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Opinion: The risks of ignoring race in the workplace
(CNN) — Larry, one of the employees you supervise, hasn’t been performing his job up to expectations. But you’ve been reluctant to take him aside and speak with him candidly: Like most senior people in the company, you are white. What if Larry, who is black, takes your criticism the wrong way or, worse, thinks
Will the end of Gadhafi sway U.S. politics?
With Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi’s dramatic demise this Thursday morning, the world is rid of a tyrant, and a free Libya has jumped a mile forward to stability (though, as CNN’s Ben Wedeman reports, there are still many more miles to go). Yet in America, we are speeding toward the 2012 presidential elections, and talk
OUR VIEW: Once again, the Birmingham Board of Education gets a nudge to rein in its exorbitant legal fees, but taxpayers shouldn’t get their hopes up
Once again, the high legal fees the Birmingham Board of Education pays to outside attorneys are making headlines.
Birmingham City Schools Superintendent Craig Witherspoon
Haven’t…
OUR VIEW: Alabama is too close to the top of the ‘weightiest generation.’
Tom Brokaw dubbed Americans of the World War II era the "greatest generation." They preserved civilization. What would he, or we, call Americans of today? How about the "weightiest generation?" We…
YOUR VIEW: No agreement on three-point grading system for Birmingham school superintendent
As a member of the Birmingham Board of Education who supports the use of a five-point scale for evaluating Superintendent Craig Witherspoon, I would like to share my perspective on the issue and correct the underlyin…
YOUR VIEW: Birmingham nightclubs’ owners not to blame for violence
I read with interest the recent Birmingham News editorial praising the efforts of the Birmingham City Council to shut down yet another entertainment venue. If I recall correctly, the incident at Banana Joe's occ…
YOUR VIEW: Mortgage companies not doing enough on loan modifications
I do not complain of any of the president's policies or passage of bills to help the people of the U.S. cope with the declining economy. I have found the mortgage modification package the president has put in ef…
OUR VIEW: An agreement granting check-signing authority to the sewer receiver makes clear who’s in charge of Jefferson County’s sewer system
The question now is how sewer receiver John S. Young will use his new signing authority. The hope is the transfer of signing authority is just a formality, and his oversight of the sewer system and its spendi…
OUR VIEW: The judge over Jefferson County’s sewer case should allow Alabama’s attorney general to intervene on behalf of customers and the state
In his request to intervene, AG Luther Strange said neither the county nor the receiver represents the interests of sewer ratepayers.
Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange, sho…
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