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...generation of the slaves' descendants--but that would be too much like hitting the lottery. So here's another idea. Use the money to uplift those who have been most hurt not only by the legacy of slavery but by existing discrimination and poverty: the urban and rural black poor. Put the money into a fund--call it the New Freedmen's Bureau--to finance the construction of schools, housing, transportation grids, factories, you name it, in the most depressed areas where the descendants of slaves are a majority. Use it to help finance new black-owned companies...
...Army sergeant, had recently been sent to Bosnia-Herzegovina with the 41st Infantry out of Fort Riley, Kans.; otherwise, Christopher Wilson, 11, and his brother Terrell, 8, had little reason to feel uneasy on that Thursday morning. But as they stood waiting for a school bus in their rural subdivision in Milford on April 24, the Wilsons saw three menacing Rottweilers approaching them. The boys took off for temporary safety in a nearby clump of trees. When the older brother climbed down to run to get help, though, the dogs attacked him. The driver of the school bus, which...
...paradox for small airlines like Midwest is that they too may succumb to the swings in traveler demand to which the big airlines are particularly vulnerable. Thus far Midwest has succeeded because of its rural network and boutique-customer culture, but the strong economy has also played an important role. At the moment, of course, the economy's future also looks golden...
Other large grants, such as the $3.8 million Annenberg National Rural Challenge Fund that the GSE received this year, can only count if they fall into one of the three areas for which the school is actively campaigning...
Both Lawson and Fineday are American Indian and originally hail from Walker, Minnesota--a small, rural town four hours North of the state's Twin cities...