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Generation X — the weakest generation?
By Dana Milbank In my mother’s telling, I exist because of the March on Washington . Her account went something like this: In 1963, she was a student at Goddard College, an experimental school in Vermont that attracted the forerunners … Continue reading
South Africa says Mandela showing ‘great resilience’, still critical
By Ed Stoddard & Pascal Fletcher Former South African President Nelson Mandela, who has been in hospital since early June with a lung infection, is showing “great resilience” although he remains in a critical but stable condition, the presidency said … Continue reading
Raising The Minimum Wage Is A Political Goldmine
By Ruy Teixeira Wouldn’t it be nice if there was an issue that was hugely popular with the public, fit perfectly into the progressive agenda, appealed to the white working class, and split the Republican Party right in half? Sounds … Continue reading
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Tagged Democratic, income inequality, minimum wage, money, Public opinion, republican, United States, wages, working-class
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New school year brings anxiety for Chicago parents
By Micah Uetricht Walking along bustling 47th Street in Bronzeville, a poor, almost entirely African-American neighborhood on the city’s South Side, Irene Robinson pointed out two men exchanging money in what looked like a drug deal, and sites where young … Continue reading
Trayvon Martin’s parents on path to forgive George Zimmerman
It has been more than a month since George Zimmerman was acquitted by a jury of the murder of Trayvon Martin. In their first British media interview since the verdict, the teenager’s parents told the BBC’s Rajini Vaidyanathan they are working hard to … Continue reading
Immiseration: Deliberative Impoverishment and Racial Profiling
By Dr. Merelyn Bates-Mims ***Update: Please take the survey “Is good citizenship an effective guard against being profiled?”. It only takes a minute and the information is confidential. Here’s the link to the survey https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/VG8YRTV ~ SB. Thanks!!*** Immiseration? Don’t … Continue reading
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Tagged Alex Kotlowitz, Fifth Avenue, France, Jean Valjean, Les Misérable, politics, poverty, race, racial equity, United States, Victor Hugo
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Speaking in Raleigh, Colin Powell blasts North Carolina voting law
By John Murawski & John Frank Moments after Gov. Pat McCrory left the stage, former Secretary of State Colin Powell took aim at North Carolina’s new voting law Thursday, saying it hurts the Republican Party, punishes minority voters and makes … Continue reading
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