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Masters of our own fate
By Marc Morial Guest Columnist In 1963, more than a quarter-million people gathered in Washington, DC to march for jobs and equality. The Great March
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The secret to fixing school discipline? Change the behavior of adults
By Jane Ellen Stevens Contributing Writer (Special from ACEsTooHigh.com and New America Media) — If fixing school discipline were a political campaign, the slogan would
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By Paul Kleyman Contributing Writer PALO ALTO, Calif. (Special from New America Media)—How does a doctor specializing in saving lives turn into one of the nation’s leading experts—and medical educators—on end-of-life care? ... Payday lending drains nearly $1 billion from communities
By Charlene Crowell Contributing Writer (NNPA) — One of the worst ironies of the nagging economic recession is that consumers with the fewest financial resources have lost the most. Now, a new ... Rights leaders say new strategies necessary for old issues
By Hazel Trice Edney TriceEdneyWire.com When Barbara Arnwine sensed the pending attack on voting rights across the country by a string of Republican plotinians attempting to enact voter identification and ... National abortion rates highest among African-American teens
(Special to the NNPA from the Atlanta Daily World) – A new study conducted by the Guttmacher Institute shows that African-American teen abortion rates are more than twice as high ... Voter laws threaten political clout for people of color
By Cathy Cohen and Jon C. Rogowski Contributing Writers (Special to the Trice Edney News Wire from America’s Wire ) — In a democracy, few rights are as cherished as the right ... Hate groups remain at record high for modern-day racism
By Mark Potok Contributing Writer (Special to the Trice Edney News Wire from the Southern Poverty Law Center) — Capping four years of explosive growth sparked by the election of America’s first ... NAACP-LDF leader calls for civil rights focus on ‘new economy’
By Hazel Trice Edney Contributing Writer (TriceEdneyWire.com) — America’s continuous struggle with economic woes that have disparately impacted African-Americans and other people of color must signal to the civil rights community a ... America’s racial wealth gap triples over 25 years
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Writer As long as most of us can remember, Black communities have taught and believed that a college education is the key to social and economic advancement. But ...
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