259
January 10, 2008
Commentary
I Didn’t Wake Up Dead! – Inclusion
Editorial Board
According to the American Cancer Society, every three minutes, a woman in the U.S is diagnosed with breast cancer. It is the most common cancer among women, and about 178,480 women will have been found to have invasive breast cancer in 2007. Because of the disparity in health care, African American women are more likely…
According to the American Cancer Society, every three minutes, a woman in the U.S is diagnosed with breast cancer. It is the most common cancer among…
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Commentary
Slow LAUSD Reform: Defending the Indefensible – Between the Lines
Columnist
The current issue is always free to everyone For the reform agenda of the nation’s second largest (and most dysfunctional) public school system, Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), the year in which major revelations to fix a broken system came and went. One thing we know for sure, for LAUSD Superintendent, Admiral David Brewer,…
The current issue is always free to everyone For the reform agenda of the nation’s second largest (and most dysfunctional) public school system, Los Angeles Unified…
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Commentary
We Should Listen to the Wisdom of our Ancestors – Worrill’s World
Columnist
We must learn from the past and not allow our internal differences and external manipulations to derail us. As African people in the twenty-first century, it is imperative that we collectively join and participate in the Black Liberation and Reparations Movements, as we seek to dismantle white supremacy. In this spirit, let us listen to…
We must learn from the past and not allow our internal differences and external manipulations to derail us. As African people in the twenty-first century, it…
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Commentary
Locked Outside the Gates: The Struggle for Affordable Housing in New Orleans – Justice Watch
Columnist
The current issue is always free to everyone In a remarkable symbol of the injustices of post-Katrina reconstruction, hundreds of people were locked out of a public New Orleans City Council meeting addressing demolition of 4500 public housing apartments. Some were tasered, many pepper sprayed and a dozen arrested. Outside the chambers, iron gates were…
The current issue is always free to everyone In a remarkable symbol of the injustices of post-Katrina reconstruction, hundreds of people were locked out of a…
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