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...Until now, the undisputed leader of the black political community has been the “civil-rights era urban crusader.” From former presidential candidates Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton to veteran congressmen John Conyers (D-Mich.), Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.), Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), and SNCC Founder John Lewis (D-Ga.), there is a proud tradition of civil-rights era politicians emerging from majority-black areas to positions of great power. For them, being black is what defines their identity, and—more importantly—their politics...
...evening in the 1930s, Henry Ford wore a new suit to a gala dinner he was throwing at his Dearborn, Mich., car factory. The suit, reportedly, was soft to the touch. It was also made from soybean fiber...
...What does the Carter Center do? And how is it related to Habitat for Humanity? Ruth Bennett, Sterling Heights, Mich. The Carter Center is completely separate. We put in 51 weeks a year on the center and one week on Habitat. The center is designed to meet the needs of the poorest and most forgotten people in the world. We deal with neglected diseases. We mediate disputes. The thing that gets the most publicity is Habitat. Last year we built 100 homes in India in just four days because Brad Pitt showed up and we were inundated with unanticipated volunteers...
...about one year. Surprised union members cited job security as the key issue as they walked out of GM assembly plants around Detroit. "They just told us we were going on strike and it was about job security," said one member of UAW Local 594 in Pontiac, Mich. only moments after the strike began. In fact, UAW officials acknowledged that they had made scant preparation for the walkout until Monday morning...
Alan Baum, an analyst with the Planning Edge in Birmingham, Mich., said, that a strike over job security is likely to be the UAW's attempt to win concessions from GM in exchange for the union's acquiescence to parts of the health care financing agreement, embodied in the so-called Voluntary Employment Benefit Association (VEBA). "If the UAW its going to take the VEBA to its members," says Baum, "it has to have something to show for it. The issue then becomes, 'We gave here but this is what we got.'" Baum said the strike could well serve...