Previous City Voices Articles

Sam Lacy was a pioneering journalist, yet even many hardcore baseball and sports fans neither know his name nor have heard about his exploits. More

We pity the poor professional golf establishment. They More

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As newspaper editors convened denial-control meetings, New York Times executive editor Howell Raines went ahead and admitted what was obvious to anyone without a blankie over his head: Of course it's about race. More

The Murfreesboro Road Business Association and Metro Police are doing all they can to eliminate prostitution and drugs in the area.

Put yourself in the shoes of a 17-year-old black student at Taylor County High School in Butler, Ga., about 150 miles south of Atlanta. More

Jayson Blair, a promising 27-year-old reporter, has ruined his career. And The New York Times has suffered a "huge black eye," in the words of its publisher. More

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Maytag recently announced it's moving its Galesburg, Ill., production facility to Mexico. A group called Americans Against NAFTA has protested Maytag's decision. More

The world of journalism, if not the world at large, is abuzz with the sins of Jayson Blair, the 27-year-old former New York Times reporter who committed the most outrageous breech of journalistic ethics in recent memory. More

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The Clintons are back. Sidney Blumenthal

Boy, it sure didn't take long for the less-avaricious-than-thou Democrats to reveal their hypocrisy. No sooner did a three-judge federal panel strike down several provisions of the McCain-Feingold campaign finance law, including its ban of soft money, than did the Democratic Party kick off a new "soft money" campaign. More

Early last Oct. 22, Conrad Johnson got up early, kissed his wife Denise and two sons goodbye, and went off to his job as bus driver for Montgomery County, Md. A couple of hours later, as he prepared to pick up his first passengers for the day, Johnson was shot and killed in the doorway of his bus: the last of the Washington area sniper victims. More

As vice mayor, Howard Gentry has an interesting dilemma on his hands. He is trying to figure out in as diplomatic a way possible how to streamline Metro Council meetings. More

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I think it was Adlai Stevenson who said that America can choke on a gnat but swallow tigers whole. We've just defeated the rabid tiger of Saddam Hussein, but we're gagging over one of the most insignificant controversies in a long while. I'm referring, of course, to the "scandal" of President Bush landing on an aircraft carrier. More

"Seventy-seven percent." For weeks now, those three little words have served as the ultimate discussion stopper. More

We had to laugh at the recent news that the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine had issued a report criticizing fast-food salads as having too much fat in them. More

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