Think Those Chemicals Have Been Tested?
The overwhelming majority of chemicals in use today have never been independently tested for safety.
Rand Paul Goes to Howard
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/11/opinion/blow-rand-paul-goes-to-howard.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
How the Republican Party lost the black vote.
Black America Is Living Through a Great Economic Depression
When President Obama formally unveiled his fiscal 2014 budget on Wednesday, a lot of the progressive movement focus was on his plan to cut Social Security benefits through a reduced cost-of-living adjustment called the “chained CPI.”
But there was another scandalous policy decision reflected in that budget as well, and this one is a sin of omission: There will not be an all-out effort to address the depression-level unemployment conditions among African Americans. In that is a convergence of misplaced economic priorities and foolhardy politics.
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The Real Story of Baseball’s Integration That You Won’t See in 42
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One of America’s most iconic and inspiring stories—Jackie Robinson breaking baseball’s color line in 1947—is retold in the film 42, which opens nationally this weekend. Even if you’re not a baseball fan, the film will tug at your heart and have you rooting for Robinson to overcome the racist obstacles put in his way. It is an uplifting tale of courage and determination that is hard to resist, even though you know the outcome before the movie begins.
But despite bravura performances by relatively unknown Chadwick Boseman as Robinson and superstar Harrison Ford as Branch Rickey (the Brooklyn Dodgers’ general manager who recruited Robinson and orchestrated his transition from the Negro Leagues to the all-white Major Leagues), the film strikes out as history, because it ignores the true story of how baseball’s apartheid system was dismantled.Continue reading
Bard High School Early College, a Second Chance for Disadvantaged Youth in Newark
The early college high school is lauded as a way to provide low-income students with a road map to and through college. Bard’s new school also offers an escape from Newark’s mean streets.
A Hero of the Bronx, Majora Carter Is Now Accused of Betraying It
Majora Carter, an environmental activist who earned fame and fortune fighting for the community, is helping FreshDirect in its battle to relocate to the borough.
Discrimination cases net state $2 million
http://www.njspotlight.com/stories/13/0401/2317/
The state Division of Civil Rights helped obtain more than $2 million in settlements over discrimination allegations in 2012. These included an $83,000 payout from the West New York Board of Education, which was accused of not providing
The Only Way to Judge Camden Is to Look Beyond the Lurid Statistics
The state’s takeover of Camden’s schools can’t deliver what’s truly needed: a real education for every student.