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The Great White Hope

Jeffries may have been the Great White Hope a century ago, but his replacement, Donald Trump has amassed a far better record. After he knocked out 17 wannabees in the Republican Presidential primary, he scored a TKO over the first woman to seriously approach the ring. […]

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Ordinary workers make billionaires

     Ordinary worker exploitation is the billionaires’ secret to success. According to a January 22, 2018 Oxfam.org press release titled, Richest 1 percent bagged 82 percent of wealth created last year – poorest half of humanity got nothing, “Eighty two percent of the wealth generated last year went to the richest one percent of the global population. Billionaire wealth has risen by an annual average of 13 percent since 2010, six times faster than the wages of ordinary workers. […]

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Marian Wright Edelman Stepping Aside From CDF

  “Though we face unprecedented challenges and threats to the safety and well-being of America’s children, we refuse to go backwards. No matter who holds the reins of political power, CDF will move forward in our mission to Leave No Child Behind and ensure that every child has a Healthy Start, a Head Start, a Fair Start, a Safe Start and a Moral Start in life and successful passage into adulthood,” she said […]

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Pelosi announces push for Staff Diversity for New U.S House

     A new House Diversity Initiative would create a permanent office in the House with sufficient staff to help recruit and retain diverse employees according to staff. Much of the pressure over the last few years regarding the diversity issue on Capitol Hill has come as a result of study and effort by the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies headed by Spencer Overton.  […]