Change to Islam could benefit black communities
An article discusses a potential shift toward Islam in urban black communities, citing growth from a few dozen adherents in the 1930s to millions of American blacks now identifying as Muslim. It weighs social implications, church dynamics, and political consequences while noting concerns about anti-Semitism and interfaith relations.
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Carl Ellis
Project Joseph
United States
Nation of Islam
Daniel Pipes
Middle East Forum
Elijah Muhammad
Muhammad
Yakub
Pipes
Commentary Magazine
Ellis
America
Farrakhan
New York City
Democratic Party
Jack Kemp
GOP
Louis Farrakhan
Senate votes on tobacco funding and gun, hate crimes, drugs
The document records multiple Senate and House votes on tobacco settlement funding using veterans budgets, gun industry pacts with Smith and Wesson, hate crime expansion, and anti drug aid to Colombia. It lists voting patterns by party and state, noting who voted yes or no and who did not vote.
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House
Environmental Protection Agency
U.S. Supreme Court
EPA
New Mexico
Heather Wilson
Joe Skeen
Tom Udall
Oklahoma
Steve Largent
Tom Coburn
Wes Watkins
Chet Edwards
Kay Granger
Mac Thornberry
Ron Paul
Charles Stenholm
Larry Combest
Lamar Smith
Henry Bonilla
Martin Frost
Richard Armey
Solomon Ortiz
Ciro Rodriguez
Gene Green
Lloyd Doggett
Ruben Hinojosa
Silvestro Reyes
Sheila Jackson-Lee
Charlie Gonzalez
Ken Bentsen
Eddie Johnson
Tom DeLay
Department of Veterans Affairs
Department of Justice
Janet Reno
Treasury
Veterans
Udall
Wilson
Skeen
Watkins
Watts
Istook
Lucas
Sargent
Coburn
Texas
Sandlin
Turner
Lampson
Doggett
Edwards
Hinojosa
Reyes
Jackson- Lee
Gonzalez
Frost
Bentsen
Ortiz
Rodriguez
Sam Johnson
Ralph Hall
Sessions
Barton
Archer
Brady
Granger
Thornberry
Paul
Stenholm
Combest
DeLay
Smith & Wesson Corp
Largent
Bonilla
Armey
Pete Domenici
Jeff Bingaman
Colombia
Andean Nations
U.S
Domenici
Bingaman
Nickles
Inhofe
Hutchison
Gramm
Reading Bill Thompson on the Graham execution and witnesses
The column questions jury validity and eyewitness credibility in capital cases. It weighs DNA as the best available test despite imperfections, calls for courageous witnesses, notes corruption risks, and argues witnesses matter in trials. It ends by noting a Supreme Court ruling on school athletic event prayer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Thompson
Graham
Thompson
Silent prayer and public games raise questions in letters
In a letters column Amarillo Globe-News readers discuss whether sincere prayer for child safety and sportsmanship can be heard without public addresses. The writer cites Matthew 6 15 and questions the need for pro forma PA prayers during games.
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Amarillo Globe-News
Deportation law stuck in the past
A Westchester PA student recounts his father’s looming deportation over a 110 year old drug offense. He urges Congress to fix retroactive deportation rules, describing the family’s fear of Father’s Day apart and calling for hearings to show the cruelty of family separations.
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Westchester
America
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Congress
Colombia
Board of Immigration Appeals
Justice Department
Jaime Jaramillo
Westchester, Pa
Pmproj
Progressive Media Project
East Main St
Madison
Wis
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Edward Blum
Marc Levin
Chaiman
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Amerca
Equalrights
Washington
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Senate
God
Supreme Court
Amarillo Globe- News
Amarillo
Amarillonet.com
Doonesbury
Garry Trudeau
New York
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