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Job First?

Sun, 02/22/2009 - 21:28 | Politics
In a Washington Post op-ed piece, Emanuel Cleaver, a Democrat who represents Missouri's 5th Congressional District and was Kansas City's first black mayor, argues that he knows a little something about the unrealistic expectations of a constituency.
I…tried to explain that Obama will be the first black president, not the black president first.
 

Drug Testing for Teachers?

Sun, 02/15/2009 - 21:47 | Education

A USA Today article describes an attempt in a North Carolina city to establish random drug testing of teachers and other employees:

 

Duped Again!

Wed, 02/11/2009 - 16:45 | Wealth

Ponzi schemes are alive and well, as evidenced by the latest financial fraud perpetrated by money manager Bernard Madoff.
 
Why do people continue to get duped by Ponzi (financial fraud) schemes?

 

No Place like Home?

Sun, 02/01/2009 - 21:28 | Community
According to a Pew Research Center survey, geographic mobility is at the lowest levels since the government began keeping statistics in 1948:
As a nation, the United States is often portrayed as restless and rootless. Census data, though, indicate that Americans are settling down.
 

Changing the Politics of Race

Sun, 01/25/2009 - 21:41 | Tavis Talks
An article in the Los Angeles Times frames the politics around the selection of Roland Burris to fill President Obama's former U.S. Senate seat as an example of how racial politics have changed with the results of the presidential election:
Many black leaders, including Obama, have declined to back Burris, even if that leaves the Senate with no African American members.
 

History in the Making

Sun, 01/18/2009 - 12:46 | Tavis Talks
What does the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th U.S. president mean to you?
 

Segregation in State-Run Universities

Sun, 01/11/2009 - 21:45 | Education
A New York Times article discusses a Georgia state senator’s proposal to merge two HBCUs in Albany and Savannah with nearby mostly white institutions. The rationale?
 

Memories

Sat, 01/03/2009 - 14:02 | Tavis Talks
What will you remember most from 2008?
 

Happy New Year!

Sun, 12/28/2008 - 20:12 | Tavis Talks
What are your resolutions for 2009?
 

New Year’s Wish

Sun, 12/21/2008 - 21:06 | Tavis Talks
What’s your wish for the new year?
 
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