September 17, 2009
Commentary
Columnist
For years – many years – I’ve been reminding people that, when we were young, trips to the doctor or the hospital were rare. You went when you were sick or injured or the doctor came to the house and picked a medication out of the little black bag and wrote how to take it…
For years - many years - I’ve been reminding people that, when we were young, trips to the doctor or the hospital were rare. You went…
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Guest Commentary
Guest Commentator
There is a connection between farm subsidies, health and food security – in both the United States and in countries like Haiti. The US government’s food policies and profit priorities harm the planet as well as the people who eat processed foods, which are full of contaminants such as pesticides from production, additives, and bacteria…
There is a connection between farm subsidies, health and food security - in both the United States and in countries like Haiti. The US government’s food…
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On Friday, October 11, 2002, the leaders of the National Black United Front, from around the country, began arriving in Kansas City, Missouri for our Fall Central Committee Meeting. The meeting was scheduled to begin Friday evening with a welcome reception and an all day meeting for Saturday, October 12th. As the Chicago contingency pulled…
On Friday, October 11, 2002, the leaders of the National Black United Front, from around the country, began arriving in Kansas City, Missouri for our Fall…
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In a week that saw an unjustified protest against the President of the United States addressing school children, and a congressman’s vulgar breech of protocol in a joint session of Congress on health care reform, we were offered a sharp view of the realities of creating an ideological divide in this nation. Such a divide…
In a week that saw an unjustified protest against the President of the United States addressing school children, and a congressman’s vulgar breech of protocol in…
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Guest Commentary
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Road Scholar/Elderhostel has announced the second annual Asa Grant Hilliard III Road Scholar Award for Lifelong Learning. The 2009 Asa Grant Hilliard III Road Scholar Award for Lifelong Learning is now open to applicants and will be presented this year at the 2009 annual conference of the National Alliance of Black School Educators (NABSE) to…
Road Scholar/Elderhostel has announced the second annual Asa Grant Hilliard III Road Scholar Award for Lifelong Learning. The 2009 Asa Grant Hilliard III Road Scholar Award…
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Guest Commentary
Guest Commentator
At a recent conference, one of the workshops was “Obama and Ethnicity”. One of the panelists was talking about how, in the Age of Obama, that equality and equity, might or might not take on new meaning. What I wanted to know was, “what is equality”? Some forms of equality seem clear, like equal pay…
At a recent conference, one of the workshops was “Obama and Ethnicity”. One of the panelists was talking about how, in the Age of Obama, that…
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Guest Commentary
Guest Commentator
September 2005, people cradled bags as they waited outside the New Orleans Superdome. Some pointed nervously at the dark sky. Thunder cracked and storm-waves lashed the levees until they broke and a flood poured in the streets. Wading through wind and waves, thousands more fled to the Superdome. Four years later, August 2009 thousands of…
September 2005, people cradled bags as they waited outside the New Orleans Superdome. Some pointed nervously at the dark sky. Thunder cracked and storm-waves lashed the…
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