By Gail Christopher (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) This nation has the resources to assure that all of its citizens have an equal opportunity to live healthy lives. If the rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness are inalienable, then surely the right to an equal opportunity for health and well-being is comparable. Persistent health … [Read more...] about “Towards a “Fair Health” Movement” by Gail Christopher (September-October 2005 P&R Issue)
“The O’Conner Project: Intervening Early to Eliminate the Need for Racial Preferences in Higher Education” by Lisbeth B. Schorr (July-August 2005 P&R Issue)
By Lisbeth B. Schorr (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) The following article first appeared in Judicature, 88:2, Sept.-Oct. 2004 and is reprinted with permission and thanks. It was extensively footnoted; Readers interested in obtaining these source notes can find them at www.common-purpose.org. Over the half-century since the US Supreme Court’s … [Read more...] about “The O’Conner Project: Intervening Early to Eliminate the Need for Racial Preferences in Higher Education” by Lisbeth B. Schorr (July-August 2005 P&R Issue)
“Symposium: The ‘School to Prison Pipeline'” (July-August 2005 P&R Issue)
(Click here to view the entire P&R issue) The growing awareness of disproportionate rates of incarceration among young African-American men—and the severe consequences of even short-term incarceration for education, employment, housing and access to opportunity—have prompted a new search for answers and solutions among civil rights and anti-poverty organizations. This … [Read more...] about “Symposium: The ‘School to Prison Pipeline'” (July-August 2005 P&R Issue)
“Life Options for Young African-American Males” by Michael R. Wenger (July-August 2005 P&R Issue)
By Michael R. Wenger (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) When former Congressman Ron Dellums (D-CA) agreed to chair the Commission on Life Options for Young African-American Males, he vowed that the Commission, now known as the Dellums Commission, would “not put out another report that will gather dust.” The former Capitol Hill veteran, who has made a career of … [Read more...] about “Life Options for Young African-American Males” by Michael R. Wenger (July-August 2005 P&R Issue)
“Re-Directing the School to Prison Pipeline” by Daniel J. Losen (July-August 2005 P&R Issue)
by Daniel J. Losen (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) In 1999, Christopher Edley, Co-Director of The Civil Rights Project at Harvard University (CRP), following Jesse Jackson’s bold defense of suspended students in Decatur, Illinois, told his staff that he had scheduled a meeting with Education Secretary Richard Riley and requested CRP to create a briefing … [Read more...] about “Re-Directing the School to Prison Pipeline” by Daniel J. Losen (July-August 2005 P&R Issue)
