'Imagine being born a write-off.' (interview with US author Thulani Davis about life for blacks in America) (Interview)
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Black American writer Thulani Davis explains what life is like for blacks in America in the 1990s. State aid is available for families provided no father is there so the family unit becomes mother and children. Economic cuts in social, school and health care such as cutting school lunches and loss of the Head Start programme for education mean no assistance for children, so life is worse for them than it was in the 1960s. Third generation unemployment makes despair and pessimism normal. Since the 1980s mothers take crack so children are more or less homeless orphans with no socialisation. Ms Davis comes from a professional background and had college contemporaries who joined the Student Non-violent Co-ordinating Committee (SNCC) in the 1960s.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 1992
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Yes, minister, but where's the job?
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The UK government has ruled that any ordinary person can now seek election to a quasi-autonomous government organisation (quango). However, in practice it may prove less straightforward that this. These organisations have become extremely powerful, and have traditionally been controlled by people with some sort of links with the Conservative party. A journalist who recently tried to find out how to get elected to three different quangos found that there is very little information available and that the staff at the quangos do not know how to deal with inquiries from the general public on this issue.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 1995
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It's a hard life, being a philosopher. Or perhaps not
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American liberal philosopher Ronald Dworkin, 61, has homes in London, Martha's Vineyard, New York and Paris. His book 'Life's Dominion' analyses abortion and euthanasia. Dworkin believes it is better to terminate a life without dignity than to let it continue. He attended Harvard and Oxford. He married Betsy Ross in 1958. They had twins in 1961. When 27 he joined the New York law firm Sullivan & Cromwell. He is Professor of Jurisprudence at University College, Oxford and Professor of Law at New York University. He has written 95 publications in addition to his books.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 1993
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