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1997
DECEMBER
December 22, 1997
Testing
the System
A legal challenge to university affirmative action programs.
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December 19, 1997
Talking
About Race
President Clinton met with leading conservative activists and authors
to further his national dialogue on race.
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December 18, 1997
Shutting
the Door
A report on the impact of immigration reform on school children
along the U.S.-Mexico border.
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December 15, 1997
End
Run?
President Clinton appoints Bill Lann Lee as acting civil rights chief.
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December 3, 1997
Talking
About Race
President Clinton and his race advisory panel held their first
town meeting in Akron, Ohio.
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December 2, 1997
Common
Ground
Jeffrey Kaye of KCET-Los Angeles visits an unusual camp that teaches
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NOVEMBER
November 27, 1997
Emotional
Intelligence
Betty Ann Bowser looks at a new teaching method that stresses
social development.
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November 25, 1997
Reassessing
Civic Symbols
A talk with Cornel West and historians about re-evaluating
civic symbols.
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November 20, 1997
Proud
Father
Some words from a very proud father, 27-year-old Kenny McCaughey. |
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November
19, 1997
Miracle
Babies
The birth of septuplets in Iowa has raised many questions regarding
the use of fertility drugs. |
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November 19, 1997
New
Adoption Law
A new law speeds up the adoption process for foster care children.
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November 18, 1997
Disabling
Benefits
Welfare reform is affecting disabled children, and threatening their
eligibility for supplemental security income.
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November 5, 1997
Civil
Rights Fight
The debate surrounding assistant attorney general nominee Bill
Lann Lee.
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November 2, 1997
High-tech
Healing
The Internet ties hospitalized children across the nation together.
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OCTOBER
October 30, 1997
Changing
Times
Tuesday marks Election Day around the country. Among other things,
11 mayors' jobs are on the line. One of them is in Minneapolis.
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October 27, 1997
Show
of Strength
Now, it is the women's turn: the Million Woman March. African-American
women gathered in Philadelphia to celebrate their unity and solidarity.
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October 23, 1997
Bringing
up Baby
What is the best way to structure child care in the future?
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October 10, 1997
Forum: Opening Doors and Opening Minds
The President's race advisory panel on school desegregation. |
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SEPTEMBER
September 30, 1997
Taking
the Initiative
Clinton advisers John Hope Franklin and Angela Oh join the
race debate.
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September 29, 1997
Forum: Double Talk?
Does bilingual education help students? |
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September 25, 1997
Opening
Doors and Minds
A look back at school desegregation in Little Rock, Ark.
40 years ago.
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September
18, 1997
Pencils
Down...
House Republicans are giving national education standards an "F." |
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September 9, 1997
Crimes
of Hate
How strong is Anti-Asian bias in America?
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September 8, 1997
Setting
the Standard
Are standardized tests the best route to better grades?
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AUGUST
August 18, 1997
Affirmative
Reaction
The University of California, Berkeley opens its doors to 270 new
law school students this year. Only one of them is African American. Is this
proof that California's ban on affirmative action hurts diversity?
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August 13, 1997
Troubling Reports
A new study cites a 122 percent increase in the number
of 12-year-old children who say they know a friend or classmate who has used
narcotics.
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August 12, 1997
Higher Learning?
In an effort to increase test scores, the Chicago Public
Schools are taking a hard look at the current curriculum.
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August 11, 1997
Smoke Signals
Oregon launches a campaign to halt teenage smoking by using
cigarette taxes and an anti-smoking ad campaign.
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August 6, 1997
Forum: Is Workfare Moral?
Is workfare modern slavery, or the answer to welfare's woes? |
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JULY
July 29, 1997
Forum: Playing the Race Card
Should we have a "multi-racial" category on the census? |
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July 22, 1997
Forum: White House Panel Joins The Online Newshour For Race Dialogue
The Rev. Suzan Johnson Cook joins Angela Oh in responding to the first online forum on race relations |
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July 16, 1997
Not an 'Other'
Increasingly, Americans find they don't easily fit into any racial group. But will adding a new "multiracial" category on the census take away the effectiveness of the count? |
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JUNE
June 20, 1997
Road
to Rushmore
Historians discusses the way American Presidents have approached
the issue of race through the years.
