Affirmative action programs
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Democracy Now! December 3, 2002
Israeli military attacks United Nations workers and buildings: soldiers shoot dead a British UN worker, detain Israeli and Palestinian workers, and bomb a World Food Program warehouse; Supreme Court to decide whether affirmative action and gay sex are legal; Manhattan DA set to determine the fate of the Central Park Jogger rape case this week:…
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Democracy Now! April 2, 2003
Yesterday the Supreme Court heard opening arguments in two landmark cases that may decide the future of affirmative action: We’ll have our own debate today between Attorney Kirk Kolbo, who argued against affirmative action before the high court, and Miranda Massie a lead attorney for the University of Michigan students who backs the preservation of…
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Democracy Now! April 1, 2003
Hour 1: Thousands of students protest outside the U.S. Supreme Court calling to preserve affirmative action; Democrats accuse House Republicans of slashing $15 billion in veterans benefits in favor of tax cuts for the rich: We look at the new House budget; Fragging returns to the frontlines: A U.S. Army Sgt. kills two fellow soldiers…
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Democracy Now! April 1, 2003
Thousands of students protest outside the U.S. Supreme Court calling to preserve affirmative action; Democrats accuse House Republicans of slashing $15 billion in veterans benefits in favor of tax cuts for the rich: We look at the new House budget; Fragging returns to the frontlines: A U.S. Army Sgt. kills two fellow soldiers in grenade…
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Democracy Now! April 2, 2003
Hour 1: “Until this administration it had been possible to believe that by upholding the policies of my president I was also upholding the interests of the American people and the world. I believe it no longer:” Former U.S. diplomat John Brady Kiesling on why he resigned from the State Department; Civilian casualties mount in…
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Democracy Now! January 16, 2003
Today, Democracy Now! goes live to the FCC hearings in New York: with FCC chair Michael Powell, dissident FCC Commissioner Michael Copps, AFTRA President John Connolly, micro-broadcasting pioneer Pete Tridish, media critic Mark Crispin Miller, Newspaper Guild President Linda Foley, Harlem Consumer Education Committee President Florence Rice and co-host Juan Gonzalez; President Bush says affirmative…
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Affirmative Action: Where Do We Stand? The Future of Affirmative Action
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Affirmative Action: Where Do We Stand? The Future of Affirmative Action
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Affirmative Action: Where Do We Stand? The Future of Affirmative Action