Bush's Lousy Civil Rights Record, Part II
Summary of the Report written by the US Commission on Civl Rights: 'Redefining Rights in America: The Civil Rights Record of the George W. Bush Administration, 2001-2004.' This report documents that civil rights problems are entrenched in American society, the result of unequal treatment over the course of history. Furthermore, new means of prejudice and discrimination have become manifest. George W. Bush has fueled much of this new unequal treatment and hasn't lifted a finger to turn back the tide of racism.
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Bush’s Lousy Civil Rights Record
Like many groups, each year the NAACP issues a Civil Rights Report Card, grading members of Congress on issues important to African-Americans. Every year they were in office, both Kerry and Edwards received As. When Cheney served in Congress from 1977 to 1988, he received an F every session. Of course, President Bush has never served in the House or Senate, making it more difficult to assign him a grade.
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The Most Important Battle of Our Lives (special issue)
As we meet here in Athens, the US is in the middle of a gigantic electoral contest. It is difficult to convey the fervor and intensity of this great fight. Some have compared it to the civil rights movement of the 1960s, others to the momentum behind the efforts to found the industrial unions in 30s, still others to the movement against the Vietnam war. But whatever the comparison, back home, it is seen as perhaps the greatest and most important battle of our lives.
Black Voter Registration at Record Levels
New voters are swelling the rolls and threatening to upset the assumptions of corporate pundits and polling organizations. Although Republicans are vigorously signing up white voters in the suburbs and exurbs, it appears the GOP is being out-organized by Democrat-led drives in Black and Brown precincts across the nation.
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John Edwards vs. Darth Vader
When Dick Cheney confessed to Gwen Ifill of PBS, the moderator of last night’s vice presidential debate, that he did not know anything about the struggles faced by African American women with AIDS, his admission spoke directly to one of the defining characteristics of the Bush administration: the decided lack of interest in or concern for the difficulties faced by the most oppressed, most troubled sections of the US population.
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