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...conduct that convincingly demonstrates the absence of even a minimal community allegiance.” According to Kennedy, this conduct would include revealing the secrets of a black organization you work for merely out of purposes of self-promotion or supporting a policy that is seriously harmful to African Americans??not merely casting a vote for a Republican in the next election. Although Kennedy establishes that there are probably very few true race traitors in America—Kennedy himself admits that none come to mind—he fails to engage readers in the conversation of what...
Americans weren’t the only ones to ask themselves these questions. After a woman sought the French presidency, and Germany, Chile, and Argentina elected female heads of state, the international press questioned Americans?? own ability to elect a black or a female candidate. Reporting here and abroad both centered on the politics of identity, rather than the politics of policy...
...care and supports tax exemptions for individuals and families to purchase health insurance. He thinks that by increasing competition among health insurance companies, prices can be driven down. While faith in the cogs of the free market is laudable, an issue as pressing as insuring the millions of uninsured Americans??and fixing our broken healthcare system—may require a bit more of a kick-start...
...Somewhere in southern Spain, however, a nagging worry caught up with me. Americans??particularly young Americans??have democratic freedoms but don’t use them. According to the web site IDEA (the Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance), in the 26 national elections since 1945, the average voter turnout rate for citizens age 18 to 24 has been only 48.3 percent. This is well below France (67.3 percent), Spain (77 percent), and even Morocco (57.6 percent). (China hasn’t had comparable elections.) Americans in this age group, aptly dubbed “Generation...
...recently as a few decades ago, it was possible for a median-income American family to live comfortably and securely—but no longer. Today the middle class is rapidly becoming the underclass; working Americans?? incomes are stagnating just as food and fuel prices are soaring. Already millions of people are working two or three jobs, yet are still being forced to choose between feeding their families or heating their homes. (And heaven help you if you need prescription medicine or emergency care.) Is it any wonder that we have a foreclosure crisis? Is it any wonder...