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When will we finally stop burying our children
Category: Opinion Written by Al Sharpton
(NNPA)—People often ask me to deliver words of comfort and strength during some of their most challenging moments in life. Throughout the decades, I have stood side by side with family members of those that have been wrongfully killed in acts of violence—whether those acts were committed by police or from within the community itself. I have witnessed the unbearable heartache of countless grandmothers, grandfathers, parents and children who may very well never recover from their loss. Each and every time, I feel the pain—their pain—at so senselessly losing a human life in what is often a matter of minutes or even seconds. But nothing is more difficult or more disconcerting then when I receive a phone call regarding the shooting death of a mere child. A little over a week ago, I got that ill-fated call.
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The Class of 2010
Category: Opinion Written by Marc H. Morial
“Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery; none but ourselves can free our minds.”—Marcus Garvey
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WASHINGTON (NNPA)—It is graduation season in America—a bittersweet moment for thousands of young high school and college seniors who are leaving the relative comfort of classroom and campus life to pursue their dreams and find jobs in an economy that continues to struggle.
In communities of color the dilemma is even harsher.
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The A-Pauling house of pain
Category: Opinion Written by Raynard Jackson
The last week has provided a riches of embarrassments within the political arena. I sometimes wish I had a daily column, but somehow I will attempt to consolidate these embarrassing events into a coherent piece that will adequately do justice to each issue.
Let’s start with Republican Senate candidate, Rand Paul (from Kentucky). His public musings about his disagreements with certain aspects of the 1964 Civil Rights Act were appalling. But more appalling to me was the slowness of any public response by Republican senators and Black Republicans.
Let’s start with Republican Senate candidate, Rand Paul (from Kentucky). His public musings about his disagreements with certain aspects of the 1964 Civil Rights Act were appalling. But more appalling to me was the slowness of any public response by Republican senators and Black Republicans.
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A dearth of empathy
Category: Opinion Written by Julianne Malveaux
(NNPA)—In a study of 14,000 college students over 30 years, University of Michigan researcher Sara Konrath found that today’s students are much less empathetic than students were back in the ’70s. Today, fewer students try to walk in another human being’s shoes or say they have concerned feelings for people less fortunate than they are. According to Konrath, the biggest drop in empathy came in 2000, 10 years ago, but empathy has continued to decline. She and her colleague say that constant exposure to media may be the reason young people are less empathetic than they used to be.
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Guest Editorial...Rand Paul needs a history lesson, Blacks a future lesson
Category: Opinion Written by Courier Newsroom
by Shannon Williams
I was fortunate.
I was raised during a time when equal access to restaurants, movie theaters and swimming pools was the status quo. Though I would have certainly participated in them, during my lifetime I wasn’t involved in the sit-ins and regular NAACP and SCLC strategizing meetings.
Indeed, I was fortunate.
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