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June 19, 1997
Drawing
the Lines
The Supreme Court decided to uphold a plan drawn by Georgia courts
to redistrict the state, cutting the number from predominantly African-American
districts from three to one.
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MAY
May 29, 1997
Child's
Play
Recent scientific studies have found that the human brain does much
of its development in a child's first three years of life. How will this impact
the way children are raised?
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May 21, 1997
Forum: Freshmen Forums
John Sununu (R-NH) and Bill Pascrell (D-NJ) on tackling juvenile justice. |
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May 20, 1997
Losing
Ground?
Betty Ann Bowser reports on the impact of a federal court decision
on affirmative action programs at the University of Texas.
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May 20, 1997
Integration,
the 'Army Way'
The authors of "All That We Can Be: Black Leadership
and Racial Integration the Army Way" discuss social success in the military.
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May 19, 1997
Forum: Gender Parity in Sports
The pros and cons of Title IX |
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May 8, 1997
Fitting
the Crime?
From 1985 to 1994, violent crimes committed by juveniles doubled.
The House considers a measure to crack down on youths found guilty of crime.
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APRIL
April 29, 1997
Increasing
Volunteerism
A presidential summit has ended with major public and private
commitments to increase volunteerism in the United States.
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April 28, 1997
Riot Results
Tuesday marks the fifth anniversary of one of the nation's worst
civil disturbances. |
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April 28, 1997
Helping Hands
Can "big citizenship" substitute for big government? The chairman of the Volunteer Summit in Philadelphia, Gen. Colin Powell, explains how volunteerism can change America. |
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April 24, 1997
Forum: Remembering Jackie Robinson
Roger Kahn discusses Jackie Robinson breaking the color barrier and his impact on baseball and America. |
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April 11, 1997
Forum: Mark Twain's America
Shelley Fisher Fishkin addresses questions about Mark Twain and how his work reflects on American society today. |
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MARCH
March 21, 1997
Forum: Unfair Scrutiny?
The Asian-American Community and the U.S. Political System: What went wrong with the DNC's plan to get out the Asian American vote? |
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March 18, 1997
Forum: African American Literature: Past, Present, Future
Explore elements of over 200 years of African American composition with the editor of the Norton Anthology of African American Literature |
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March 3, 1997
Forum: Robert Coles
Author of The Moral Intelligence of Children, Robert Coles, a Harvard professor and noted child psychiatrist, addresses teaching children morals. |
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FEBRUARY
February 28, 1997
Smoke Sting
Rod Minott of KCTS-Seattle updates a report aired last fall about
selling cigarettes to teens and new government rules to prevent underage smoking. |
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February 26, 1997
Once
in 100 Years
Marion Anderson left a mark not only on the world of opera
but on civil rights history. Her life is remembered on the eve of her 100th
birthday.
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February 21, 1997
Falling Behind
Why is the average income of Hispanic families in the United States declining? |
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February 20, 1997
King
Case Revisited
A Tennessee judge ruled that new technology could determine
whether James Earl Ray's rifle killed civil rights leader Martin Luther King
Jr. in 1968.
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February 18, 1997
Class
of One
In 1960, 6-year-old Ruby Bridges Hall became the first African American
child to desegregate an elementary school. She discusses her first day of school
in New Orleans and her efforts to improve education.
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February 11, 1997
Forum: Opening Adoption Records
Should adoptees be allowed to use state records to find their birth mothers? |
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JANUARY
January 23, 1997
English
Lesson
Kwame Holman reports on the Ebonics debate, which has moved to the
Senate.
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January 16, 1997
No
Passing, No Driving
Elizabeth Brackett of WTTW-Chicago reports on an Illinois
law that links driver's licenses to student performance.
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January 15, 1997
Opening
Adoption Records
Lee Hochberg of Oregon Public Broadcasting reports on the
growing demand for open adoption records.
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January 15, 1997
Rev. Bernice King
Despite experiencing anger over the murder of her father,
Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., the Rev. Bernice King decided to follow her father's
example and became the only King child to go into the ministry.
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January 13, 1997
Belated
Honor
More than 50 years after the guns fell silent in World War II, seven
American soldiers received congressional medals of honor.
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January 10, 1997
Deval
Patrick
The man in charge of civil rights at the Justice Department is stepping
down after almost three years of service. |
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SOCIAL ISSUES
