Category: Social Sciences
2003 Supreme Court Decision and Affirmative Action
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What did Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor really mean in her majority opinion on affirmative action in the University of Michigan ruling? Does it signal the end of affirmative action? Michael Higginbotham, a ...
Should We Fear The Police?
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The killing of Amadou Diallo by New York City police officers has sparked a multitude of demonstrations and triggered renewed charges of police brutality in the African American community. A group of Black state troo...
Young Black Men: A Problem That Is Ignored
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The already dire situation of young Black men in the US has worsened. A study found that employment and education statistics have gotten even worse, despite improvements in the economy. A huge pool of poorly educated ...
Justice Delayed
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Harry T. Moore, who was at the vanguard of the civil rights movement in Florida, and his wife Harriet were killed when their home was firebombed in 1951. Harry Moore became the first NAACP official to be assassinated...
Can the Liberals Pull it Off?
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Following the Los Angeles riots, national attention focused on the plight of urban areas. With the defeat of a conservative Republican administration, the question becomes: "Can the liberal White House, Congress an...
A Voice In The Wilderness
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Will America grow up before it grows old and how the Social Security entitlement crisis threatens you, your family and your country. Guest Peter Peterson. 1920
An American Wake-Up Call
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Can the present middle class maintain its own indebtedness and remain competitive in a knowledge-worker labor force and sustain the American economy as the world’s leader? Guest James Carr, a senior vice president at ...
America’s Future Speaks Out — Part 1
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Against the backdrop of an almost day-to-day occurrence of atrocities committed by youths, studies reveal that teenage pregnancy in the U.S. is at its lowest level in two decades. Another report revealed dru...
Y2K Survival
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This program discusses the year 2000 Y2K issue with guests Ed Meagher, host of "Y2K Today" and Tony Keyes, author of "The Year 2000 Computer Crisis." 2209
