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For someone who seems to revel in being silent during the Supreme Court's traditionally lively oral arguments – when a public display of his professional competence would be appropriate – Clarence Thomas's out-of-court comments are extraordinarily revealing. They show a…
The nine-story Rana Plaza factory building in Bangladesh that housed nearly 3,000 garment workers collapsed last week making it the worst industrial accident to occur in the South Asian country ever. Over 500 workers are dead and the death…
When Nelson Mandela and his African National Congress comrades were plotting to overthrow the White minority-rule apartheid regime in South Africa, Lilies Farm in Rivonia, just north of Johannesburg, served as their secret hideout. Today, 19 years after South…
I believe our future is in good hands despite what recent news headlines would have us otherwise believe. You are as familiar as I am with the barrage of negative stories of violence, drugs, teen pregnancy, bullying and other questionable behaviors of today’s youth. No matter where you…
Art Feeds the Soul! The Washington Informer Newspaper is truly a treasurer in our community, but when the paper publishes articles such as "Earth Matters: Land as Material and Metaphor," by Michelle Phipps-Evans, April 25, 2013 edition, your paper lifts…
Although the dictionary calls it archaic, the "management of a household" is one of the definitions listed for the word "economy." Another definition is "a saving or attempt to reduce expenditures." Yet another is "a system of interacting elements,…
African American students achieve at a different level than White students. Test scores are lower, as are high school and college completion rates, and the number of African Americans attending four-year institutions is falling. The rate of African American…
It baffles my mind. There are threats and actual terror hits happening all over the world and we are acting in a very laissez-faire manner. Two homemade bombs exploded right in the middle of the great Boston Marathon, causing mass…
Suppose one of the key committees in Congress scheduled a hearing on one of the country's most debilitating economic problems – the long-term unemployment that's ensnared millions – and none of the committee members showed up? That's almost what…
For centuries Black scholars in this country have eloquently described the inimical relations their people have with other racial and ethnic groups. And they've all been basically correct. On the other hand, there are few, save the blind, deaf,…
A trip to South Africa provides painful reminders of the protracted struggle to establish democracy, how the United States propped up the White minority-rule government and the courage Black South Africans demonstrated to win their freedom. A key aspect…
D.C. Students Deserve Better Your article "Low Graduation Rates Plague DCPS," by Dorothy Rowley, April 18, 2013, cites the abysmal numbers of high school graduates and how school leaders and administrators are touting what they see as successes in policies…
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