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Racial Disparities Persist in Drug Arrests
Reuters: "The US 'war on drugs' disproportionately targets urban minority neighborhoods with African Americans being arrested and imprisoned on drug charges at much higher rates, according to a pair of... ...
McCain’s outreach tour
Slate by John Dickerson 04/09/08 How many points do you get for just showing up? John McCain will get an idea at the end of the month when he travels to venues where Republicans don’t usually campaign.... ...
No country for grouchy old men
Denver Post by David Harsanyi 02/25/08 Politi cal observers have questioned whether Americans are ‘ready’ to elect a woman or an African-American to the presidency. A more pertinent question, actually,... ...
Work a Day for Freedom!
Truthout contributor David Bacon says, "The recent publication of 'No Easy Victories!,' a book about the history of the anti-apartheid movement in the United States, has provoked a larger discussion of... ...
Felony Disenfranchisement Aids Republicans
Amy Goodman, King Features Syndicate: "Since felony disenfranchisement disproportionately affects African-American and Latino men in the US, and since these groups overwhelmingly vote Democratic, the laws... ...
First Came Katrina, Then Came HUD
Lewis Wallace reports for In These Times: "The temperature in New Orleans was uncharacteristically cold in mid-December, dipping into the 30s. As thousands of homeless people living in encampments huddled... ...
African Americans Bear Brunt of Subprime Crisis
By Penny Hess The African cemetery found under a high rise building on Wall Street is the perfect metaphor for this country: America's wealth resting literally on the bodies of African people. http://www.inform ationclearinghouse.info/ar ticle18907.htm ...
Justice Department's Voting Rights Chief Resigns
Greg Gordon reports for McClatchy Newspapers: "The Justice Department's voting rights chief stepped down Friday amid allegations that he'd used the position to aid a Republican strategy to suppress African-American... ...
Black America Left Behind
Margaret Kimberley of the Black Agenda Report writes, "The racial economic gap is growing, with whites moving ahead more quickly than blacks. Even more damning to African-American prospects, a new study... ...
Resurgence of Nooses Reminds African Americans of Past Horrors
http://www.commondreams.or g/archive/2007/10/29/4883/ ...