A Fundamental Need for Prison Reform
The economic downturn sweeping over the country and undermining states' economies may accomplish something advocates of prison reform have been[…]
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Compassionate Conservatism-and Common Sense
The compassionate side of President George Bush's conservatism surfaced in a significant way this month. First, he signed the new[…]
Read moreOur Wartime Duty: Searching for Optimism for the Future
Taking stock of world affairs these days can quickly throw one into a mood of deep pessimism. One remembers with[…]
Read moreThe Criminal Injustice System: Guilty Until Proven Innocent
Hugh B. Price President National Urban League Convicted as a teenager in 1982 of rape, Marvin Lamont Anderson spent fifteen[…]
Read moreRethinking Welfare Reform
By Maya Rockeymoore Senior Resident Scholar for Health And Income Security National Urban League Institute for Equality and Opportunity (Guest[…]
Read moreA Post-9/11 Study in Character
Hugh B. Price President National Urban League The news story in the December 28 edition of the New York Times[…]
Read moreRemember the Error of Our Old Ways
The attacks on the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington immediately plunged the United States[…]
Read moreJust Say No To Racial Profiling
It’s only natural that after the devastating attacks of September 11 on two of the most prominent symbols of modern-day[…]
Read moreThe Needed Economic Stimulus and the Needy
It’s now clear that the American economy was headed for a recession even before the terrorist attacks of September 11.[…]
Read moreThe Responsibilities of Leadership-and of Citizenship
Two recent and separately-done surveys by the highly respected polling organizations, the Gallup Organization and Zogby International, seem to have[…]
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