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Barry Kibrick: ‘Love Your Mistakes’
“Mistakes are your best assets. They hone your skills and develop your creativity. Don’t be afraid to make them, the more the merrier.” From Barry Kibrick Eric Metaxas the right-wing author and radio talk show host, once said when he was talking about one of his books and I’m paraphrasing: “We’re all a bunch a screw […]
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Constitution Daily: Staff- As Expected, Affirmative Action Arguments Featured Anthony Kennedy & Antonin Scalia: The End of Affirmative Action?
Source: This piece was originally posted at The New Democrat: Constitution Daily: Staff- As Expected, Affirmative Action Arguments Featured Anthony Kennedy & Antonin Scalia: The End of Affirmative Action? The end of quota set-aside racially and ethnically based affirmative action, … Continue reading
Constitution Daily: Staff- Debating Affirmative Action: The Case Against Racial Preferences and For Equal Rights and Protection
Source: This piece was originally posted at The New Democrat: Constitution Daily: Staff- Debating Affirmative Action: The Case Against Racial Preferences and For Equal Rights and Protection As a Liberal, I’m against racial preferences regardless of who they’re tended to … Continue reading
Foreign Affairs: Opinion- Graham K. Brown and Arnim Langer: ‘Lessons From Affirmative Action Around The World’
Source:The New Democrat “Americans tend to think of affirmative action as a uniquely American institution: an outgrowth of the civil rights movement, intended primarily to improve economic opportunities for African Americans, who have continued to face obstacles to equality long … Continue reading
Posted in Civil Rights
Tagged Affirmative Action, America, Armin Langer, Associated Press, Civil Rights, Economic Development, Economic Freedom, Education, Equal Rights, Free Society, Graham K. Brown, Individual Freedom, Infrastructure, Job Training, Liberal Democracy, Liberal Society, Poverty in America, United States
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The New Republic: Opinion- Jeffrey Rosen- Schuette Decision: Supreme Court Supported Precedent: Judicial Restraint on Affirmative Action
Source: This piece was originally posted at The New Democrat Jeff Rosen, as almost always, hit it on the mark today in his column in The New Republic. He said that whether you agree with the Supreme Court decision on affirmative … Continue reading
Slate: Opinion: Tanner Colby: Its Time For Progressives to Admit Affirmative Action is Not Working: How to Ensure Equal Rights and Protections For All
Slate: Opinion: Tanner Colby: Affirmative action: Its Time For Progressives to Admit its Not Working Erik Schneider on Google+ The New Democrat on Facebook The New Democrat on Twitter This post was originally posted at The New Democrat on Blogger As a … Continue reading
Canal de Anblog: Bob Dylan and Joan Baez 1963 March on Washington
Source: This piece was originally posted at FRS Daily Press on WordPress: Canal de Anblog: Bob Dylan and Joan Baez 1963 March on Washington The people at the March on Washington certainly weren’t dreaming and were at the start of … Continue reading
Posted in American History, Civil Rights
Tagged 1963 March on Washington, African American History, African-American Community, American History, Bob Dylan, Civil Rights Movement, Equal Justice, Equal Rights, Hollywood, I Feel a Change Comin on, Individual Freedom, Joan Baez, Martin Luther King, The 1960s, Times Are a Changin, Washington, Washington DC, Washington Monument
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Wall Street Journal: U.S. Supreme Court Deals Blow to Voting Rights Act: The Impact of This Decision
Source: Wall Street Journal: Supreme Court Deals Blow to Voting Rights Act | U.S. Supreme Court News The main impact of this ruling is that states and localities still can no longer deny anyone from voting minority or majority. But that … Continue reading
The Economist: Americas View: Affirmative Action in Brazil: Slavery’s Legacy: Why America Should Abandoned Affirmative Action As Brazil Starts it
Affirmative action in Brazil: Slavery's legacy | The Economist. As a Liberal I take Dr. Martin L. King’s I have a dream speech that one day his children would be judged by the content of their character. And not by … Continue reading
