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Details: Written by George E. Curry of the Curry Report; Published: 09 August 2006

On the day I was supposed to depart for Abuja, Nigeria last month with the Leon Sullivan…

Details: Written by Joseph C. Phillips; Published: 09 August 2006

In the midst of writing about the need to re-establish traditional marriage as an American…

Details: Written by Marian Wright Edelman; Published: 02 August 2006

Former President Bill Clinton and Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee are from different political parties,…

about-justice

Details: Written by Maddy Delone; Published: 02 August 2006

Last month, Alan Newton walked out of a Bronx courtroom a free man. Twenty-two years after he was…

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 02 August 2006

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What is our responsibility in Israel's aggression against the people of Gaza and Lebanon?…

Details: Written by The Rev. Jesse Jackson; Published: 02 August 2006

To this day, Sen. Joe Lieberman still doesn't get it. The 18-year incumbent Democratic from…

Details: Written by George E. Curry of the Curry Report; Published: 02 August 2006

Until Sunday, when Israeli bombers leveled a three-story building in the tiny Lebanese village of…

Details: Written by Rev John H. Thomas of the United Church of Christ.; Published: 02 August 2006

Editor's note: The following is an open letter to Christians in Palestine.Dear sisters and…

about-naacp

Details: Written by George E. Curry of the Curry Report; Published: 26 July 2006

President George W. Bush — or his speechwriters — understands the indignity of slavery…

Details: Written by Joseph C. Phillips; Published: 26 July 2006

I have a rather iconic picture of the American family ideal. Some might even call it old fashioned.…

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