CIVILRIGHTS US COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS FALL 2000 VOLUME 5, NUMBER 1 27 HUMAN RADIATION EXPERIMENTS: THE STILL UNFOLDING LEGACY by Dan Guttman History Taught the Lessons: Did We THE New SLAVERY Learn? by Jesse Sage Why the Nation’s Civil Rights Community 33 Must Respond to the Rise in Involuntary GOING GLOBAL by Gay McDougall Servitude Internationalizing Civil Rights Helps Put the 12 Pressure Back on Washington DEATH ON THE BORDER by Karen Hastings Increased Patrol Efforts Have Helped Bring Peace to Border Towns, but at What Cost? 18 WHat’s WRONG WITH THIS PicTURE? by Martin Gilens 36 How the News Media Misrepresent Blacks PUTTING A LOCK ON JUSTICE by Carl Cannon and the Poor The Hidden Costs of Disproportionately Incarcerating Minorities Eastem Michigan Unive: Library — FEB 0 5 2008 U.S. Depository Docun ' 42 CROSSING THE WALL? by Barry Lynn and Richard Cizik A Debate on Charitable Choice and the Separation of Church and State STATE OF THE DISABLED by Mary Dolan A New Survey Examines Trends in the Quality of Life of Disabled Americans 49 CHICAGO’S SOUTH SIDE by Wayne F. Miller A Photo Essay from the 1940s. BOOK REVIEWS Myths ofa Golden Era: Motherhood in the 1950s by Elizabeth Bernstein Love Everybody Right Now by Aleta Richards “A Hopeless Condition of Exile” by Margaret Meltzer Capsule Reviews rhe Civil Rights Journal is published by the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, as part of its clearinghouse responsibilities. Editorial inquiries and manuscript sub- missions should be directed to The Ee:tor, Civil Rights Journal, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, 624 Ninth St., N.W., Washington, DC 20425. \rticles and other material contained herein do not necessarily reflect USCCR policy but are offered to stimulate thinking and discussion about various civil rights issues. No permission is required to quote or reprint contents with the exception of those that are copyrighted by authors or from other publications. The Civil Rights Journal is available from the superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402. Use of funds for producing the Civil Rights Journal has been approved by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget. 2 Civil Rights Journal / Fall 2000