First from the NewsHour website an article on African-American recruitment into the US Military;
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| Iraq War Impacts Enrollment of Blacks in Military |
Next LA Times columnist Steve Lopez talks about comparisons between the most recent California fires and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina
Katrina comparisons are a different class of wrong
Two articles on the importance of being the Rev. Al Sharpton
first Ta-Nehisi Coates : The Irrelevant Rev Sharpton
secondly a response by Charlie King (a members of Sharpton's organization): If He's So Irrelevant, Why's He in The Post?
Additionally, belated RIP's for Robert Goullet and the photographer Ernest Withers. More updates soon.
