Forum (Forum & Focus)
May 1, 2009
Will Obama, Vilsack Finally Ensure Equality at the Agriculture Department?
The Obama administration is finally taking on the extensive and infamous civil rights problems at the Agriculture Department, writes Ralph Paige.
FORUM COLUMN
By Ralph PaigeI have never seen a U.S. Department of Agriculture like this one. At the very beginning of the Obama administration, Tom Vilsack, the secretary of agriculture, has developed initiatives to address the extensive and infamous civil rights problems at the Agriculture Department.
Usually, lip service is paid to these problems shortly before the end of an administration and nothing is done as a result. But this time ...
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