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J. Pharoah Doss: Did SCOTUS justify fear of federalism? | New Pittsburgh Courier

by J. Pharoah Doss, For New Pittsburgh Courier In May, Politico published a leaked draft of a Supreme Court opinion that would overturn the abortion rights decision – Roe v. Wade (1973). The leaked draft indicated there was no federal right to abortion, and each state had to make its own law regarding the procedure. … Continued

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by Julianne Malveaux (TriceEdneyWire.com)—The Federal Reserve Bank, founded in 1913, has had more than one hundred members of its Board of Governors. Forty-four White men governed the nation’s monetary policy until 1966 when Dr. Andrew Brimmer became the Fed’s first Black governor. He served until

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African American: In defense of the term | Atlanta Daily World

by J. Pharoah Doss, For New Pittsburgh Courier In 1988 Rev. Jesse Jackson urged Black Americans to drop the adjective “Black” and replace it with “African”. Jackson argued that “Black” no longer described “our” situation in America. The term African American was used for decades. Then Jesse Jackson

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