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By 1899, "about 21 percent of the black population nationally had been born into slavery," according to historian Mary Frances Berry. Had the government distributed pensions to former slaves and their caretakers near the turn of the century, there would have been a relatively modest number of people to compensate.
From: Consumers Union <action@consumer.org>
Subject: IN, that's not right!
To: justcoolinout@yahoo.com
Date: Thursday, February 17, 2011, 7:23 AM
- NEW YORK CITY STILL AMERICA'S MARIJUANA ARREST CAPITAL [FEATURE]
New York City shamefully retains its title as the nation's small-time pot bust capital -- and this in a state that decriminalized pot in the 1970s!
The Union victory in the Civil War helped pave the way for the 13th amendment to formally abolish the practice of slavery in the United States. But following their emancipation, most former slaves had no financial resources, property, residence, or education—the keys to their economic independence.THE 2012 FEDERAL DRUG BUDGET: MORE OF THE SAME [FEATURE]
The Obama administration has submitted its 2012 federal drug control budget proposal. There's not much new there, and little evidence the administration is putting its money where its mouth is.
Dear lorenzo,
It wouldn’t be right for Indiana to allow babies, toddlers and kids to be exposed to a potentially harmful chemical – especially when other states have banned that same chemical to protect their children.
But that’s happening right now in Indiana, which has yet to ban the chemical Bisphenol A – or BPA – from certain children’s food and drink containers!
BPA is a synthetic estrogen that helps make plastic durable. But the BPA in plastic bottles and some food-package liners can leach into the food and drink inside, and then into children’s bodies. Studies have linked it to an increased risk of cancer, diabetes and other diseases, prompting eight states, Canada and the European Union to ban it in certain children's products.
It’s time that Indiana acts to give children those same health protections!
Developing babies and growing children are especially vulnerable to synthetic hormones like BPA, which is why states are moving to ban it from kids’ products – baby bottles, sippy cups, infant formula cans/jars, reusable water bottles and food-storage containers.
There is no good reason to put Indiana kids at risk. Some manufacturers have already stopped using packaging containing BPA since alternatives are available. But the giant chemical and infant formula industries, which produce and use millions of pounds of BPA each year, are fighting these bans, so we can expect a tough battle!
Your Indiana legislative sessions last only a few months, so we need your help to push lawmakers NOW.
Thank you for taking action to protect children. To help us counter industry lobbyists, we need as many local residents to add their voice, so after you act, please forward this email to friends and family in Indiana.
Sincerely, Jean Halloran BuySafeEatWell.org, A project of Consumers Union
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Efforts to help them achieve some semblance of economic freedom, such as with "40 acres and a mule," were stymied. Without federal land compensation—or any compensation—many ex-slaves were forced into sharecropping, tenancy farming, convict-leasing, or some form of menial labor arrangements aimed at keeping them economically subservient and tied to land owned by former slaveholders 101 Truman Avenue
- DRUGS PLAYING ROLE IN PERU PRESIDENTIAL CONTEST
It's silly season in Peruvian presidential politics: First, a candidate gets attacked for saying he wants to decriminalize when Peru already has decriminalization, then it's a demand for candidate drug tests.
- COLOMBIA'S SANTOS OPEN TO DRUG LEGALIZATION
Colombian President Santos has signaled a willingness to put drug legalization on the table. The Colombian courts may do part of the job for him.
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In the late 19th century, the idea of pursuing pensions for ex-slaves—similar to pensions for Union veterans—took hold. If disabled elderly veterans were compensated for their years of service during the Civil War, why shouldn't former slaves who had served the country in the process of nation building be compensated for their years of forced, unpaid labor? | |
By 1899, "about 21 percent of the black population nationally had been born into slavery," according to historian Mary Frances Berry. Had the government distributed pensions to former slaves and their caretakers near the turn of the century, there would have been a relatively modest number of people to compensate.
But the movement to grant pensions to ex-slaves faced strong opposition, and the strongest came not from southerners in Congress but from three executive branch agencies
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