Dr. Buxton & The Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment
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For 40 years, the Center for Disease Control, the official agency of the federal government, intentionally did not treat selected syphilitic Black men in Tuskegee, Alabama in order to study the effects of untreated sy...
Schools: What’s The Plan?
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Dr. Rudy Crew is the Superintendent of the Miami-Dade County Public School System and author of Only Connect: The Way to Save our Schools. Dr. Crew says if we are to survive, we must place our schools at the center of...
America’s Future Speaks Out — Part 2
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Against the backdrop of an almost day-to-day occurrence of atrocities committed by youths, studies reveal that teenage pregnancy in the U.S. is at its lowest level in two decades. Another report revealed drug use amon...
The Draft: Who Should Fight?
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A debate over the proposal to reinstate draft registration for men and women. (309)
Is Unconscious Racism as a Killer?
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A new study by a Congressional research institute suggests that the race gap in medicine may be a serious issue because unconscious racism among doctors could be a cause of death among Blacks – even when their incomes...
The One Drop Rule
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Scott Malcomson, a member of The New York Times editorial board and author of One Drop of Blood: The American Misadventure of Race, explains the meaning behind what he calls “the essence of whiteness – the origins of ...
Bush and AIDS in Africa
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In 2003, U. S. Representative Dave Weldon, a medical doctor and a member of the House Appropriations Committee, has visited Uganda investigating possible strategies for combating the spread of HIV/AIDS. He addresses ...
Young Black Men: A Problem That Is Ignored
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The already dire situation of young Black men in the US has worsened. A study found that employment and education statistics have gotten even worse, despite improvements in the economy. A huge pool of poorly educated ...
Don’t Call Me White
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An Examination of American ethnicity. Middle American Whites’ new emphasis on ethnicity is examined. Segments include a discussion of the relationship of Black consciousness to Whites rejecting the “melting pot” theor...
