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10 ways education reform can begin at home

By Michelle Bernard

10:20 AM on 09/30/2010

OPINION - Parents, let me remind you, we are the front line for our children and their education...
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Teachers unions are real roadblock to education reform

By Michelle Bernard

8:25 AM on 08/10/2010

OPINION - We need to get rid of the system that protects bad teachers and makes it impossible to reward the good, hard working teachers that are getting results...
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Financial reform serving bankers, sticking it to consumers

By Michelle Bernard

8:05 AM on 05/11/2010

OPINION - The crash of 2008 illustrated the need for financial reform. But the legislation now pending before Congress isn't real reform...
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How to live by Dorothy Height's example

By Michelle Bernard

1:21 PM on 04/29/2010

OPINION - A fitting tribute for Height would be for all of us in the black community to recommit to advancing her legacy of bettering ourselves and our communities...
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The 'green jobs' gamble has not paid off

By Michelle Bernard

1:05 PM on 04/22/2010

OPINION - We cannot tolerate this kind of folly with Uncle Sam broke and millions of Americans, especially African-Americans and other minorities, jobless...
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Dr. King's dream will be realized

By Michelle Bernard

8:49 AM on 02/03/2010

OPINION - America still falls short of its high ideals, but today far more Americans believe that all men are created equal and--just as important--act on that belief...
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Obama should scrap health care reform in State of the Union

By Michelle Bernard

9:12 AM on 01/26/2010

OPINION - It will take courage for President Obama to tell Congress to start anew with health care reform. Yet this is what the country needs...
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Why it's time to talk about our children

By Michelle Bernard

9:55 AM on 09/20/2009

OPINION -- Fifty-four years ago, the late Thurgood Marshall via the Brown v. Board of Education decision, affirmed one of the core principals upon which this society is based: equality...
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