http://www.thedefendersonline.com A civil rights blog promoting informed discourse on issues of race, justice, equality and democracy. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:40:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2011/11/01/save-the-post-office/ http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2011/11/01/save-the-post-office/#comments Tue, 01 Nov 2011 15:06:13 +0000 The Editors http://www.thedefendersonline.com/?p=19406 By Kenneth J. Cooper
On the verge of default, the U.S. Postal Service has suspended its contributions to employee pensions and is considering layoffs, shutdowns of some rural post offices, and even an end to Saturday delivery. The independent government agency faces a budget deficit of as much as $10 billion this year.

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Democrats control two of the three institutions that determine federal priorities and laws, but you would never know that by the way Tea Party-inspired Republicans in the House steamrolled President Obama and Senate Democrats in the latest budget showdown designed to cut $38.5 billion from the fiscal year that is already half over.

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Everywhere I turn these days I keep seeing or hearing the words, “No More Excuses.” From black self-help book titles to black pundits on CNN, these three words have become the mantra of post-racialism in the Age of President Obama. Whether intended or not, the mantra fuels the belief that because of individual black achievements, we have finally reached the promised land of a color-blind, equal-opportunity America.

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