Category Archives: Reviews & Commentary

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Progress in Voting? Progress in Education?

Posted on June 26, 2013 by Richard Guzman

The NY Times article “Supreme Court invalidates key part of Voting Rights Act” details what happened when the Supreme Court struck down Provision 4 of the landmark 1965 Voting Rights Act, and, on the whole, the comments responding to it are … Continue reading →

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Nat X: Top 5 Reasons Brothers Don’t Play Hockey

Posted on June 13, 2013 by Richard Guzman

Chris Rock on Saturday Night Live.  David Letterman’s Top 10 lists.  Go Hawks! (for Chicagoans, at least). After the Hawks’ triple-overtime victory over the Bruins in the first game of the 2013 Stanley Cup Finals, I couldn’t help but think of … Continue reading →

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Graphic Inequality

Posted on April 24, 2013 by Richard Guzman

Note: For an October 2021 update, go to “The Wealth Gap Widens.”   Year-old statistics about America’s wildly growing wealth gap have been animated in a recent You Tube video that’s gone viral: over 5,650,000 views the last few days.  … Continue reading →

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