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What Do We Tell Our Children?
Almost every single day, someone walks into one of National Action Network’s (NAN) offices around the country consumed with the most unbelievable pain you can ever imagine.…
Time to Stop Celebrating ‘I Have a Dream’
Writing at the Huffington Post, Catherine Meeks makes the case that we’d be much better off focusing on Martin Luther King Jr.’s Letter From a Birmingham Jail. … I think that…
Good Ideas From the President That Need Real Support
As President Obama delivers his State of the Union tonight, he does it against the backdrop of a contracting economy and rising unemployment. As the nation tunes in…
Hadiya Pendleton Funeral: Hundreds Line Up To Mourn Slain Teen In Chicago
CHICAGO — Hundreds of mourners and dignitaries including first lady Michelle Obama packed the funeral Saturday for a Chicago honor student whose killing catapulted her into the nation’s debate…
In Obama’s 2nd inauguration speech, a strong defense of modern liberalism
President Obama used his second inaugural addressto deliver a strong defense of modern liberalism, emphasizing the importance of programs like Social Security and Medicare, pledging to take on climate change in…
For female troops it’s no longer ‘a man’s world’
This is a man’s world. James Brown, the undisputed Godfather of Soul, first laid those words down on wax in 1966. In the 46 years since, as a nation,…
In Obama’s 2nd inauguration speech, a strong defense of modern liberalism
President Obama used his second inaugural addressto deliver a strong defense of modern liberalism, emphasizing the importance of programs like Social Security and Medicare, pledging to take on climate change in…
Chandra Gill: 3 Underlying Reasons why Chicago’s Teachers are on STRIKE!
by Chandra Gill “It is reasonable to believe that if the problems of Chicago, the nation’s second largest city, can be solved, they can be solved everywhere.” “While we were…
Hypocrisy in the High Courts
By Wallace Q. Weaver America is a nation of checks and balances. This allows for a comparatively more stable form of government than most others; however, when it comes to…
Karen Wallace: President Obama Is Not to Blame for Our Shameful Silence
By: Karen Cecile Wallace, J.D. I do not blame President Obama at all. He is a politician and as someone famously said, “He does what politicians do.” The problem…
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