EDITORIAL
The unkindest cutMETCO is an enormous success. Of course those who have long supported the Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity (METCO) have always known that, but a new study has established that fact beyond question. More » |
An absurd comparisonA number of journalists reporting on the resignation from Congress of Anthony Weiner of New York have drawn a comparison with the expulsion from Congress of Adam Clayton Powell and his subsequent re-election. However, these historical vignettes fail to distinguish between the provocations that aroused the ire of Congress. More » |
OPINION
NAACP got it right in charter school debateNAACP president and CEO Benjamin Todd Jealous was dismayed at the vehemence of the verbal tirades and demonstrations against his organization for joining with the United Federation of Teachers to stop a handful of charter schools around Harlem from opening or expanding in public school buildings. More » |
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Counting inmates in the wrong placeI am writing in response to Kenneth J. Cooper's June 9 article "Prison inmates at issue in redrawing political districts." It is commendable that the Banner is highlighting the issue of counting inmates and its implications of shifting political and economic power from the inmate's original community to his incarcerated community. More » |
