Racial

Magazine articles on racial issues or of special interest to minorities.

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Sports Central January 23, 2008 Ryan Ballengee	Race and Golf: Let the Discussion Begin Evidence seems to indicate that African-American people are only a small part of the game of golf, and that even Tiger Woods does not even appear to be helping the issue.
Registered Rep. December 1, 2007	Enough Is Not Enough A group of Morgan Stanley reps involved in a race-discrimination suit say a proposed $16-million settlement is just not enough.
Wild West Roger Jay	A Close Shave for the Barber of Dodge City John Tyler, a former slave who owned a barber shop in early Dodge City, killed a white farmer on Front Street and then held his ground with the unexpected support of some leading citizens.
Reason November 2007 Brian Doherty	Let 'em Roam Despite popular prejudices to the contrary, a new paper reports that immigrants in the U.S. are far less likely to end up locked in a public institution than the native-born, with an incarceration rate one-fifth as high.
Reason October 2007 Jacob Sullum	Kick 'Em While They're Down A new report from the Institute for Justice looked at 184 areas where the use of eminent domain was approved for private economic development projects. On average, the residents were poorer, less educated, less likely to own property, and more likely to be racial minorities.
CFO October 1, 2007 John Goff	The Long Trail The government's tallying of Native American trust money may well be the most ambitious accounting project in U.S. history. It's also the most controversial.
Sports Central September 22, 2007 Greg Wyshynski	McNabb and the Racist Fans Fans comfortably wade into racist waters as an exclamation point for their disapproval of a black athlete.
Smithsonian September 2007 Ian Herbert	Debating Louis Castro Was he the first foreign-born Hispanic in the Major Leagues?
Vietnam October 2007	Letter From Vietnam Magazine The Vietnam War had its heroes, no less than any other American war. Why have so few Americans ever heard about Native American hero Billy Walkabout?
Reason July 2007 Radley Balko	Illegal Medicine A new study concludes that there are many legitimate issues surrounding the provision of health care to the nonelderly foreign-born, but high taxpayer burden is not one of them.
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