The National Bioethics Advisory Commission Report

1999 ◽  
Vol 56 (8) ◽  
pp. 699 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dennis S. Charney
Keyword(s):  
Advisory Commission ◽  
Commission Report

scholarly journals THE “WORK” RACE DOES

2008 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-4 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lawrence D. Bobo ◽  
Michael C. Dawson
Keyword(s):  
Martin Luther ◽  
Color Line ◽  
Fortieth Anniversary ◽  
National Advisory Commission ◽  
Look Back ◽  
Advisory Commission ◽  
Commission Report ◽  
Kerner Commission ◽  
Martin Luther King

The year 2008 has provided many opportunities to look back and take stock of what has and has not changed along the color line. Perhaps of greatest salience is that this year marks four decades of uneven progress since the tragic assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr., and of Senator Robert F. Kennedy. It also marks the fortieth anniversary of the publication of what became known as the Kerner Commission report (National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders 1968). The great sadness following those tragic deaths, and the somber tone set by the “two nations” declaration at the heart of the Kerner Report, call to mind an era of acute racial division, but also of steady struggle for change.

Farm Policies - - A Paradox

1969 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-15
Author(s):  
Gene McMurtry
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Cross Section ◽  
Rural America ◽  
National Advisory Commission ◽  
Advisory Commission ◽  
Commission Report ◽  
Good For

Many facets of the much discussed and maligned “farm problem” were examined in the National Advisory Commission report on Food and Fiber. This report was readable, cohesive and on the whole, quite informative. All the essentials of our dynamic and complex agriculture were touched upon. Members of the Commission represented a cross section of thinking concerning the industry of agriculture. It appears that they presented their ideas and objectives with a view toward what was good for all of agriculture. Consideration was given not only to farm numbers and sizes, but also to the human resources involved in agriculture and rural America.

The Food and Fiber Commission Report: Implications for the South

1969 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-12
Author(s):  
Luther G. Tweeten
Keyword(s):  
World Trade ◽  
Rural Poverty ◽  
Farm Policy ◽  
The South ◽  
Commercial Agriculture ◽  
National Advisory Commission ◽  
Advisory Commission ◽  
Commission Report ◽  
Secondary Objective ◽  
Area Development

The report of the National Advisory Commission on Food and Fiber displays some shortcomings, but in the main is a well conceived and extremely useful contribution to farm policy. My paper will focus principally on the implications of the Food and Fiber Commission recommendations for the South. A secondary objective will be to critique some of the recommendations, and to suggest some possible improvements in the Commission report.I have divided the recommendations into three categories for this paper: (a) commercial agriculture, (b) world trade, aid and development, and (c) rural poverty and area development. The implications of the latter two categories are presented in a most sketchy manner. I have attempted to be more comprehensive in explaining the implications of policies for commercial agriculture.

Where Now the Draft Care of Cathedrals Measure?

1988 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 24-28
Author(s):  
J. W. Bullimore
Keyword(s):  
Public Accountability ◽  
Advisory Commission ◽  
Commission Report ◽  
Areas Of Concern ◽  
Parish Churches ◽  
The Church ◽  
Statutory Basis

One of the main areas of concern highlighted in the Faculty Jurisdiction Commission Report (C.I.O. 1984) was the need for clear public accountability by the Church for changes and alterations to its buildings. Whereas parish churches are covered by the faculty jurisdiction, no comparable mandatory system exists for cathedrals. In order to remedy that the FJC proposed changes. Chapter 8 recommended that the Cathedrals Advisory Commission should be placed on a statutory basis and that proposals by cathedral chapters should be referred to the CAC where they involved “any significant work or works to preserve, alter or add to the building or its contents which would materially affect the architectural, artistic, historical or archaeological character of the Cathedral.”

Perceptions of Racial Progress and Mistreatment Today

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 251-270
Author(s):  
Theodore Davis
Keyword(s):  
Civil Rights ◽  
Race Relations ◽  
The United States ◽  
National Advisory Commission ◽  
Standards Of Living ◽  
Advisory Commission ◽  
Commission Report ◽  
Separate And Unequal ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
Racial Progress

In 1967, President Lyndon B. Johnson established the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders to examine why race relations in the United States were in such a state of confusion that it had resulted in civil disturbances. By 1968, the trajectory of race relations and racial disparities, with regard to the quality of life and standards of living, were such that the commission wrote, “Our nation is moving toward two societies, one Black, one White, separate and unequal.” Since the start of the twenty-first century, economic recessions, natural disasters, and civil unrest have exposed the continuation of pervasive differences in the perceptions of racial progress between Blacks and Whites. This article aims to examine perceptions of racial progress and the continuation of unfair racial treatment within the context of the commission’s “two nations” thesis. The findings of this article suggest that Blacks remain considerably more pessimistic than Whites about the state of racial affairs in the US today. How do we explain this conundrum in light of the passage of the civil rights legislation of the 1960s? We begin with the premise that race is still a problem in today’s society, but it is a problem in ways that are very different from when the Kerner Commission report was released.

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