Shawn Dove, manager of the Open Society Foundations' Campaign for Black Male Achievement, recently explained the purpose of the new Young Men's Initiative and the rationale behind it in an interview with NPR affiliate KPCC in Los Angeles, CA.
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Kenya has launched its first National Cancer Control Strategy with hopes that it will reduce the incidence of cancer within the country and provide quality services and care for cancer patients and their families. This strategy could help pave the way for a much-needed national policy on palliative care for all patients.
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Constitutions are said to be written for times of crisis as well as for times of peace. As the Supreme Court said in 1866, the year after the Civil War ended, the U.S. Constitution is “a law for rulers and people, equally in war and in peace, and covers with the shield of its protection all classes of men, at all times, and under all circumstances.” But is that in fact true? The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, tested this principle like no other event since World War II. Did the Constitution and its safeguards of liberty, privacy, and equality survive the attacks?
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The passage of a decade from the tragic events of September 11, 2001 marks a time to commemorate the lives that have been torn apart by, and lost to, terrorism. The tenth anniversary further marks a time to reflect on whether “dark side” exceptions to our Constitution made in the name of national security—from the indefinite detention, torture, and abuse of terrorism suspects, to intrusive government surveillance of innocent Americans, and to the profiling and targeting of America’s Muslim communities—are becoming the rule.
Posted in: Rights & Justice, United States
Topics: 9/11, 9/11 at 10, civil liberties, Nancy Chang, National Security & Human Rights, terrorism
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