By Marc H. Morial “The vote is the most powerful instrument ever devised by man for breaking down injustice and destroying the terrible walls which imprison men because they are different from other men.” President Lyndon B. JohnsonLast week in Austin, Texas, three former United States Presidents and President Barack Obama came together to […]
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Obama says Civil Rights Movement opened door for his election
By George E. Curry, NNPA Columnist AUSTIN, Texas (NNPA) —With civil rights legends Andrew Young, John Lewis and Julian Bond and Jesse Jackson looking on, President Barack Obama on Thursday credited the Civil Rights Movement and landmark legislation signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson in the 1960s for paving the way for his becoming the […]
World cuts back military spending, but not Asia
By John Feffer WASHINGTON (IPS) — For the second year in a row, the world is spending a little less on the military. Asia, however, has failed to get the memo. The region is spending more at a time when many others are spending less.Last year, Asia saw a 3.6 percent increase in military spending, […]
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Memories of LBJ, Jimmy Carter, and Bill Clinton
By George E. Curry Covering the three-day celebration of the 50th anniversary of the 1964 Civil Rights Act at the University of Texas last week brought back a string of memories – some fond, some bitter. As a son of the South –Tuscaloosa, Ala., to be specific – I saw first-hand how the region was […]
College students launch campaign to raise visibility
By Jazelle Hunt, Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) — If anyone thought the election of Barack Obama, or the rise of the multi-racial Millennial generation, marked the beginning of a post-racial America, a campaign spreading across college campuses has news for you.It began with I, Too Am Harvard, a theatrical performance by the Kuumba Singers of […]
Supreme Court further empowers wealthy political donors
By Jim Lobe WASHINGTON (IPS) — In a decision with major implications for the U.S. political system, a bare majority of the Supreme Wednesday ruled that the government cannot limit total spending by individuals on federal elections.The highly anticipated judgment, rendered by the Court’s five right-wing justices, declared unconstitutional the legal cap on aggregate contributions […]
Parents of Hadiya Pendleton “still mourning”
By Jazelle Hunt, Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) — After a long day of traveling, then networking on Capitol Hill, Nathaniel and Cleopatra Pendleton returned to their downtown Washington, D.C. hotel and dressed for a dinner in their honor. Later that evening, they shook hands and smiled for photographs as they accepted the 2014 NNPA Newsmaker […]
U.S. scientists launch wake-up campaign on climate change
By Jim Lobe WASHINGTON (IPS) — In an unusual intervention in policy debates, the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) warned Tuesday that the world was “at risk of pushing our climate system toward abrupt, unpredictable, and potentially irreversible changes with highly damaging impacts.”In a 29-report entitled “What We Know,” the prestigious group […]
U.S. plans to speed poultry slaughtering, cut inspections
By Carey L. Biron WASHINGTON (IPS) — The U.S. government is in the final stages of weighing approval for an overhaul of regulations governing the country’s poultry industry that would see processing speeds increase substantially even while responsibility for oversight would be largely given over to plant employees.U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food Safety Inspection […]
President Obama rallies help for young males of color
By Marc H. Morial There are some Americans who, in the aggregate, are consistently doing worse in our society — groups that have had the odds stacked against them in unique ways that require unique solutions…And by almost every measure, the group that is facing some of the most severe challenges in the 21st century […]
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