by Bob Allen | Sep 3, 2008 | News
The CEOs of large American corporations made as much money in one day as the average worker earned over an entire year, according to an annual study timed for release around Labor Day. This year’s “Executive Excess” report by the Institute for Policy...
by Bob Allen | Sep 3, 2008 | News
An Illinois state senator and Baptist minister organized a Tuesday boycott of Chicago public schools to protest inequities in state education funding. Hundreds of students skipped opening-day classes and attempted to symbolically register at two schools in affluent...
by Bob Allen | Sep 2, 2008 | News
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain’s pick of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate, aimed in part to ease doubts about his candidacy among the Religious Right, isn’t winning over all conservative evangelicals. While high-profile...
by Bob Allen | Aug 29, 2008 | News
On the football field a “crackback” is an unexpected blind-side block that takes a would-be tackler out of the play. When it comes to hiring black coaches, it’s a standard part of the playbook, says Fitz Hill, former head coach at San Jose State...
by Bob Allen | Aug 28, 2008 | News
Martin Luther King’s famous “I Have a Dream” speech, delivered 45 years ago today, established the Baptist preacher as a modern-day prophet, according to scholars contacted by EthicsDaily.com. Delivered Aug. 28, 1963, from the steps of the Lincoln...
