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...action, black majority congressional districts and "discrimination" against white people, no one at the University has addressed issues of systematic white supremacy. No one cares to discuss inequalities in the criminal justice system, the intentional underfunding of schools with black and Latino majorities and police brutality which continue to threaten the lives of blacks and Latinos throughout the nation...
...American Civil Liberties Union does not 'out' people, nor threaten to out people...
While Green Bay (pop. 96,000) and Wisconsin count the Packers as chief among their blessings, the feeling was not mutual until very recently. Green Bay? Too cold, said N.F.L. players. Too isolated. Too white. Too old. "Coaches used to threaten us," says White. "Shape up, or we're shipping you to Green Bay." Lost on some people are Wisconsin's other blessings: the pride in workmanship that links towns (Oshkosh, Kohler, Wausau) to products, the ingenuity that created the democratic charter of the Packers, the loyalty that keeps Lambeau Field sold out through thick and thin, the spirit...
...thousands of fishermen have been forced to abandon their boats. A spokeswoman for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said that preserving fish habitat -- and therefore the industry -- was "one of the top national priorities." Regional fishery councils will have to identify "essential fish habitat" and the pressures that threaten them. The guidelines are part of a law sponsored by Republican Senator Ted Stevens of Alaska and signed last year by President Clinton. Stevens has promised to use his position as chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee to fund the program. There doesn't seem to be much time...
...decade, or for as long as the economy continues to steam along without a sharp recession. "The technology revolution is engulfing the globe," says Sinai. But pockets of low employment, and the gap between educational haves and have-nots, will also endure in the U.S. and always threaten to widen. That will remain a cause for concern even as the upsurge in jobs remains a cause for celebration...