Editorial
8 articles
Opinion pieces and editorial commentary on the issues that matter.
Gen. Colin Powell Misses Important War
By George E. Curry A war on racism has been waged all week in Durban, South Africa, and Colin Powell, the Bush administration's best-equipped general, has been missing in action. Actually, it is more...
Terrible Price For the Hopelessly Flawed 'Three Strikes' Law
Terrible Price For the Hopelessly Flawed 'Three Strikes' Law By Earl Ofari Hutchinson The moment The Sentencing Project released its recent report that flatly says "three strikes" laws do nothing to...
Robert Taylor residents demand decent home for the holidays
Dec. 20, 11 a.m. Residents of 4525 S. Federal, including activist Beauty Turner We are Human Beings and Demand to be Treated as Such! In a month when most people are looking forward to the...
Blacks and the Million Dollar March
Dear Editor: Webb Evans called for Blacks to turn in another direction in order to solve our problems in the millennium. He stated that we must turn from only protesting to production, from just...
Political Divisiveness or Economic Solidarity?
By James Clingman What are you? A Republican? A Democrat? A Liberal? A Conservative? The "silly season" is upon us once again. The big parties are in Philadelphia and Los Angeles. Black people are...
Dear Editor
School districts across the state and nationwide are increasingly forced to demand accountability from their teachers because lawmakers in Springfield and on Capitol Hill are demanding just that for...
Religion and Politics Cause Jitters For Gore-Lieberman Among Many Blacks
Dallas NAACP head Lee Alcorn had barely gotten his rash, bigoted words out of his mouth questioning Democratic vice-presidential candidate Joseph Liebermans presumed allegiance to "Jewish interests"...
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Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. The Federal Aviation Administration warned us years ago of an approaching gridlock at the nation's airports. FAA officials repeated mantra-like that America needed "10...