Analysis
What Obama didnt say on Fathers Day
June 24, 2008In a widely acclaimed speech at an African American church on Chicago’s South Side to commemorate Father’s Day, Barack Obama gave a presentation that, while acknowledging the racial challenges of the past, gave great weight to...
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Letters – June 21, 2008
June 24, 2008Stimulating! I finally got my stimulus check, which is G.W. Bush’s answer to the recession that he denies that we are in. I will be doing something with my stimulus check that Bush does not approve...
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EDITORIAL:Summer job blues
June 24, 2008Youth joblessness is reaching record highs this summer, hitting 66 percent nationwide (the highest since unemployment data was first collected in the 1960s). These numbers rise dramatically for African American youth, who in Chicago face an...
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EDITORIAL: Sexism is poison
June 24, 2008With the windup of Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign, much attention has been focused on the role of sexism in our national discourse. Some of the discussion has sought to pit sexism against racism, suggesting that racism...
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Desolation in Myanmar
June 14, 2008In the aftermath of a major natural disaster, the ongoing tragedy that is playing out in Myanmar (formerly known as Burma) is unnecessary and criminal. The military junta, which had initially withheld relief aid from reaching...
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