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May 16, 2011
An independent report evaluating the Agriculture Department makes recommendations for fixing longstanding racial discrimination issues. A leader for black farmers says it doesn't address the agency's biggest problems.
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by Erin E. Evans onMay 14, 2011
She'll help the department with its civil rights record.
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November 30, 2010
An Obama administration official has hinted that the House will today vote on the long-running Pigford-Cobell lawsuit, thus coming one step closer to concluding a case that’s been drawn out for decades now.
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October 8, 2010
E-mails released Friday morning confirm unequivocally that White House officials praised USDA executives for their swift firing of Shirley Sherrod.
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by Frank McCoy onSeptember 16, 2010
Will blacks farmers who suffered racist discrimination ever get what is due them?
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August 3, 2010
If the BFAA actually believes that Vilsack acted alone in firing Sherrod—despite the fact that Sherrod herself has said the order came from higher up—then they’re showing naïveté unbecoming of serious political organization.
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July 29, 2010
Ousted USDA employee plans to sue conservative blogger who besmirched her name.
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by Terence Samuel onJuly 27, 2010
Virginia Senator Jim Webb urges an end to government diversity programs, saying that they hurt deserving whites and benefit people not entitled to them. This is a debate we should have, but can we?
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by David Swerdlick onJuly 26, 2010
Five people who did the right thing during l'affaire Sherrod.
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July 22, 2010
The firing of Agriculture Department staffer Shirley Sherrod — over racial remarks that were taken out of context — raises judgment questions not only about the Obama administration and the NAACP, whose president is a former journalist, but about the news media.
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