EDITORIAL
A depressing statisticWhen considering the racial economic disparity in America, the usual inclination is to focus on poverty. Indeed, the data are disquieting. In 2008, 24.7 percent of blacks and only 8.6 percent of whites had incomes below the poverty level. More » |
Undue influenceThe Texas Constitution requires the State Board of Education (BOE) to buy books and distribute them free to all public schools. However, the books are free only if they have been approved by the BOE. Book publishers have to satisfy the requirements of the BOE if they want to be assured of sales. More » |
OPINION
Not your older brother's MBTA PoliceLast month, a spirited group of youth voiced their concerns about being treated disrespectfully by police. They were organized by the Hyde Square Task Force (HSTF). They were articulate. They made reasonable demands. And four days later, their demands were taken seriously. More » |
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Why ending marijuana prohibition is a racial justice issueThe struggle to end America's disastrous war on drugs is a struggle for common sense, for human rights and of course for racial justice. How could it not be, given the extraordinary and disproportionate extent to which people of color - and especially black people - are arrested, prosecuted and incarcerated for drug offenses? More » |
