NAACP Act-So Launches Two New Categories
On January 14th, The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) announced that its ACT-SO (Academic, Cultural, Technical[…]
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The “No Excuses” Era for the Public Schools
In some ways, thinking about part of the discussion that occurred last August at the National Urban League's annual conference[…]
Read moreA 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[…]
Read moreCourt Rules In Favor Of Florida Black Bear
A U.S. District Court that recently ordered the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to reconsider its refusal to list the[…]
Read moreHRC Says Federal Funding For Crucial HIV/AIDS Programs Takes Some Positive Steps But Falls Short Overall
The Human Rights Campaign expressed disappointment today by the lack of money appropriated by Congress for fiscal year 2002 HIV/AIDS[…]
Read morePublic Comments Needed To Help Captive Primates
The biomedical research industry uses 57,000 monkeys and apes in laboratories every year. Under a 1985 amendment to the Animal[…]
Read moreUpdate On Lousiana Dog Dragging Case
The DeRidder Daily News (12/18/01) reports that a man who participated in the dragging death of a dog last May[…]
Read moreUpdate On Senate Farm Bill Amendments
After countless days of debate and argument, final consideration of the Farm bill this year was blocked by Senate Republicans.[…]
Read moreExxon’s Assault On Western Gray Whales
There may be fewer than 100 Western gray whales left in the world, and many conservationists fear their extinction in[…]
Read moreNot So New Year – 2002
Sad to say, as the calendar turns once again, Old Man Time has Baby New Years by the balls. The[…]
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