Guest editorial...Is abortion coverage really an issue?
Category: Opinion Written by Courier Newsroom
by Shannon Williams
Members of Congress were finally able to pass a health care bill last Saturday night, but the feat wasn’t accomplished without controversy and compromise.
The item that generated the most debate and conciliation was abortion.
For years, abortion has been an issue with unfaltering supporters and opponents. This divisiveness was ever-present during the final discussions of the congressional health care reform bill.
In order to get the bill approved, congressional members had to compromise. The negotiation resulted in the passage of the bill as long as it stated that abortions wouldn’t be covered in a government-run plan, or in private plans that accept anyone using government subsidies. Exceptions to this ruling are cases of incest, rape or harm to the mother.
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Last Updated on Monday, 03 December 2012 19:19
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Speak Out...What will you be giving thanks for this Thanksgiving?
Category: Opinion Written by Courier Newsroom
Most of us will celebrate Thanksgiving Day with family and friends. So other than the food, we asked Pittsburghers what they will give thanks for this year. Here’s what you said.
“I will be giving thanks that my family is healthy and able to get around. I’m also thankful to see another year, that I am graduating from high school and on my way to college.”
Amanda Lawson
Student
Penn Hills
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AMANDA LAWSON,
KERWIN CUPID, MAT MATHIS
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‘Black Dynamite’ detonates my ego
Category: Opinion
(REAL TIMES MEDIA)—Several weeks ago a group of friends and I drove two hours just to see a movie. We joined a surprisingly multi-cultural crowd to see the premiere of the movie “Black Dynamite” a hilarious spoof of blaxploitation films of the 1970s. I will admit upfront that I’m no expert on the blaxploitation film era. Outside of reading Martha Southgate’s “Third Girl from the Left” and seeing Mario Van Peeble’s “Badass,” I can’t give you an intimate break-down of the social, sexual and political implications of the films at the time. I’ve never even gotten through all of the original “Shaft,” I thought it was boring. Despite this lack of in-depth knowledge I actually just enjoyed a Black movie, something that I think the large Black community forgets how to do every once in awhile.
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Self-esteem, major solution to problems
Category: Opinion Written by Louis 'Hop' Kendrick
I was a participant in a workshop and I asked for a definition of self-esteem and being rich. Every person attempted to define rich as materialism, owning houses, land and other things. Not one person saw richness as family, friends and health.
Only a few were able to define self-esteem. One described it as self-pride, another understanding who you are and one even said it is knowing your self-worth and never allowing anyone to define who you are or what potential you possess.
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Targeting Black lawmakers
Category: Opinion Written by George E. Curry
(NNPA)—Although a House of Representatives ethics committee is known to be looking into the activities of at least 19 members of Congress, the only full-scale investigations under way are against seven Black lawmakers.
African-Americans make up 15 percent of Congress but 100 percent of those subjected to a full-scale investigation, raising questions about a double-standard.
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Last Updated on Monday, 03 December 2012 19:19
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