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Black Democrats Revive Benjamin Banneker Club

Syracuse New Times | June 15, 2004

The club, named after an African-American intellectual and astronomer who died in 1806, sees its mission as encouraging minority-citizen participation in the Democratic Party process as well as identifying and promoting minority candidates for public office in New York State's Onondaga County.

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Tags: Detroit, crime, families, poverty, unemployment, black mayors

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Rubber Check: AIDS Group Passes Out Condoms in Syracusenew

When staff and volunteers for the abstinence-based AIDS Community Resources go into neighborhoods to offer people condoms, the response they hear most often is "Yeah, I need a lot."

Syracuse New Times | Walt Shepperd | 11-10-2004 | Sex

Tags: abstinence, safe sex, drug use, AIDS/HIV

Capitol Hill Talks about Reinstating the Draftnew

The prospect of nearly 67 million Americans--25 percent of the population--having conscription foisted upon them is curiously flying under the national radar. And this time around, the draft might include women.

Syracuse New Times | Erica S. Brath, Walt Shepperd and Nathan Turk | 08-07-2004 | War

Tags: Selective Service, American Friends Service Committee, H.R.163, Peace Council, Rep. Charles Rangel (D.-Harlem), the Universal National Service Act of 2003, war & peace

Haudenosaunee Friendship Festival Celebrates Roots of Democracynew

The Aug. 7 festival in central New York State will celebrate the friendship of the six nations of the Iroquois Confederacy.

Syracuse New Times | Walt Shepperd | 08-06-2004 | Travel

Tags: travel, Oneida, Mohawk and Cayuga, Onondaga, Onondaga Community College, reservation, Seneca, Tuscarora

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Obama Would Bring a Community Organizer's Unique Perspective to the White Housenew

We've had bandleaders, haberdashers, generals, diplomats, farmers and professors in the White House, but as far as I can tell, we've never had an organizer. What would it be like? Very different, I think.

Syracuse New Times | Ed Griffin-Nolan | 05-29-2008 | Commentary

Tags: 2008 presidential election, Barack Obama, activism, community organizing

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