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The Secretary of Education Should Put His Money Where His Mouth is on Teacher Tenure Reform, by Hughey Newsome

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It's hard to find truer words than those of Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Rolf M. Treu. In his recent ruling that California's teacher tenure laws violate the California state constitution, Judge Treu stated such laws cause "the potential ...
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60th Anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education Desegregation Decision Commemorated

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Jim Crow Banished, But Failing Public Schools a Crisis for Many Black Youth Vouchers and Other Alternatives to Failing Public Schools Needed for Full Equality of Opportunity Washington, D.C. - On the 60th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's Brown ...
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Black Leadership Network Condemns Race-Based Justice in Pennsylvania Bribery Case

Black Leadership Network Condemns Race-Based Justice in Pennsylvania Bribery Case

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Four State Lawmakers Caught in Government Bribery Sting; Accused of Taking Cash to Influence Actions on Government Contracts and Voter ID State's Attorney General Declines to Prosecute, Apparently Because Lawmakers are Black and Liberal "It appears that Attorney General Kane ...
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A Flat GDP is Much More Important than Donald Sterling, by Hughey Newsome

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While many Americans were distracted by the controversy over a taped private conversation between a billionaire and his mistress, some very scary news from the Bureau of Economic Analysis went largely unnoticed. According to this federal agency's report, the U.S ...
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Three Ways To Save Your Hood Today, by Nadra Enzi

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Self-defense. Private security. Police-community unity. These are the three pillars that comprise my strategy for successful anti-crime activism. Notice that none of these three suggestions require blessings from on high (or low) from the bureaucrats who often are either indifferent ...
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Even Obama Can Be Accused of Voter Suppression, by Hughey Newsome

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At the recent annual convention of Al Sharpton's National Action Network, President Obama said his political opponents are "pass[ing] laws to make it harder, not easier, to vote." It was another attempt by the President and his supporters to energize ...
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Supreme Court on Path to Ending Race Preferences; Ruling in Schuette Case Paves Way for More Equal, Less Divided America

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Black Activists in Favor of Ending Quotas Available for Comments Washington, D.C. - Attorneys and activists with the Project 21 black leadership network are pleased about today's U.S. Supreme Court decision on race preferences, and hope the Court's latest ruling ...
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Federal Race-Raters Dealt Major Court Defeat; Black Conservatives Helped Challenge Government Agency's Race-Card Attack on Job Applicant Credit Checks

Federal Race-Raters Dealt Major Court Defeat; Black Conservatives Helped Challenge Government Agency’s Race-Card Attack on Job Applicant Credit Checks

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Hypocritical Federal Government Fought Company for Using the Same System Government Uses to Screen Hires Washington, D.C. - In a case in which the Project 21 black leadership network supported the defendant with a legal brief, an appeals court just ...
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Al Sharpton Sets Terrible Example By Hugging Vote Fraudster, by Cherylyn Harley LeBon

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After he has made such a spectacle of himself in professing that voter protection laws are unnecessary, it was unsettling for Al Sharpton to publicly hug a convicted perpetrator of vote fraud at a public event. Yet, there was Sharpton ...
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Despite Scare Stories, Fears About BPA are Unnecessary, by Cherylyn Harley LeBon

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As soon as someone mentions BPA (bisphenol A), I recall the glasses and glass containers our family now uses to replace the plastic containers that previously populated our cupboards. Like many moms, my top priority is keeping my kids safe, ...
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