The nation lost a visionary earlier this month when Pulitzer-prize winning poet Gwendolyn Brooks passed away at 83. Brooks may be remembered most fondly for her ability to portray the experience of America’s young black people with honesty and compassion. She often wrote from her own experiences on Chicago’s South Side, explaining, “I am interested in telling my particular truth as I have seen it.”
“The most sensible reform is a simple one: repeal of the Federal Election Campaign Act,” a Wall Street Journal op-ed declared of the campaign finance law that limits the money special interests can cram in the pockets of elected officials.
New Statistics Puncture Myth of Violent Kids
Philadelphia Inquirer
January 6, 2001
The nation lost a visionary earlier this month when Pulitzer-prize winning poet Gwendolyn Brooks passed away at 83. Brooks may be remembered most fondly for her ability to portray the experience of America’s young black people with honesty and compassion. She often wrote from her own experiences on Chicago’s South Side, explaining, “I am interested in telling my particular truth as I have seen it.”
Votes That Will Never Be Counted
Chicago Tribune
November 12, 2000
Votes That Will Never Be Counted
By Nancy Northup
Electoral Fraud, Pure and Simple
The Brennan Center writes about presidential election advertising.
The Devil's in the Details: The Lazio-Clinton Deal Gags Independent Voices The Important Difference between Soft Money and Hard Money
The Brennan Center writes about the Lazio-Clinton Deal
How They'd Deny Virginia's Poor
Laura Abel and Kimani Paul-Emile express concern about a Virginia law that would deprive low-income Virginians of urgently needed legal services.
How Can Soft Money Be Justified?
Read about the influence of soft money in election campaigns.
What Welfare Reform Did to Them And Why Legal Services Is Needed To Help
Brad Smith: Radically Wrong for the FEC
Roll Call
March 6, 2000
Brad Smith: Radically Wrong for the FEC
By E. Joshua Rosencranz
“The most sensible reform is a simple one: repeal of the Federal Election Campaign Act,” a Wall Street Journal op-ed declared of the campaign finance law that limits the money special interests can cram in the pockets of elected officials.
Now identify the author.
Was it:
No Money for the Voiceless
Laura Abel and Philip Gallagher express deep concern about the paucity of funding for the Legal Services Corporation.
The Court as a Political Body
Legal Times, November 1, 1999
The Court as a Political Body
By Mark Kozlowski
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