links for 2008-01-18
- “After…serving as a law clerk in the U.S. Court of Appeals in New York, he served as a legislative aide to Senator Joseph Lieberman, drafting sections of the Homeland Security Bill and working on technology-related legislation. Boo-ya.”(tags: asianamerican politics)
- Amen! “I know many Americans are uncomfortable openly discussing how race and gender influence our political system, but this doesn’t mean that these issues are not “real.””
- No shit. “Distrust of doctors and concern over being abused as human guinea pigs may explain why U.S. blacks have been less willing than whites to volunteer to take part in medical studies, researchers said on Monday.”
- “This is not a “tortured relationship.” In fact, it is very much like the partnership between Martin Luther King Jr. and President Lyndon Johnson. It took the interplay between demonstration, litigation and legislation to realize the victories…”
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