Woman Claims Thurmond As Father The Washington Post by Marilyn W. Thompson A 78-year-old retired Los Angeles schoolteacher said she is breaking a lifetime of silence to announce that she […]
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Category: A.D. Powell
Links, summaries and snappy commentaries on news and media by author A.D. Powell.
Affirmative Action Battle Moves to Lansing
Published December 3, 2003 Affirmative action battle moves to Lansing BY DAWSON BELL FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER LANSING — The fractious debate over affirmative action in Michigan is to resume […]
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Initial Mich. response supports end to race, gender preferences
Initial Mich. response supports end to race, gender preferences Published December 4, 2003 BY RUBY BAILEY FREE PRESS WASHINGTON STAFF Two-thirds of Michigan residents favor a constitutional amendment banning discrimination […]
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Neither party wants vote on preferences
Neither party wants vote on preferences Published December 5, 2003 BY BRIAN DICKERSON FREE PRESS COLUMNIST In this season of partisan discord, there’s at least one thing the leaders of […]
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In Black-Hispanic Debate, West Indians Side With Hispanics
In Black-Hispanic Debate, West Indians Side With Hispanics News Feature, Louis E.V. Nevaer, Pacific News Service, Dec 04, 2003 Blacks with roots in the West Indies are pulling away from […]
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Closing The Race Gap
Closing The Race Gap Problem: Teens Shun Academic Achievement Wisconsin State Journal :: FORUM :: B1 Sunday, December 7, 2003 By Russell King “Dad, if I show them how smart […]
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Census Bureau Takes First Look at Arabs in U.S.
Census Bureau Takes First Look at Arabs in U.S. DiversityInc The Census Bureau released its first detailed report of the Arab population in the United States based on the 2000 […]
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Great Political cartoon
by Kevin Siers of the Charlotte Observer http://today.excite.com/toonedview/id/0|-2.html
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Bloodlines Issue Divides Tribe
Bloodlines Issue Divides Tribe: The San Pasqual Indians’ definition of membership excludes many on reservation from its benefits, such as disaster relief. by Joel Rubin SAN PASQUAL INDIAN RESERVATION, Calif. […]
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UC Berkeley and “Comprehensive Review”
The right Affirmative Action Commentary by Roger Hernandez Nobody applauded harder than I did when California voters passed Proposition 209 in 1996, banning racial preferences in college admissions. Or when […]
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